Monthly Archives: December 2008

One of the nice things about the semester break is the way my email inbox stops filling up, I go from about 100 messages a day down to less than 10. On one hand, it is nice since fewer emails … Continue reading →

The U.S. Department of Education recently released new regulations that updated FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) due to changes in legislation and new technology trends. The governmental guidebook is a bit confusing and long, but a summary can … Continue reading →

Well the semester is almost over – I have one more grading meeting tomorrow and then I am done, except for departmental items. Anyway, a couple of things I noticed since my last post: The World Wide Web Consortium recently … Continue reading →

I hate to sound like an old man wary of change, but I usually try to warn each of my classes about the danger that the Internet could pose to them if they aren’t careful. There have been numerous accounts of how … Continue reading →

The history department of the US Military Academy at West Point is in the process of creating a video oral history project. The West Point Center for Oral History was created to provide a video oral history repository that aims … Continue reading →

The fight over course-management software (CMS) is certainly becoming quite heated. Blackboard, who is unhappy with the United States Patent and Trademark Office over its decision to reexamine Blackboard’s patent, is now suing the US Patent Office over its decision. My … Continue reading →

Dr. David Wiley, an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, is taking an interesting approach to teaching one of his upcoming classes “Introduction to Open Education.” He is turning his online course into a role-playing … Continue reading →