Tag Archives: Blackboard-Inc.

Openness: The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

In my last post, I said that I thought Blackboard’s announcement of making it easy to add a Creative Commons license to a Common Cartridge export is significant. One day later, we have some evidence of just how significant. e-Literate featured … Continue reading →

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Perhaps ‘Open’ Is a Flag of My Disposition…

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Anyone who went to EDUCAUSE this year had to come away with the impression that Open is the new black. This product now comes with 50% more openness! That one’s openness is 99.44% pure! It’s easy to get jaded about … Continue reading →

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Analysis of Blackboard Response to Recent Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Phil Hill

There’s been an interesting set of public relations based on the recent news of Blackboard security vulnerabilities.  SC Magazine’s Australian edition broke a story on September 16 about an investigation by two or more anonymous Australian universities working with a security firm, … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Mergers and Acquisitions

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

This is just a quick post to note the fact of two pretty big announcements coming out of Blackboard. First, the acquisition of the company by Providence Equity has been completed. Second, Providence immediately turned around and executed a merger … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Dept. of Education Moving from Moodle to Blackboard

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Blackboard just put out a press release announcing that the Hawaii Department of Education is moving their Hawaii Virtual Learning Network (HVLN) from an open source LMS to Blackboard. The press release doesn’t name the platform, but HVLN is currently … Continue reading →

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