SFLC Asks USPTO to Review and Revoke Blackboard’s Patent
From Groklaw:
The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a reexamination request with the USPTO regarding Blackboard’s eLearning patent. I told you about this patent and mentioned I had written about this it for LWN back in August, shortly after Blackboard sued Desire2Learn, another educational software maker.
Read the whole storry at http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061130104032942
Brittiska parlamentariker kräver öppen källkod till skolorna
Från idg.se
En grupp från det brittiska parlamentet kritiserar den institution som rekommenderar IT-teknologi till skolorna i Storbritannien. I en motion menar de på att gamla regler stänger ute små företag som erbjuder mjukvara baserad på öppen källkod.
Motionen , närmare bestämt "Early Day Motion No 179 – Software in Education", diskuteras på Schoolforge-UK Discussions.
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Are we playing with Lego or atoms?
To understand the Learning Objects concept it is often described using metaphors. There are two main metaphors: the “Lego” metaphor and the “Atomic” metaphor. The Lego metaphor was the first metaphor to occur (as far as I know), and it describes Learning Objects as pieces of Lego building blocks that can be assembled to form [...]