By Tony Bates, on December 18th, 2009
Carter, D. (2009) Blackboard, D2L declare truce eSchool News, December 17
The three-and-a-half-year court battle between learning management system (LMS) giant Blackboard Inc. and competitor Desire2Learn ended Dec. 15 when the companies agreed to license each other’s patents and drop long-standing lawsuits.
So does this mean that LMS wars are over? Not really. Both companies have lost [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 3rd, 2009
eSchool News (2009) Blackboard works on Google integration, eSchool News, November 3
A report of work at Northwestern University to provide an open-source integration of Google Apps and Blackboard, facilitating group project work and other educational applications.
By Tony Bates, on September 2nd, 2009
Carter, C. (2009) Tech helps students adopt good study habits eCampus News, Sept 2
Well, up to a point…Extract from article:
Purdue University is using educational technology–and online “signals”–to warn some students that their grades are dropping, offer study-habit suggestions, and provide positive reinforcement to students who are acing quizzes and exams.
When students [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 1st, 2009
Carter, D. (2009) Court rules against Blackboard in patent fight eSchool News, July 30
In case you missed this great news for e-learning over the vacation….
By Tony Bates, on June 22nd, 2009
Young, J. (2009) Colleges consider using blogs instead of Blackboard Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1
Halleluja! I’ve seen the future, and it’s – WordPress?
Well, why not? Good, free, simple to use, flexible open-source platform, students can contribute – but nah, won’t work; administrators can’t control it, and Blackboard will claim the patent.
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