Tag Archives: Blackboard-Inc.

Blackboard and MoodleRooms: An insight to private equity

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Jim Farmer

There has been speculation about Blackboard’s acquisition of MoodleRooms and its announcements about support of open-source learning systems. This is also an opportunity to see decision-making by Blackboard owner Providence Equity. The motivation of a private equity firm is rapid increase in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Bryan Williams, Chris-Coppola, edunomics, Frank A. Bonsal III, Jason Cole, Kaplan Ventures, Lev Gonik, Longworth Venture Partners, Lou Pugliese, Martin-Dougiamas, Moodle, MoodleRooms Inc., New Markets Growth Fund, Ray Henderson, Remote-Learner US Inc., Sakai Foundation | 9 Comments

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 →

Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Canvas, Chuck-Severence, Instructure, Josh Coates, Martin-Dougiamas, Moodle, Moodlerooms, Netspot | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Moodle, Moodlerooms, Netspot | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., CourseSites, IMS Common Cartridge, OCL, OpenClass | 10 Comments

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 →