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Tag Archives: Blackboard-Inc.
Blackboard's Wimba and Elluminate Acquisitions
I have often said that, if you want to understand the likely future behavior of a publicly traded company, the best way to approach it is to think of it as a complex money-making machine. If you can understand how … Continue reading
Blackboard Mobile Learn: More on Web vs. Native Development
Update: Literally a minute after I published this, Scott Wilson tweeted about this Slideshare presentation about the relative advantages of web-native development for smartphones. Thanks to George Kroner for this link to data on student mobile phone usage at University … Continue reading
Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged Blackboard-Inc., edunomics, Moodle, Smartphones
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Moodle 2.0 Versus Blackboard 9.0/9.1
Here’s a video highlighting some of the features in Moodle 2.o, which is expected to be released some time in the next couple of months: You can see a video of Blackboard 9.1 highlights here. (Sorry, it’s not embeddable.) Note … Continue reading
Some Strengths of Sakai 2
I write a fair bit about Sakai 3 because I am excited about the possibilities for change that it represents. That said, there are a couple of points worth emphasizing. First, Sakai 3 doesn’t exist yet and won’t be adoptable … Continue reading
Blackboard's iPad App and its implications
Ray Henderson has a post up about his sense of responsibility to customers regarding balancing innovation with mature products (careful refinements in features and support services to meet customer needs) versus innovation in new areas (bold thinking and experiments). It’s … Continue reading
