Open by Design
Jim Groom CUNY WordCampEd May 22nd, 2009
20 May
BlackBoard Breakdown
BlackBoard Breakdown
The Clarion, CUNY’s Newspaper of the Professional Staff Congress, recently reported on the persistent woes the CUNY system has been experiencing with the centralization and …
20 May
Protesting Bb 8
Protesting Bb 8
Professor Will Millhiser wrote a post titled “Protesting BlackBoard 8.0″ wherein he points out just how dependent many faculty had become on BlackBoard, a fact …
20 May
Out of Order
Out of Order
From a quick look at Baruch’s Computing and Technology Center (BCTC) information page it becomes readily apparent that there has been innumerable problems resulting in …
20 May
Bb Alternatives?
Bb Alternatives?
The BlackBoard status alert page accompanied by a series of “alternatives.” Are there such things? If so, what are they?
20 May
Open Source
Open Source
Is Open Source software even an option? Well, according to BlackBoard’s CEO Michael Chasen it really isn’t: In the end, he said, colleges will choose Blackboard …
20 May
Blogs@Baruch
Blogs@Baruch
Blogs@Baruch was built on the following core beliefs: College students should write regularly in all disciplines and in a variety of formats and genres Faculty should …
20 May
Academic Commons
Academic Commons
The Academic Commons of The City University of New York is designed to support faculty initiatives and build community through the use(s) of technology in …
20 May
Eportfolios@Macauley
Eportfolios@Macauley
Eportfolios@Macauley And in a way, that’s what an eportfolio is. It’s a digital representation of your cabinet of curiosities, your wunderkammer, your museum of you. …
20 May
Axis as the Course
Axis as the Course
Is the idea true that as long as there are courses, semesters, credit hours, etc., there will be Course Management Systems? Maybe, but I also …
20 May
CMS as Box
CMS as Box
It strikes me as very different from the nodal logic of most CMSs, which are very much pointed to a center, and driven by the …
20 May
Axis as the individual
Axis as the individual
What does it mean to re-imagine the idea of “learning systems” on the axis of the individual as opposed to the course? Well, this is …
20 May
WPMu as Beehive
WPMu as Beehive
WPMu is like a huge beehive with no center, it’s scattered and unruly like the internet. And that is one of its greatest strengths. Think …
20 May
Open by Default
Open by Default
Dr. James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School and founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, …