The term "personal learning network" (PLN) frequently refers to a changing set of people and tools one uses to engage in continuing, informal professional development.
A description of the concept of "Radical Trust". "the confidence that any structured organization, including government, library, business, religion and museum, has in collaboration and empowerment within online communities. Specifically, it pertains to the use of blogs, wiki and online social networking platforms by organizations to cultivate relationships with an online community that then can provide feedback and direction for the organization's interest. The organization 'trusts' and uses that input in its management."
David Wiley, also a leader of the Cape Town Declaration; Chief Openness Officer for Flat World Knowledge, a new approach to college textbooks offering rigorously reviewed textbooks online free of cost to students (http://www.flatworldknowledge.com); and Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology & Technology at Brigham Young University.
Open content licensing may not be a red-hot issue in the foundation sector, but it is emerging as a
salient one with consequences in many fields. It is an inherently complex issue. In an attempt to
learn more about the licensing practices that are used in the world of private charitable foundations
- and specifically to learn the degree to which open content licensing may or may not be appropriate
in that sector and why - the Berkman Center and the Hewlett Foundation commissioned the FDR
Group, a nonpartisan public opinion research firm, to conduct a qualitative research study.
The battle of the bullet points, where vendors are compared mainly based on long but shallow lists of features, is thankfully going away.
The assessment document, then, did not tell the whole story of vendor difference; the means by which a product delivered a solution to a given requirement showed a level of depth not reflected in the assessment document.
requirement #89 (the ability to deliver small groups) is marked in the RFP as a requirement fulfilled by both products, but in reality the groups provided in Blackboard do not have the same flexibility as those found within Sakai