Ten years ago I wrote a blog post with the title (Critical) history of ICT in education – and where we are heading? I feel that the post is still pretty accurate interpretation of the history, but there are some issues I see today differently. In 2005 I was optimistic. Social media and free and […]
Category: noelearningpatents
Petition against e-learning patents in Europe
A few years back FLOSSE POSSE featured quite a few postings related to the issue of software patents and e-learning (http://flosse.dicole.org/?category=noelearningpatents). Lately, the issue has been somewhat dormant, especially here in the EU. Last week, though, the news broke out that a US jury delivered its verdict on the case of Blackboard Inc. vs. Desire2Learn […]
Everything comes to an end, and so it seems for the long battled software patents issue in EU. The European Parliament votes in October (11.-12) about European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), which could open doors wide open for software patents, too. Even if you don’t think that your MEP has an ear for you, think […]
This week’s buzz has been the press release by Blackboard Inc. that announced, well, that Blackboard actually has invented e-learning or at least, the virtual learning environments. S.Downes gives a good run down on the blog postings on the issue out there. Like many have noted and protested against, there is plethora of cases of […]
Vertalingen, lever jouw bijdrage! en Voorbeelden: Met deze petitie proberen we de aandacht te vestigen van Europese beleidsmakers op de gevaren van software patenten, en dan vooral de negatieve effecten die ze hebben op onderwijs. Het gebruik van informatie en communicatie technologie (ICT) om het onderwijs in het algemeen en e-learning in het bijzonder te […]
Översättningar, Bidra! se en Vad är detta? Syftet med denna petition är att uppmärksamma europeiska myndigheter och beslutsfattare på farorna med mjukvarupatent och i synnerhet på de negativa effekter som mjukvarupatent riskerar att få för utbildning och lärande. IKT är numera oumbärligt verktyg för att leverera utbildning som kan möta individens behov och förmåga och […]
Übersetzungen, eine Übersetzung beitragen! de en Worum geht es hier? Diese Petition zielt darauf ab, europäische Behörden und Entscheidungsträger vor den Gefahren von Softwarepatenten und speziell vor den negativen Auswirkungen für den Bildungsbereich zu warnen. Die Nutzung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) zur Unterstützung von Lernprozessen (eLearning) hat in Europa einen wichtigen Stellenwert und auf […]
March 14 2006 (Brussels, Belgium) Sign now the petition that aims to alert European authorities and policy-makers to the dangers of software patents, and particularly to the negative impact they could have on e-learning that uses information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance education. All the European and international e-learning practitioners, as well as other […]
UPDATE: Aug 4, 2006 As the discussion on software patents in e-learning is getting more attention now, we remind you that you can still sign our petition – the campaign opposing software patents in e-learning in on-going! So, ignore the deadline in the text and keep passing the message on to your friends, colleagues and […]
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