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The Sanskrit word karma means “doing,” “action”. It is also a grammar term, meaning “verb” (the verb is the action part of a sentence). Everybody needs some action. Every sentence needs a verb.
But karma means more than just action. Karma is both the action and its results. In particular, it can mean the consequences of your actions in this life for what will happen to you in the next life. But you don’t have to believe in reincarnation to understand karma.
Inaction: no results. Very boring.
Action: results! Good results… bad results… something happens.
Hence Courseware Karma. What I want to insist on here is that the choices that we make as teachers by using a particular kind of Courseware has consequences. The Courseware that you choose and what you do with that Courseware leads to results! Good results… bad results… something happens.
There are real consequences - in other words, there is Courseware karma.
And basically, using Blackboard means we are probably going to come back in our next life as cockroaches.
If you want to learn more about karma and reincarnation, visit the Wikipedia: Karma entry.
For more about Courseware, stay tuned.