UPDATE: In the section on ‘Cash Cow vs. Growth Potential’, my choice of words could have caused misunderstanding. I did not mean to equate Operating Income with Cash Flow, and my choice of the word ‘cash’ in this section should really have been ‘income’, as my analysis was obviously based on Operating Income. I have […]
Charles Severance’s “Sakai: Free as in Freedom:” A Review
This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, instructional media + magic inc. Jim has been Treasurer of the Sakai Foundation since December. When building a complex software system developers want to use the latest technology. Users want business processes and data presentations that serve them and their “customers.” Management focuses on the allocation of […]
Emerging Trends in LMS / Ed Tech Market
This is a guest post by Phil Hill. Phil Hill is executive vice president of Delta Initiative and has been consulting in educational technology for over 8 years, with a strong focus on the LMS market. He is also the founder of HBO Systems, which merged operations with Delta Initiative in 2008. Phil is known to many in […]
On Innovation and Commodification
I had a wonderful time at the Moodle Moot two weeks ago. Conferences for different LMSs tend to have very similar presentation types (how to migrate, tricks for making the grade book usable, great Web 2.0 tools that integrate with the platform, ways to improve training and help, etc.), but the crowds are different. Moodle […]
More Posts Coming Soon
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 […]