Posts Tagged ‘blackboard’
Bollyboard?
Posted Thursday, May 22nd, 2008.
Filed under General with the tags blackboard, bollywood, learning management systems
Funny stuff.
The Adventures of Bollywood Blackboardwala
Here’s a small series of humorous episodes related to recent Blackboard and Open Source Learning Management Systems.
The mashups are made with snippets of classic Hindi Bollywood films, overlaid with user created subtitles, from a fun online tool called BombayTV from Grapheine.
The role of Blackboardwala is played by [...]
Blackboard: Spoke too soon?
Posted Sunday, March 30th, 2008.
Filed under Uncategorized with the tags blackboard, learning management systems
Alfred Essa posted this tidbit today:
An Important Correction to the Blackboard Patent Story
A number of us, including this blog, have gotten this story wrong. It’s time for a correction.
The USPTO has NOT invalidated the Blackboard patent. Instead the USPTO is proposing to invalidate the patent and has issued some preliminary documents for review and comment. [...]
PTO sets Blackboard straight
Posted Friday, March 28th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags blackboard, elearning, learning management systems
All 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims have been thrown out by the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s not 100% official (this is the first step in the process), but things are looking up… for everyone except Blackboard. I really think they shot themselves in the foot by trying to establish a monopoly via patents and lawsuits. The negative PR will haunt them for years.