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Occupied
The ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests have spread to Boston, and most notably to our university. International Affairs students particularly...
Pearson's OpenClass Free LMS: 4 Initial Challenges
Pearson's announcement of OpenClass, a free cloud based learning management system (LMS), will definitely change the vibe at this year's...
The Girl, Political Philosopher
Earlier this week, The Girl and I did a grocery run. The following exchange occurred in the ice cream aisle...
Math Geek Mom: A Non-Random Study
The idea of a “double blind study” is central to the use of statistics as it applies to medicine. Such...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Markets
The recent silliness in Florida, in which the governor is questioning the need for more anthropologists, got me to thinking...
Ten Questions to Ask About LMS Migrations
Ok, so the campus LMS market is in transition. Blackboard’s announced plans to retire its legacy LMS applications is a...
Live@EDU, Hosted Blackboard, and the Deal Microsoft Should Announce at EDUCAUSE (But Won't)
Pretend you work for Microsoft's Live@edu division. Your job is to get institutions of higher education to adopt your cloud...