Blackboard and a Desire to Earn
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008The whole Blackboard patent claim against Desire to Learn seems a pretty apropos topic for the session I’ll be presenting at Nercomp Annual Conference 2008. The latest news report is that Blackboard has won a patent suit and will be awarded $3 million by Desire to Learn. Could this have a ripple effect on other LMS’s out there, such as Angel and eCollege? For those considering open source alternatives, keep in mind that just over a year ago, Blackboard pledged not to sue open source LMS projects. What effect does have on schools who are in the process of migrating or searching for a new LMS? Does it make them more inclined to go with Blackboard, perhaps out of fear of selecting an LMS that won’t be around in a few years? Or more inclined toward open source alternatives such as Moodle and Sakai?
- Posted by Clark Shah-Nelson