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Observing the Rising Dragon was my start with Blogging
The dragon is sometimes used as the national emblem of China in the West. We are told: Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and Chinese folklore. The dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles, fish, and imaginary creatures, but they are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. In yin and…
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Commercial Kuali: Is Their New Path the Right Path?
Community-source software is only as successful as the community that builds it. -Kuali Foundation Website In a previous post I stated that one of the strengths of Kuali was its commercial support model in conjunction with its community. At that time, I wrote that an engaged, enthusiastic community of members whose jobs are often on…
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Kuali Questions Continue at Educause
It’s been a little over a month since the Kuali Foundation announced the formation of a for-profit Kuali entity. My reflection upon all the conversation flying about regarding the new Kuali commercial company was renewed this past week during Educause 2014. Educause is the premier higher education technology conference held every fall and conversations during…
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Do you want to party with your ERP like it’s 1998?
I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray -Prince On January 20, 1998 I was sitting in an auditorium at Oklahoma City Community College (OKCCC) mulling over a brand new ERP system for higher education. I’ve thought about that meeting several times over the years and thought it might be…
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KualiCo, The Kuali Community, and Other People’s Money
After posting recent blogs on the formation of KualiCo, I have been contacted by many people on both sides of the KualiCo/ Kuali.org discussion. I think I would rather be in a pair of waders in the North Platte River than wading back into the Kuali conversation of the last couple months, however as mentioned…
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The Evolving Kuali Narrative
In terms of processing all that is occurring in the Kuali Software world right now, I have had to sit down and look at many different perspectives. As a fan of this community, it is somewhat difficult to reconcile that the Kuali foundation, which has touted the advantages of not being a commercial entity, is…
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ERP in Higher Education – An Unsustainable Model
NOTE: Posted with permission of Bruce W. Vieweg, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer Concordia College, Moorhead, MN Most of higher education is under enormous pressure simply to survive. Annual growths in tuition, and in all too many cases low graduation/completion rates, are simply not sustainable. Demographic changes are challenging us to rethink just…
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Intro to Twitter for Attendees at the 94th Annual AACC 2014 Conference
March 31, 2014 | Filed under: Social Media, Twitter and tagged with: 2014, 94th Annual AACC Conference, AACC, hashtag For the first time in a few years I will not be attending the American Association of Community Colleges Conference. It conflicts with the Ellucian Live Conference this year and I will be presenting at Ellucian…
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