EdTechTalk#72 - Discussion with Stephen Downes and Mike King of IBM
- IBM as a consulting company - what that means
- IBM's attitude toward open source - how does it view other players - Sun, Novell
- The IBM patent portfolio - does IBM risk being a patent troll - the SCO lawsuit - progress
- IBM in e-learning specifically - Lotus, Domino - still in the game?
- IBM and the Blackboard patent - company position - message?
- Toward the development of open educational resources? Tools - services - product?
| JenniferW | sooo cool -- this is neat |
| JenniferW | no -- lets just listen |
| JenniferW | sounds nice |
| JenniferW | I have only read Stephen so far, so it is nice to hear him as well. |
| Jeff | https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=75613 |
| JenniferW | gonna just listen through stream until you open for ???? |
| Stephen Downes | Test |
| JenniferW | Hello to Stephen -- Welcome |
| DS | hi all -- very noisy here -- will listen to stream |
| dave | that's good |
| JenniferW | we have rain in California though |
| dave | we like peter gzowski...? |
| dave | gzoski |
| Jeff | http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/gzowski_peter/ |
| DS | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gzowski |
| Jeff | Some info about Michael - http://www.imsglobal.org/boardofdirectors.html#mike |
| JenniferW | big blue??? ibm? |
| Jeff | none other |
| JenniferW | so cool |
| dave | and stephen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes |
| Jeff | now considered a 'noteworthy' person |
| dave | lol |
| dave | feel free to pop in some questions folks |
| JenniferW | just enjoying the trip down memory lane -- nice to see IBM seem more personable rather than untouchable |
| cheryloakes | I made it. |
| JenniferW | hi cheryl |
| Stephen Downes | OK, I've lost all sound on this end |
| cheryloakes | Hi Jen |
| cheryloakes | sounds good from here on channel 1 |
| Stephen Downes | Thank you |
| dave | just a little tech problem |
| dave | now solved |
| cheryloakes | U R Quick |
| JenniferW | Cheryl -- you are in NH??? |
| cheryloakes | no still in Maine until 8 am Tues. morn |
| dave | http://www.clipper.com/research/TCG2005058.pdf |
| dave | http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=1125495&type=pdf |
| JenniferW | can we get the link to the wiki he talked about -- patents |
| JenniferW | or is that internal use only?? |
| Jeff | FYI, skypecast at: https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=75613 |
| cheryloakes | lifelong learning has met its match |
| Stephen Downes | heh |
| dave | k-80... poor Cliff |
| dave | http://flickr.com/photos/89618789@N00/301025147/ |
| dave | he's 87 |
| dave | and still works everyday |
| JenniferW | good question, Dave. I wondered if they were putting themselves out of business as well. |
| JenniferW | or perhaps at least not be seen as the norm. I remember when everyone used to call ANY computer an IBM |
| JenniferW | sort of like kleenex (for tissue) |
| JenniferW | and suddenly the change switched to PC - and I wondered if that had any effect on them as well. |
| dave | it seems to imply that open source isn't enterprise |
| dave | ready |
| JenniferW | its nice to see that IBM isn't staying in a box -- but is willing to evolve as need is seen |
| JenniferW | however, I am hearing this as more BIG school, college, etc. What about the poor private school?? :) |
| dave | no candy for you |
| dave | only big companies get candy |
| JenniferW | wowowow -- great question -- Stephen |
| JenniferW | R smart??? that is who they are working with??? |
| dave | that's what he said |
| dave | got a link Jdub? |
| JenniferW | searching |
| dave | we've worked with moodle... |
| dave | let's find out what IBM is doing with moodle shall we? |
| dave | again |
| JenniferW | http://www.rsmart.com/news/ibm-offers-first-open-source-global-hosted-e-learning-service-for-education |
| cheryloakes | good plan |
| dave | no enterprise |
| JenniferW | that seems to be the link |
| dave | Moodle hosts over 100,000 in New Zealand |
| Stephen Downes | right |
| JenniferW | new word to me -- Zachi??? help please |
| mdking | sakai |
| JenniferW | thank you |
| dave | http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installations_10000_plus |
| dave | gotit. |
| dave | that is got it not go tit |
| JenniferW | http://sakaiproject.org/ |
| JenniferW | ?? is this the link?? |
| mdking | yes |
| JenniferW | thank you |
| JenniferW | any grants?? funding??? awards??? etc for education?? |
| dave | they have bunches |
| JenniferW | cool -- I shall search |
| JenniferW | http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/education/ |
| dave | very fast |
| dave | very nice |
| JenniferW | tis fun |
| dave | ask him again! :p |
| dave | I'd like to know a little bit more about the connection between IBM's software and its consulting... are they 'necessarily' connected? Are the services only about servicing their software? |
| JenniferW | grins -- and ask if we are talking to IBM or do they outsource their customer service :) |
| JenniferW | excellent chat by the way |
| cheryloakes | i agree, very interesting questions and answers, good conversation |
| cheryloakes | dave you are so black and white, why? |
| JenniferW | or just a devil's advocate???? to get the conversation going??? |
| dave | Is this better? |
| cheryloakes | i mean more literally like the color, you got it dave! |
| JenniferW | LOLOL -- |
| JenniferW | I am so dense |
| cheryloakes | no way |
| JenniferW | so glad I am muted |
| dave | ha |
| cheryloakes | thanks good stuff |
| mdking | thanks! |
| JenniferW | great chat |
| mdking | signing off |
| JenniferW | post show??? :) |
| cheryloakes | bye mdking |
| JenniferW | raising hand -- me me -- drupalite |
| JenniferW | lee barber and I were in drupal 5 he** last night -- |
| JenniferW | luckily for me -- I am in 4.7 still |
| JenniferW | but the flickr module wouldn't work for her |
| Jeff | flickr module isn't ported yet |
| JenniferW | I can use it -- she cannot |
| Jeff | ...to 5.0 |
| JenniferW | but I am unsure of posting images or files -- or allowing people to do so |
| JenniferW | I am very protective about my webspace and not going over my limit |
| JenniferW | my host is not generous if you go over |
| JenniferW | That would be cool -- I would download the downes Module |
| JenniferW | by the way -- Stephen your email bounced back when you registered for Women of Web 2.0 -- could you resend it to me please??? |
| JenniferW | good show everyone!!! |
| DS | great show |
| DS | good to see all |
Great Interview... by alex.ragone
