Tag Archives: Stephen-Downes

Bring On Da Noise: The Backchannel Panel

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while. Barry Dahl has a great post analyzing the back-channel comments from our recent panel discussion with Stephen Downes and Robbie Melton. He concludes that only 31% of the posts were … Continue reading →

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The Perils of Prediction

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

As we watch the spectacle of the jackasses in the mainstream media blithely continue to pretend to know what they’re talking about after being repeatedly and stunning wrong in the predictions of the U.S. Presidential primary, it’s worthwhile to look … Continue reading →

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A New Article Out

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Michael Feldstein

I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t even had time to post notice that I have a new article published in ALT-N. I’ve been having conversations on and off with Rob Abel about ways to ensure that educational technology … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard Patent Pledge

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Michael Feldstein

I’m late to the party on the pledge news for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is a recalcitrant DNS server out there in the ether that denied me access to my new blog site for the … Continue reading →

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Blackboard CEO Responds on the Patent Issue

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Michael Feldstein

The gents at EdTechTalk ran a terrific Skypecast discussion last night (archived here) on the Blackboard patent and DOPA. I’ll leave it to others to comment on the discussion itself. What I find interesting is the letter that Blackboard CEO … Continue reading →

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