Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

The next act in the Blackboard versus Moodle saga is finally playing out as the former has announced that 'Moodlerooms' is now 'Blackboard Open LMS'. No expense was spared picking the new name. Here's the new website. According to this Campus Technology article, quoting Blackboard, "The decision to exit the partner program allows Blackboard to focus its resources on continued development of the Blackboard Open LMS platform." The focus will be on "improved IMS Global standard support, new features offering improved in-app help [and] a focus on universal access."

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