I know it’s been awfully quiet lately at e-Literate. That will change soon. As I previously noted, we will have some guests posts from Jim Farmer and Phil Hill. I am also delighted to announce that Kim Thanos will be joining us as a semi-regular guest poster for at least the next few months. Those […]
The Blackboard Acquisition: Two Views
As busy as I have been lately, I have tried to keep up on the various analyses of Blackboard’s acquisition by Providence Equity Partners, Inc. There seem to be two schools of thought. The first school, which seems to be getting the most play, is moderately negative for higher education. The second school, which I’ve […]
More Blackboard Acquisition Coverage Coming
Jim Farmer tells me that I really should write at least one analysis post on the Blackboard acquisition myself. Since it’s Jim doing the asking, I’m going to do that. But I still don’t feel like I’m going to be able to do justice to an event of this magnitude. As a result, I will […]
A Promotion
Last week I was promoted from senior program manager for the apps program for MindTap (called MindApps, aptly enough) to senior program manager for all of MindTap. In the short run, this means that my light blogging schedule will continue for a while as I adjust to my new position—probably at least through the end […]
Blackboard Has Been Acquired
You may or may not have heard the news that Blackboard has agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm called Providence Equity for a total of $1.64 billion. Ray Henderson has a blog post about the acquisition here. I’m still completely overwhelmed trying to get up to speed on my new job, so […]
Upcoming Conferences and Presentations
This is just a quick note to let you know about some of my upcoming activities: Next week I’ll be at the Sakai 2011 conference in Los Angeles. On June 28th, I’ll be joining Niall Sclater for an ALT-sponsored webinar on what’s new in digital learning environments. On July 14th, I’ll be giving the closing […]
Textbook Publishers and OERs
Not too long ago, The Chronicle ran an piece called “Publishers Criticize Federal Investment in Open Educational Resources.” The meat of the article was some quotes of textbook company executives on a panel at an SIIA conference speaking out against a provision in a United States Department of Labor grants program that requires course materials […]