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Bb acquires two large Moodle consultancy firms and former head of Sakai

Posted on March 27, 2012 by sean

Well, I would admit to anyone that I didn’t see this one coming. Ray Henderson has just written that Bb has purchased Moodlerooms and and NetSpot. And they have hired Chuck Severance to be an official liason to the Sakai … Continue reading →

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McGraw-Hill makes moves to open to all platforms

Posted on July 19, 2011 by sean

Well, we saw last week major moves in the academic textbook industry where the other four major publishers wrapped it up with McGraw-Hill, who had announced a year ago, that Bb would have an integration point with their “learning platforms”. … Continue reading →

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Blackboard making ties with all major academic textbook publishers

Posted on July 14, 2011 by sean

In a pre-calculated move, Blackboard has just released news that it is now making interoperability deals with remaining four of the big five of the US HE textbook market to wrap it all up in a single stance of corporate … Continue reading →

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Bb is morphing Wimba and Elluminate into new version of Collaborate

Posted on July 12, 2011 by sean

Blackboard today announced a new version of its Collaborate software, designed to provide video- and audioconferencing for online classrooms. That means the beginning of the end for two services the company bought last year, Wimba and Elluminate. The company said … Continue reading →

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Bb sold to Providence for $1.46B

Posted on July 5, 2011 by sean

Well, the bell just rang, and the deal is done. On Friday, Blackboard sold out for $1.46B to Providence Equity Partners. It was seen coming; as I said, after Bb announced they were courtable, it was a question of when … Continue reading →

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Blackboard further into buyout talks with Equity

Posted on June 24, 2011 by sean

I wrote earlier about Bb looking like it was going to be purchased. Not a question of if, but, rather when. Well, more news from the Wall Street Journal. They are reporting that Providence Equity is in exclusive talks, they … Continue reading →

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Blackboard is going to be purchased

Posted on June 16, 2011 by sean

Well, we knew since April that the Blackboard board was looking to sell out, but now it seems a goer with two different companies making advances. So, who are they and what could it mean for both all the educational … Continue reading →

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Blackboard quietly drops patent claim

Posted on December 2, 2010 by sean

The majority of the VLE/LMS community was united against the outrageous claims made by Blackboard when it claimed patents for online learning features that it had wrongly claimed it had innovated. They lost their patent claim in 2008 and many … Continue reading →

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