Regular readers of James's blog will have seen the storm approaching with his disclaimer post on the 27th of last month. James followed up that post today. You all need to get over there, read the post in full, and give him your support. James is one of the most generous, thoughtful and supportive bloggers I have come across. The contrast between this post and my last post about James, celebrating his new blog and the range of free services he was offering to EduBloggers, is depressing to say the least.
From his post today:
Last Tuesday I received a memorandum from a manager cc’d by am exec. director instructing me to cease supporting and promoting weblogging, wikis or any other technology not officially supported by the University. The basic reason given being that I have, anecdotally, not used the CMS (this isn’t true, I always use it) and that ‘commentary’ on the issue of CMSs (quoted I think from this blog or another I set up for a course) is unacceptable. A set-up for disciplinary action should I not follow instructions.
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