Desire2Blog
Barry Dahl,
Desire2Blog,
Jul 09, 2007
Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge seen before the opening reception.
Greetings from Duluth, where I am attending (but not presenting) at the Desire2Learn user conference, an unusual experience for me. Early impressions include taking note of some insider expression s ("publish up") and thinking that the white shirts worn by every D2L staffer (and there are a lot of there here) is a little bit cult-like. Today's presentation by Ruth Clark was weak, in my view; Will Richardson and Nancy White are on tomorrow and Wednesday. You'll get much more coverage of the conference at Barry Dahl's Desire2Blog site.
While I'm here, I need to made an important disclosure. The reason I'm at this conference is that NRC has signed a development agreement with Desire2Learn and the University of Moncton. I am very involved in that project. That said, I am not receiving any money from D2L and am not in any way paid or even encouraged to promote the company (this trip is being paid for with NRC project money, which is actually unusual, as almost all my travel is paid for by conference organizers). The advice I'm giving D2L is essentially the same advice people have been reading here for years - including the constant plugs for open source software and open educational resources. I won't be discussing project specific in this newsletter, but by the same token, I won't be giving D2L preferential treatment or a free ride in these pages. I hope that's a good enough disclaimer - it's the best I can do. If you need to know more, just ask.
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