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Comment on About by johnfontaine

johnfontaine — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:48:19 +0000

If you join the IMS, you can get help from their CC Evangelist, Jeff Kahn, who I’ve found very willing to help explain why your code would fail the test harness. Go to http://www.imsglc.org/

Comment on About by Vlad Rybalkin

Vlad Rybalkin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:29:19 +0000

Your “about” summary is very impressive. I found this blog after finding your name among the members/contributors to IMS Global and was wondering if you could help with some details regarding Common Cartridge package…

Comment on Some Notes on Steak by Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:32:30 +0000

You understand!! Come to Montana & we can cook Elk!

Comment on Some Notes on Steak by Charles Severance

Charles Severance — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:31:55 +0000

Uh, when should we show up on your desk for dinner?

Comment on Some Notes on Steak by Stephen E. Moore

Stephen E. Moore — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:12:18 +0000

I heartily agree with you about the virtues of locally-raised critters for meat. My nephew, who is becoming quite the small rancher, are negotiating for a lamb for next spring, a year from now. We have cut back significantly on the amount of meat in our diet but still enjoy it when we have it. I can’t think what we’d do with a quarter of a cow! Fortunately, market demand being what it is, local meat, humanely raised, and sensibly fed, is now available at several stores near us. This is one more example of how the consumer can change the world by adjusting the demand. We tend to think of it as past of our ministry to the earth.

Comment on Some Notes on Steak by Ann

Ann — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:39:51 +0000

come out to the beach and cook it up.

Comment on CourseSites Re-Imagined by Michelle Bellini

Michelle Bellini — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:45:23 +0000

Are you familiar with Desire 2 Learn? (D2L) The college I work for just switched to it. Your ideas sound cooler though! I am taking an online class to learn how to teach online.

Comment on $2 Billion for OER Grants but not so open by Tim Martin

Tim Martin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:33:03 +0000

John.

Thanks for joining the discussion. While I would argue that your “8 track” statement isn’t exactly right, I would concede that some more openness to other learning standards might be useful. I would also point to the fact that poorly implemented SCORM may be flakey, but it is not impossible to do well. If people find the runtime layer of SCORM to be more than they can handle, they can certainly opt for an asset based SCORM package, which is almost entirely an IMS CP package, which could accomplish many of the things a CC package does…

To claim that SCORM’s inclusion is the stuff of Dr. Evil is just wrong. Michael Feldstein’s thoughts about “more options” are sound, but Rob’s vitriol is way over the top and discredits those of you doing good work advocating for CC.

We’ve had some good discussion on the topic here, including Rob, Dr. Chuck, and others.

Comment on More thoughts on OERs and Open Content by Shahin Khan

Shahin Khan — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:39:44 +0000

That is a good point. An active well-governed community is a necessity, and hopefully technology can be used to facilitate it. My bias being Curriki.org, there is effort there in this direction, with some 550 groups in 11 categories on record. But getting to what we are talking about is about more than numbers, I know.

Comment on A Blackboard Standards Update by Blackboard Learn 9.1 Plug-in for LIS 2.0 « Second to Sixth

Blackboard Learn 9.1 Plug-in for LIS 2.0 « Second to Sixth — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:07:34 +0000

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