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Open source software company Moodle today announced it is ending its partnership with Blackboard. Via Peter Mellow 
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"Don’t assume nothing happens in online learning during the long summer vacation. This little bombshell landed on my screen: Blackboard’s continuing loss of market share is at the tipping point of changing from a serious problem to an existential threat ..." Via Leona Ungerer
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A seasoned instructional designer, shares five online course design suggestions to help make sure your course is clutter-free and easy to use. Via Peter Mellow
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Blackboard has partnered with VoiceThread in an effort to improve discussions between instructors and students with the use of video, voice and text comments. Via Peter Mellow
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In the wake of news of its split from Moodle, Blackboard has reaffirmed its commitment to its Moodle-based Software-as-a-Service product and the open source community. Via Peter Mellow
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This is consequential for both Moodle and Blackboard.On the Moodle side, we have written about Moodle's financial dependence on Blackboard as a partner and how that creates some risk for the community. Since those posts, Moodle has received $6 million in outside investment. According to Moodle Pty's press release, that investment, combined with a decline in Blackboard's financial contributions to Moodle made it feasible for Moodle to break off from the partnership.
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By Jeff Alderson, Principal Analyst
Dennis Swender's insight:
I've worked with more Learning Management Systems than most. I've touch everything on this list. Most of what I need is there, although more often than not some central authority hasn't flipped the switches I need to get to the tools I'd use.
As far as killer apps, mobile is essential. If an LMS isn't fully functional on a tablet, it's a lame duck.
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Find out how Blackboard can actually save you time in not only making assignments, but also in helping you grade students' work quickly and accurately, giving them immediate feedback and letting them see where they stand in your class. Via Peter Mellow
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