Jasig and Sakai Foundations To Pursue Merger

8 November 2012

Is this merger a sign of reduced support for both projects and the need to bring funding sources together to support future efforts?

Early this year, Jasig, the parent organization for uPortal, CAS, Bedework and other open source software serving higher education, and the Sakai Foundation, which supports the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, formed Board-level groups to examine ways the two organizations could collaborate more closely. These Strategic Alliance Committees, led by Jasig Chair Aaron Godert, and Sakai Foundation Chair Josh Baron, met in New York in September to consolidate the outcomes of their discussions and bring proposals to their respective Boards.

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Posted by Charles Wachira

Drupal LMS to replace Moodle – Sakai – Instructure – Blackboard

8 November 2012

A Georgia-based company today announced at Educause 2012 the availability of an enterprise extensible LMS built fully on Drupal technology. The company expects to take Moodle, Instructure and Blackboard head on by leveraging one of the world’s largest open source communities to deploy an enterprise open source learning management system.

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Posted by Charles Wachira

Announcing the enhanced Blackboard Learn

7 November 2012

We took your feedback. We put our heads together. And we created a more efficient, engaging LMS. Introducing the enhanced Blackboard Learn.

Timesaving tools and a modern, user-friendly design let you focus on what’s important—whether that’s teaching, learning or leading your institution to success. And with My Blackboard, a new home base that’s one click away, all the critical information from Blackboard Learn is consolidated into one, organized location.

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Posted by Charles Wachira

Desire2Learn Raises $80 Million in Financing Round from NEA and OMERS Ventures

4 September 2012

Desire2Learn Incorporated, the leader in providing cloud-based learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and Fortune 1000 companies, today announced the closing of a $80 million strategic round of financing from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and OMERS Ventures. The investment will bolster Desire2Learn’s customer service and cloud infrastructure, support global growth, and accelerate its development of industry-leading education technologies.

via Desire2Learn Raises $80 Million in Financing Round from NEA and OMERS Ventures.

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Posted by Teb Locke

Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes – NYTimes.com

18 April 2012

An interactive online learning system created by two Stanford computer scientists plans to announce Wednesday that it has secured $16 million in venture capital and partnerships with five major universities.

via Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes – NYTimes.com.

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Posted by Teb Locke

Rebuilding the LMS for the 21st Century

29 March 2012

Can the goals of 21st century learning be met by retooled legacy LMSs, or does the future belong to open learning platforms that utilize the latest technology?

[Source: Campus Technology]

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Posted by Oscar Retterer

Blackboard Buys 2 Leading Supporters of Open-Source Competitor Moodle

27 March 2012

Blackboard officials announced that the company has purchased two leading supporters of Moodle, Moodlerooms and NetSpot. The company also hired one of the founders of the Sakai project to lead its efforts to support colleges using that open-source software. The moves are part of the company’s newly announced Blackboard Education Open Source Services group.

[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]

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Posted by Oscar Retterer

The Shifting Instructional Technology Landscape

6 March 2012

Predictions as to what the future might hold for learning management systems and related technology.

[Source: Campus Technology]

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Posted by Oscar Retterer

In Victory for Open-Education Movement, Blackboard Embraces Sharing – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education

27 October 2011

Professors who use Blackboard’s software have long been forced to lock their course materials in an area effectively marked, “For Registered Students Only,” while using the system. Today the company announced plans to add a “Share” button that will let professors make those learning materials free and open online.

The move may be the biggest sign yet that the idea of “open educational materials” is going mainstream, nearly 10 years after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology first began giving away lecture notes online. Blackboard made the change after college officials complained that the company’s software, which more than half the colleges in the country use for their online-course materials, was holding them back from trying open-education projects.

via In Victory for Open-Education Movement, Blackboard Embraces Sharing – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Posted by Teb Locke

Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System

13 October 2011

OpenClass, a course-management service from Pearson that is available through Google’s education apps, could be a strong player in this hotly contested field.

[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]

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Posted by Oscar Retterer

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