Thank you with all my heart for your contribution to my legal defence against Proctorio’s SLAPP. We raised $23,517 in ONE weekend! Reading through the list of donors and messages, I know people are making sacrifices to contribute what they can. There are donations of all sizes and I know what this money represents. I […]
Read more "Stand Against Proctorio’s SLAPP – Update #2"Thank you to all of you who have taken a stand against Proctorio by donating to my legal defence fund. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but sure enough, the community has had my back this whole time. I set a goal of $20,000 because I thought that was the most I could possibly raise. […]
Read more "Stand Against Proctorio’s SLAPP – Update #1"My name is Ian Linkletter. Today is October 16th, 2020. I have filed legal documents in the B.C. Supreme Court to defend myself against a lawsuit filed by a company called Proctorio Incorporated. You may read these filings at http://defence.linkletter.org . I need financial support to continue this fight. Proctorio makes academic surveillance software. I […]
Read more "Stand Against Proctorio’s SLAPP – GoFundMe Campaign Launch"If you live in British Columbia, work in higher education, and specialize in technology, BCNET is an important organization. BCNET is government-funded and has the mandate of making technology more available to the province’s universities and colleges. If you want to network or collaborate across institutions, learning to navigate BCNET will benefit you. Every year […]
Read more "Why I’m Not Going to BCNET 2020"This post is adapted from 7 tweets I made on December 22nd, 2019. There is still debate within the educational technology community about whether Instructure’s acquisition (which may be falling apart) constitutes a sale of student data. I believe it does. The data is an asset of the company, and is transferred along with the […]
Read more "Does selling a company mean selling its data?"This post is adapted from 12 tweets I made on December 5th, 2019. Welcome to my fun and chill evening, which I spent diving into the Instructure privacy policy because I like to feel bad 😬 You are now entering the privacy zone! bEwArE On October 28th, 2019, Instructure updated their Privacy Policy for the […]
Read more "New changes to Instructure Privacy Policy"This post is adapted from 35 tweets I made on December 6th, 2019. On December 4th last year, Instructure (the company that makes Canvas) announced that they had entered into an agreement to sell the company to a private equity firm (Thoma Bravo) for two billion dollars. Every owner of Instructure stock stands to receive […]
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