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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 [...] 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. 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 [...] 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…. 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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