Education as a Service or as a Right

Interesting thought from a paper mentioned in the UNESCO IIEP forum on open educational resources: An important debate is currently taking place within universities but also among researchers, diplomats and governmental sectors all over the world. Can education be considered as a commercial service and, as a result, regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO)? … Read more

LMS Madness, and Why I’m Mad

So by now you’ve heard – Blackboard is buying WebCT, and in 18 months or so there will be one uberproduct. We all saw this coming, but still – wow. Why am I mad? Because the state of Utah just completed a bid process to license and buy support for an LMS to be used … Read more