Tag Archives: Moodle

Everybody Wants to MOOC the World

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

You may have seen this week’s announcement from Instructure of their new Canvas Network to support MOOCs and other open courses. Blackboard has already been dipping its toe in this water, having had Curtiss Bonk run a MOOC on CourseSites. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Andreessen Horowitz, Blackboard-Inc., Brian Whitmer, Coursera, EdX, Fred Wilson, Instructure, Josh Coates, Moodle, Peter Levine, Phil Hill, Udacity, Union Square Ventures | 26 Comments

State of the Higher Education LMS Market: A Graphical View

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Phil Hill

The transformation of the higher education LMS market continues, and I expect more changes over the next 2 – 3 years. However, it seems time to capture the state of the market based on changes over the past year or … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts | Tagged ANGEL, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, eCollege, Higher Ed, Instructure, LMS, LMS market, MOOC, Moodle, open source, Pearson, Sakai | 32 Comments

Now UC Berkeley and Charles Sturt University Leave Sakai OAE

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Phil Hill

Just three months ago, the University of Michigan and Indiana University made a joint decision to “pause investment” in the Sakai OAE project. The latest news is that the University of California Berkeley and Charles Sturt University (in Australia) have … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, LMOS, Notable Posts, Openness | Tagged Berkeley, Charles Sturt, Learning Platform, LMS, Moodle, OAE, open source, Sakai | 6 Comments

Michigan State University Moves from Blackboard’s ANGEL LMS to Desire2Learn’s Learning Suite

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Phil Hill

Michigan State University has been one of the most well-known implementations of the ANGEL LMS for the past 9 years. Penn State selected ANGEL in 2001 under an agreement that also provided the school perpetual access to the source code. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts | Tagged ANGEL, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, LMS, Michigan State, Moodle | 2 Comments

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 →