I’m really, really late in my review of this, but better late than never, I suppose.
In any case, Oracle’s Academic Enterprise Solutions Group (AES) recently published an excellent white paper that is definitely worth reading even if you aren’t (and don’t intend to be) an Oracle customer. While many in the group undoubtedly had a [...]
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The Blackboard/D2L patent fight seems to entered another chapter in recent weeks. Desire2Learn has recently announced that Blackboard has again brought suit against D2L in Texas.
The basis of this suit is a new patent that Blackboard was awarded recently. The patent isn’t really new but is a continuation patent based on the original one that [...]
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I’ve been persuaded that the recording of the webinar isn’t so bad. So here you have it:
http://www.screencast.com/t/lsg6iM2WKqy
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Yesterday I held the first webinar about the proposed Sakai development process. There were 30 participants in the Breeze session (I still can bring myself to call it Adobe Acrobat Connect) and, counting those who were sharing a PC, I estimate about 40 people attended the session.
There were a few technical glitches. For some reason [...]
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The Sakai Foundation and Board of directors is proposing a new development process for Sakai and would like your feedback. As you may know, the board recently conducted a 2-day retreat focusing on the strategic direction for the Sakai Foundation, especially with regard to how it should use its resources to support the Sakai community [...]
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My recent post about Sakai in Valencia contained one small mistake (now corrected). I referenced Setival as a company providing commercial support for Sakai in Spain. This is halfway correct. Setival is one of two companies–the other is Pentec SL–that is working to provide Sakai support under the brand name Samoo. So if you want [...]
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In case you missed it in the Sakai newsletter, rSmart announced that Radford University is beginning the process of using Sakai. Their initial focus is eportfolios. Here is the full announcement:
rSmart would like to welcome Radford University to the Sakai community as one of the most recent rSmart Sakai CLE support customers. Radford University, located [...]
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Not really a Sakai-specific post, but I have to say that this basically sums up my views on traditional public schools (for non US folks, that means government run) in the US, at least. And many private schools as well, who view excellence as getting through a traditional curriculum as quickly as possible.
I wonder if [...]
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I spent a few days last week in Valencia, Spain, my new favorite European city. As you probably don’t know, the French school system has a 2 week vacation every 6 weeks. Yes, you read that right. This is a difficulty for working parents because, although you may think the French get enough holiday time [...]
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Sakai Courseware Management: The Official Guide is now available from Packt publishing. The publisher is paying a percentage of every book sold directly to the Sakai Foundation. And Alan and I are donating all royalties directly to the Sakai Foundation.
