A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the BbWorld conference and conduct a private interview with Chief Technology Officer and President of Academic Platforms Ray Henderson.1 What I learned is that the company is embarking on a fairly radical, high-risk/high-reward strategy of re-architecting both their platform and their business model. The implications […]
The Odometer Flips at e-Literate
Phil Hill pointed out to me a while ago that we were approaching our 1,000th post here on e-Literate, and I am tardy responding to the occasion. This post is mainly to say thank you for sticking with us. I am continually amazed and humbled by your interest and participation. On related note, I still am […]
Would You Buy an e-Literate Book?
I have been having a fun time lately going back through the close to 900 posts that I have written on this blog since early 2004. It has been fascinating to remember what I was thinking, where I was on the right track, and where I was on the wrong one. As a personal reflective […]
Why Ed Tech Innovation Is Speeding Up
I have a lot to write about, coming off of BbWorld and Desire2Learn FUSION. But before I get into all of that, I just have to publish this brief “Amen” post to Phil’s last one. It’s hard to overestimate the impact that lower cost of development is going to have on educational technology in the […]
Going to be at BbWorld and D2L Fusion Conferences
This is just a quick note to let you know that I will be at BbWorld next week (my first!) and D2L Fusion the week after. (I am determined to make it to InstructureCon next year; it’s the last one I will not have been to yet.) If anybody wants to track me down, tweet […]
Going Meta on Khan
The wonderful Dan Meyers points to this delightful Mystery Science Theater 3000 homage by John Golden and David Coffey as they critique one of Sal Khan’s math videos. Here’s the video: Everybody enjoys a good snarkfest, and these guys are particularly good at it. But those who are taking delight in seeing Sal Khan get […]
Post Ratings
I’m always interested in finding out which posts people find the most useful and surfacing those posts so that they are discoverable even after they scroll off the front page. There are indirect ways of doing that—seeing which posts are most viewed, have the most comments, are most tweeted, etc.—but those methods all have their […]