B2 @ MERLOT International Conference 2005

This week I'm at the MERLOT International Conference in Nashville, TN. The conference opened with a well received keynote by Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of Commonwealth Learning.

Meanwhile, in the exhibit hall I've been busy demo-ing the MERLOT Search Building Block. More than 80 institutions are using the free and open source Building Block that allows instructors to seamlessly search for and incorporate MERLOT resources into their Blackboard courses. The response from users here has been very positive. As expected, folks have ideas of how we can improve upon the Building Block so I've been busy taking notes!