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Investment Bankers and Blackboard’s Future, Part One: If …

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Jim Farmer

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, Chairman of Sigma Group Inc. On Friday July 1,st after this was written, Blackboard Inc. was acquired by “affiliates of Providence Equity Partners” for $1.64 billion. They will also assume approximately $130 … Continue reading →

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Desire2Learn Product Updates

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

I had a chance to speak to some folks about their latest product release (9.2) a couple of weeks back and am only now finding time to blog about it. First, there’s what they’re doing with the LMS itself. No … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard/Moodle FOIA Requests

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Vicki Tambellini is reporting that a number of colleges who moved from Blackboard to Moodle are getting hit with Freedom of Information Act requests: Last week a number of institutions received FOIA requests from a law firm in Columbia, South … Continue reading →

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The Changing Dynamics of the Educational Technology Markets

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Phil Hill has two good blog posts up in response to Blackboard’s announcement that it has received at least two “unsolicited non-binding proposals” for the company to be acquired. In his first post, Phil argues that, whatever the outcome of … Continue reading →

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Moodlerooms and the Cambridge Global Grid for Learning

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

I know it’s been a little quiet here on e-Literate since I started gearing up for my (awesome) new job. Posts are likely to be sporadic for a while longer yet. But fear not, Dear Reader, for I have not … Continue reading →

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