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OSU chooses Desire2Learn; BlackBoard not even shortlisted | Desire2Blog: 'Another example of BlackCT not being able to compete effectively against more agile competitors, which is why they want to litigate them into oblivion.
'Oklahoma State University (OSU) has announced signing a contract with D2L after they beat out Angel, WebCT, and Blackboard... Interestingly, the two finalists were D2L and Angel, even though both BB & WebCT were (and still are) already in use at OSU
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Blackboard 2.0 | Desire2Blog: astute & scary post reporting BB's (as-if) hype about 'their' plans for elearning2.0, SOA, ePfs, LLL, student-centred learning, social-bookmarking ... can they be good PLE/SOA citizens? or is a PLE patent looming? :O(
The Five Services: 1. Student Centered Learning (enhanced student research tools) 2. Social Networking 3. Outcomes Management (stats tracking) 4. Lifelong learning (offering E-portfolios for life) 5. Extending the platform (Learning Objects Catalogue)
/blackboard elearning2.0/issues elearning/biz architectures/service-oriented PLE elearning/personalised news for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:opendock for:cdmilligan for:scottbwilson -
Blackboard Unveils Blackboard Beyond Initiative | Blackboard Media Center : BB's press release hyping their intention to get into the elearning2.0 / social-networking space.. 'Four Bold Inaugural Projects Will Advance e-Learning 2.0 Vision'
[what are the evil braindead up to, going on as if they not only understand elearning2.0 but are innovators?? do they smell money in student social networking? plan to get into service-for-colleges market??].. this PR hypes their 4 new development areas
/blackboard press-release elearning2.0/issues elearning/biz architectures/service-oriented PLE elearning/personalised news for:alharris for:grahamattwell -
Why did Blackboard file in East Texas | Accidental Pedagogy: 'a post on Slashdot says the suit, like almost all recent patent suits, was filed in the E.D. of Texas because the district is a "rocket docket" - i.e. cases are quickly tried there
+ quotes testimony of Kimberly A. Moore to the House Judiciary Committee: "Forum Shopping in Patent Cases: To the extent that there is any doubt about the existence and pervasiveness of forum shopping in patent cases, let me offer some empirical evidence
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FlickrStorm. Search on Flickr with some Magic [zoo-m.com] - simple, useful API front-end; simple, photoful results display nice mm flash clientside for collecting into tray / history + offers related words + easy license-filter options
'FlickrStorm is a better search for Flickr! It works by looking for more than what you enter to find related and more relevant images... Be suprised! ... and check back here for more magic in the future.
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Firefox Extensions For Web Development | The Moleskin : Think.Try.Teach: excellent round-up of the must-have extensions for web / CSS / AJAX development
Web developer extension | Firebug | Aardvark (dom-hilighting) | Colorzilla (eyedropper tool) | Fang (screenreader-sim) | Link Checker | Measure It | Screen Grab | Fire FTP | HTML Validator
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coComment - What is currently supported : Currently, coComment works on the following blog services. If you encounter problems with certain blogs or find ways to make coComment work on other blogs, please use the forums to give us feedback
note to self - must ensure KNotes plays nicely - can integrate directly 9 see cp integrated and co-compatible badges
/to-do portal-admin knotes-issues portals2.0 standards/small-loose services/comment-tracking webtech/discussion webtech/MUST-WATCH services/identity for:alharris for:stephentufail -
Visual reference to 19 fonts for cross-platform web design | WebspaceWorks Resources: ' This article provides visual reference to both the safe set of 9, plus the most commonly reported fonts in use on unix systems. A total of 19 fonts are presented.
'These fonts are the commonly accepted set of 9 “safe” fonts for use in web design. While common on both Windows and Macintosh platforms where they were provided with the Internet Explorer web browser, they are far from being either common on unix
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Fonts for web design: further comparison of cross-platform dependability | WebspaceWorks Resources: 'For each operating system, the top 12 – 16 fonts, as listed in the Codestyle font survey were assembled into a single list, 31 fonts across all-platform
'frequency with which these fonts were found in each operating system was then obtained, primarily from the codestyle font survey or, if unavailable there, from the visibone font survey.
/typography client-tech/css/resources fonts for:stephentufail portal-admin
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