Tracks last edited date and user, and adds has_changes for blocks

The `user_id` passed into `_update_single_item()` will always be None, so `edited_by` will always be None, but @nasthagiri will fix that in her work. STUD-1724

@cahrens @andy-armstrong @dmitchell 
Is "False" the correct thing to return in this case? You should document what the method returns when there is no stored "edited_on" date.