Tag Archives: Blackboard-Inc.

The Blackboard Announcements, Part 2: Can Open Source Be Bought?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

I have gotten a lot of email from folks who moved to Moodle (often from Blackboard CE) because they wanted to get away from Blackboard and they thought that open source was “safe.” In my first post on the announcements, … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Acquires Moodlerooms and Netspot

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Press release is here. This is obviously a gob smacker of a story. I’m going to take a few days, talk to a few folks, and think about the implications before I write a reaction post. You may hear from … Continue reading →

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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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