March 28, 2012

Blackboard Moves Into Open Source Space With Two Big Acquisitions

Blackboard Inc. announced a major investment in open source today with news that it has acquired Moodlerooms and NetSpot, two leading providers of open source online learning solutions to the education industry. Both organizations will continue to operate independently to support their clients. Moodlerooms and NetSpot are official Moodle Partners, and each will continue their current programs to support clients with no changes to their leadership or their support and service models. In addition, each team will also become part of Blackboard's new Education Open Source Servicesgroup, dedicated to supporting the use and development of open source learning technologies globally. Read more at:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/26/4367794/blackboard-acquires-moodlerooms.html


Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/26/4367794/blackboard-acquires-moodlerooms.html#storylink=cpy

 

Mar 28, 2012 2:01:00 AM | Instructional Technology

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