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The right to write
From one of the many victims of the Righthaven scum, on the pending collapse of the blackmailing/barritry scheme in court: This Fourth of July, none of it is abstract. None of it is patriotic bromides. I’ve had my run-in with unfreedom, and I’ve watched the institutions of my country take firm action against unfreedom. —Margaret […]
The Uncertainty Research Building directory
This is probably an indication of some sad psychological condition, but I left the THATCamp bar get-together early tonight because I'm behind on grading for my summer course, and two doctoral students deserve some time as well for some finishing-up details. But the same building that houses the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New […]
Invisible contributions, acadministrivia version
Before 9 am, I was ready to write an absolutely unique entry about higher ed policy, credit transfer, CUNY, and Kevin Carey's paean to the Open Badge manifesto (or whatever you want to call the Mozilla apparatus). And then reality hit, and now it's 3 pm and I'm still not done with a bunch of […]
Farewell to Anchovy
My colleagues and I are saying goodbye this summer to the fictional suburb of Anchovy, Columbia, where we set a number of simulations/case studies over the past half decade. These were written for our bread-and-butter undergraduate course to help students satisfy the state's older list of competencies for new teachers, and now that the competencies […]
Why I’m buying Blackboard
Okay, I'll admit it: I'm buying Blackboard, the fabulous Learning Management System company that has totally wowed faculty during its agile-minded development over more than a decade. Four weeks ago, to the day, my lawyers forwarded an unsolicited offer to Blackboard's lawyers, and while the talks are still in process, and I have a few […]