LMS secures results for online institutions
Universities with online programs want a learning management system that is not only easily deployable, but also includes features that can improve student retention—a problem that is particularly…
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Open source: The new normal in higher education?
M.L. Bettino is a sort of open-source technology hipster. He was into open source way before it was mainstream.
Best practices in higher-education technology use: August 2012
Students at the University of Wisconsin now can earn college degrees based on competency, not credits; Ohio State is revamping its classroom technology to meet students’ digital demands;…
Cloud-based LMS challenges Blackboard to major security review
A relatively new kid on the learning management system block has jabbed Blackboard Inc. in the chest for three months, daring the commercial LMS behemoth to conduct a…
Amid Blackboard’s purchase of Moodlerooms, fear and loathing set in
The decision had been made, student information had been transferred, and faculty had been trained to use the Moodle learning management system hosted by Moodlerooms. Loyola University-Maryland had…
Moodlerooms CEO: Blackboard acquisition will expand open-source movement
Lou Pugliese, CEO of Moodlerooms, said Blackboard’s purchase of his company and another firm that hosts and supports the popular open-source learning management system (LMS) Moodle should be…
Realizing the power of ‘open’ to transform higher education
As the concept of open source has evolved and expanded over the past two decades from difficult-to-manage productivity and organizational tools to a vast, friendly, and rapidly growing…
Report: Mobile app use exploding on campus
Colleges and universities have made significant gains in deploying mobile applications over the past year, according to the 2011 Campus Computing Survey, the largest continuing study of higher-education…
Blackboard reassures education customers after acquisition
Educational software maker Blackboard is being taken private for $1.64 billion in cash by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners, and a Blackboard official…
Can Twitter use help improve grades? Some researchers think so
Twitter use might be more than an extracurricular activity for college students, according to researchers from three universities whose work suggests that using the popular microblogging service to…