Co-founder of @bigbluebutton and Blindside Networks. Open source developer, serial entrepreneur, and passionate about improving access to learning for all.
Ottawa
Joined April 2007
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We use @coderabbitai for our code reviews. They provide it free for OSS (like BigBlueButton) and offers a free trial for the proprietary code. Check it out: coderabbit.ai
Most students using AI for homework are unknowingly crossing the "event horizon" of cognitive offloading.
The homework apocalypse is here - and it's destroying how our brains actually learn.
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Our brains haven't evolved since agriculture. Real learning should feel frustrating, like "feeling the burn" at the gym. But AI lets students bypass that struggle entirely. At #MootGlobal25, I argued pedagogy+AI+ analytics leads to human-centric education, not AI-centric. (2/3)
I've spent 17 years building BigBlueButton to give every student access to high-quality online education.
This argument guides our roadmap.
Here's my presentation. Feedback welcome - do you agree with my argument?
youtube.com/watch?v=BUOEhLHo…
Fred Dixon retweeted
🎨 Curious what’s new with @tldraw? @steveruizok kicks off Day 2 at #BigBlueButton World with a behind-the-scenes look at new features + use cases. ⏰ Starts at 10:00 UTC — register free: ow.ly/Vn5m50Wf2tk
#OpenSource #EdTech #CreativityTech
I'm kicking off BigBlueButton World 2025 with the keynote address in 15 minutes. My topic is The Future of BigBlueButton in the Age of AI.
world.bigbluebutton.org/
#edtech #BBBWorld2025 #OpenSource
Is generative AI like hyperprocessed foods for learning? Quick dopamine hits. Immediate satisfaction. Long-term learning deficits. How do we get out of this cycle? I took a deep dive and wrote the following article answer this question. #EdTech blindsidenetworks.com/ai-is-…
We are focused on online learning and, as an open source project, empowering educators to improve our world. news.colead.link/en/digital-…
I'll be at FOSDEM this year giving a presentation on evolving @bigbluebutton into a platform that others can easily built upon. We're doing this by providing a new plug-in layer for easily extending its functionality. fosdem.org/2025/schedule/eve…
It has been truly gratifying to see the evolution of the Moodle and BigBlueButton integration over the years. It's all towards a single goal: empowering educators to improve our world.
Why did Moodle integrate BigBlueButton into its core? 🔵
Let's find out: hubs.la/Q031-JWD0
Impressive work at tldraw.computer! @tldraw is definitely bringing its "A game" to the AI table. Very glad in the BigBlueButto project that we put all the effort to incorporate tldraw into @bigbluebutton.
Heading to Berlin, Germany to attend and exhibit at #OEB24. I'll be showing BigBlueButton's latest capabilities for built-in tools for applied learning and live analytics to ensure every student learns. #bigbluebutton. blindsidenetworks.com/oeb-gl…
Sal Khan just presented an integration with Khanmigo at #INSTCon24. Cool! youtu.be/f5RGl0vnCRc
Got a poll question you want to share in BigBlueButton? Instead of typing the question and responses in each field, if you have it already as text, you can enable "custom input" and paste it the poll text - BigBlueButton will automatically fill out the fields.
I am currently attending #dlac2024 in Austin, TX. DM me if you are interested in meeting up about BigBlueButton. We are sharing our latest work on learning analytics. Find us at booth #413 as well.