With all the coverage of the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn case, most of us (including me) have very little insight into the actual trial process. And with emotions running high about the case, it’s easy for people to jump to extreme conclusions about the process and everyone involved in it. That’s why I’ve asked Jim Farmer […]
CIOs, Community Source, and the New Management
Here’s another post from frequent guest poster Jim Farmer. For those of you who are eagerly awaiting news of the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn trial, Jim will be in East Texas next week and has promised at least one blog post regarding the trial. Several weeks ago Luke Fernandez, Weber State University, asked should knowledge of […]
Louisiana State University Moves to Moodle
This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, instructional media + magic, inc. UPDATE: With his permission, we have appended an email response by LSU CIO Brian D. Voss in the comments section of this post. On Saturday, November 3rd, MoodleRooms Michael Penny reported that Louisiana State University would be moving to the Moodle Learning […]
Common Cartridge: e-Learning Made Easy
This is a guest blog post by Jim Farmer, Coordinator, Scholarly Systems Group at Georgetown University and editor at the eReSS project, University of Hull. On September 4, 2007, a summer morning in Adelphi, Maryland, the workgroup, breakfast in hand, slowly assembled into in a large conference room at the University of Maryland, University College […]
Should Universities Patent Their Research? Universities Say Yes. But should they?
This is a guest blog post by Jim Farmer, Coordinator, Scholarly Systems Group at Georgetown University and editor at the eReSS project, University of Hull. At the December 2006 Sakai Conference in Atlanta many expressed the view that patents inhibit collaboration and innovation in teaching and learning. But that was not the view expressed by […]
Making College Textbooks More Affordable: Part II
This is a guest post blog by Jim Farmer, Coordinator, Scholarly Systems Group at Georgetown University and editor at the eReSS project, University of Hull. On Friday, June 1st, the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance released their report “Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable.” Responding to a Congressional concern about high […]
Making College Textbooks More Affordable
This is a guest blog post by Jim Farmer, Coordinator, Scholarly Systems Group at Georgetown University and editor at the eReSS project, University of Hull. On Friday, June 1st, the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance released their report “Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable.” Responding to a Congressional concern about high and […]