I just returned from New York city, having attended a day-long “Technology in Education: Classrooms of the 21st Century” conference co-sponsored by the New York Institute of Technology and the Milken Institute. There were a number of fascinating presentations by some real heavy-hitters, including Carmen Farina, the New York City Schools Deputy Chancellor for Teaching [...]

I’ve spent the evening reading the blogosphere’s response to the Blackboard and WebCT merger announced today. The general sentiment is (to put it politely) less than favorable. But my reaction to the the announcement seems to be different than most…

The recent crowning of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) as a “new” approach for making web experiences more interactive made me wonder whether Don Norman is having one of those classic “I told you so” moments. Macromedia can lay claim to “Rich Internet Applications,” but Bruce Tognazzini, Jakob Nielsen, and Don Norman (friends and partners [...]