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  • Maybe it’s the money – nee Thoughts on Collaborate III

    @idarknight my reaction to BbWimbaLluminate was more financially based than anything. how can we justify burning money with free options?less than a minute ago via Tweetie for MacD’Arcy Normandlnorman @dlnorman I was wanting to include that as some part of the post, but the money arguement is a sticky one, so I’ve left it to…

  • Knee Jerk Reactions

    I know I’m guilty of this myself, but I caught myself wondering while I was out for a run this morning… is the edtech-sphere disliking the BB Collaborate announcement because of some real concerns with regards to BB and how they do things to those systems that they acquire, or is it something more “religious”?…

  • Oh BB… what won’t you buy (maybe Sakai?)

    Well, if you are not on Twitter, you can be forgiven (perhaps) for not seeing the flood of “OMG BB bought both Wimba and Elluminate!” tweets as Blackboard averse edtechers start to run for the hills as the franken system to be known as Blackboard Collaborate rises. So for those who are not already sitting…

  • Coursefeed

    I knew this was coming – a plugin to BB or FB that allow information to move between the two. Coursefeed will really start to play with the minds of instructors who are already treading into uncharted waters that bring school content into a personal/social space.Having played with it, you can seemingly peek into any course and…

  • BB NexGen

    Ok, it always seems to be the case that when I mention Blackboard, I get all manner of hits from their office, so here we go again. I was in a webinar this morning taking a look at the potential new features of the “new LMS product to be named in July”. There was no…