ramblings
About a week ago I tweeted: from what i’m reading between the lines, #SCORM is dead to the ADL. they’re moving on. interesting timing considering #TAACCCT I had no idea how much hand-wringing and consternation my off-handed comment would cause. It apparently caused (directly or indirectly) some heated
e-learning
IMS produces standards they want everyone to use. Why, then, do I have to log in to their site in order to VIEW the documentation for their standards? Situation: I found a link to a PDF on their site. When I clicked it, I was presented with this warm greeting
Industry News
News from the IMS Global Learning Consortium: The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) today announced the public review of the first phase of the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards to allow open and seamless integration of educational web applications. Called “Basic LTI or BLTI,” this first standard addresses the
Apple Mac Mini Server
Just a head’s up: this post is a bit of a rant. Had to get it off my chest. Musical Chairs I remember a few years back, probably 2002, my web hosting service went down for over a week at Christmas. Thankfully, I didn’t own any online retail/
Blackboard v Desire2Learn
Update: In 2013, four years after I posted this blog entry, Eolas lost their court case and subsequent appeals. Eolas Technologies is a company that manages licensing for patents. Eolas seeks to return value to its shareholders by commercializing these technologies through strategic alliances, licensing and spin offs. (source) The
ramblings
The new whitehouse.gov site has received a lot of press since its unveiling a few days ago. Many have rightly given it kudos for bringing a modern sense of design and “Web 2.0”-style social practices to the White House. I agree the new site is a big
Blackboard v Desire2Learn
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
ramblings
Today Rapid Intake announced a new service named Unison. Not having used the service, I won’t pretend to know whether it’s a worthwhile service or not. It’s certainly an intriguing idea, and with its oft-mentioned low price, it’s guaranteed to get some industry buzz. Out of
e-learning
Today I’m working on a simple JavaScript/XML-based quiz. I decided I’d like to use a standardized XML format for the quiz questions and answers, so I googled QTI, a common quiz format. Turns out QTI is (yet another) IMS specification (duh, I should have known that!). I
ramblings
I had an interesting conference call the other day regarding a learning management system’s browser support. We’re trying to implement a new LMS, and it needs to be accessible for Mac users. The vendor promised us Mac support before the contract was signed and — surprise! — it doesn’t