Comments on: Education After Blackboard (blackweb) and DOPA – A Conference http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/ Education, post-structuralism and the rise of the machines Wed, 16 May 2012 04:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: » E-Learning Software Patents http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 » E-Learning Software Patents Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:24:33 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-4020 [...] “To say that the reaction was negative would be to understate the matter considerably. Donald Clark writes, “I’d start selling Blackboard stock NOW!” Leonard Low writes, “Blackboard’s claim of patent is both outrageous and repugnant.” Dave Cormier writes, “In the span of a couple of weeks the educational landscape we’ve all come to know and care about has taken an awful beating. It seems that DOPA is taking away our open ed-web and [Blackboard] is taking away our walled gardens.” John P. Mayer writes, “How can you access the ‘full power of the Internet’ [as Blackboard says] if you are dealing with litigation fears and limitations of choice as a result?” Wesley Fryer exclaims “Crazy!” and asks, “Were the people in the US Patent Office really thinking clearly when they have this supposed ‘patent’ to Blackboard?”   [...] [...] “To say that the reaction was negative would be to understate the matter considerably. Donald Clark writes, “I’d start selling Blackboard stock NOW!” Leonard Low writes, “Blackboard’s claim of patent is both outrageous and repugnant.” Dave Cormier writes, “In the span of a couple of weeks the educational landscape we’ve all come to know and care about has taken an awful beating. It seems that DOPA is taking away our open ed-web and [Blackboard] is taking away our walled gardens.” John P. Mayer writes, “How can you access the ‘full power of the Internet’ [as Blackboard says] if you are dealing with litigation fears and limitations of choice as a result?” Wesley Fryer exclaims “Crazy!” and asks, “Were the people in the US Patent Office really thinking clearly when they have this supposed ‘patent’ to Blackboard?”   [...]

]]> By: iThinkMedia Blog: Living, Learning, and Working in the Information Age » Finally Some Outrage on The BlackBoard Patent http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2960 iThinkMedia Blog: Living, Learning, and Working in the Information Age » Finally Some Outrage on The BlackBoard Patent Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:09:48 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2960 [...] http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66 [...] [...] http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66 [...]

]]> By: al harris http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2950 al harris Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:25:33 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2950 As an easy gesture for del.icio.us users to note prior art may I suggest using the tag " vle/prior-art " perhaps following it with a date tag "19** " Items thus tagged may be tracked and found by everyone. Al As an easy gesture for del.icio.us users to note prior art may I suggest using the tag ” vle/prior-art ” perhaps following it with a date tag “19** ” Items thus tagged may be tracked and found by everyone.

Al

]]> By: WITE Board http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 WITE Board Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:12:45 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2941 "I’m proposing we set up an online group that will help coordinate countermeasures against Blackboard’s patents, and coordinate support for any organisation against whom Blackboard attempts legal action.” Check out http://blackfate.wikispaces.com/Join+WITE “I’m proposing we set up an online group that will help coordinate countermeasures against Blackboard’s patents, and coordinate support for any organisation against whom Blackboard attempts legal action.”

Check out http://blackfate.wikispaces.com/Join+WITE

]]> By: EdVentures in Technology » BlackWeb (taking a page from Microsoft?) http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 EdVentures in Technology » BlackWeb (taking a page from Microsoft?) Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:21:34 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2909 [...] Dave Cormier had a great post and it sounds as if EdTechTalk will be developing a conversation around this very subject as well as the impact of DOPA this Sunday, August 6th at 8 pm EDT. [...] [...] Dave Cormier had a great post and it sounds as if EdTechTalk will be developing a conversation around this very subject as well as the impact of DOPA this Sunday, August 6th at 8 pm EDT. [...]

]]> By: John Martin http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 John Martin Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:39:42 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2907 As will I Dave. I've missed EdTechTalk! As will I Dave. I’ve missed EdTechTalk!

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/08/01/education-after-blackboard-blackweb-and-dopa-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Harold Jarche Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:29:04 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=66#comment-2903 I will try to be there; if I can re-arrange some family commitments. I will try to be there; if I can re-arrange some family commitments.

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