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			<title>CourseSites MOOC Catalog</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2013/03/21/coursesites-mooc-catalog</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">1038@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: right;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/coursesites-210x57.png?mtime=1345811558&quot; alt=&quot;Course Sites logo&quot; width=&quot;210&quot; height=&quot;57&quot; /&gt;This week Blackboard announced the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/mooccatalog.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CourseSites MOOC Catalog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;subhead gotham-medium&quot;&gt;Empowering Learning Through Community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;new&quot;&gt;Blackboard is pleased to support open education opportunities and massive open online courses (MOOCs) through CourseSites by Blackboard, a free, hosted and scalable online learning platform. Explore and enroll in courses below or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-signup-BBLEARN/signup.form&quot;&gt;start your own now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2013/03/21/coursesites-mooc-catalog&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/coursesites-210x57.png?mtime=1345811558" alt="Course Sites logo" width="210" height="57" />This week Blackboard announced the <a href="https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/mooccatalog.html" target="_blank">CourseSites MOOC Catalog</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><span class="subhead gotham-medium">Empowering Learning Through Community</span></strong></p>
<p class="new">Blackboard is pleased to support open education opportunities and massive open online courses (MOOCs) through CourseSites by Blackboard, a free, hosted and scalable online learning platform. Explore and enroll in courses below or <a href="https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-signup-BBLEARN/signup.form">start your own now.</a></p>
</blockquote><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2013/03/21/coursesites-mooc-catalog">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Blackboard Coursesites as MOOC-platform</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/23/blackboard-coursesites-as-mooc-platform</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">3TU</category>
<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>
<category domain="alt">OpenCourseWare</category>
<category domain="alt">Online Learning</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">1011@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;In 2011 Blackboard launched &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coursesites.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coursesites&lt;/a&gt;. This platform is free for teachers to create course and offer them to students. The CourseSites platform is based on the full &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Overview.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blackboard Learn &lt;/a&gt;platform including &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Overview.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Collaborate&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mobile Learn&lt;/a&gt;. They are running the newest version (SP10), so it is also a good way to get to know the new version.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From the beginning Blackboard showed in this platform their commitment to support standards and to be more open. This year they also started to promote the platform for MOOCs. In this video they show what they offer:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ioo8BKzORKI?list=UUXwvQVDZ7XwSMVpXVhKRcqw&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are not familiar with Blackboard Learn, this video gives a good overview of the newest features in 9.1.SP10:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; data=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XPdhs2WlSbs?hl=nl_NL&amp;amp;version=3&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;src&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XPdhs2WlSbs?hl=nl_NL&amp;amp;version=3&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/23/blackboard-coursesites-as-mooc-platform&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2011 Blackboard launched <a href="http://www.coursesites.com" target="_blank">Coursesites</a>. This platform is free for teachers to create course and offer them to students. The CourseSites platform is based on the full <a href="https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Overview.aspx" target="_blank">Blackboard Learn </a>platform including <a href="https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Overview.aspx" target="_blank">Collaborate</a> and <a href="https://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx" target="_blank">Mobile Learn</a>. They are running the newest version (SP10), so it is also a good way to get to know the new version.</p>
<p>From the beginning Blackboard showed in this platform their commitment to support standards and to be more open. This year they also started to promote the platform for MOOCs. In this video they show what they offer:</p>
<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ioo8BKzORKI?list=UUXwvQVDZ7XwSMVpXVhKRcqw" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe></p>
<p>If you are not familiar with Blackboard Learn, this video gives a good overview of the newest features in 9.1.SP10:</p>
<p><object width="480" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPdhs2WlSbs?hl=nl_NL&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPdhs2WlSbs?hl=nl_NL&amp;version=3" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/23/blackboard-coursesites-as-mooc-platform">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Blackboard xpLor</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/19/blackboard-xplor</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>
<category domain="alt">OpenCourseWare</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">1010@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/bb-xplor.png?mtime=1355910337&quot; rel=&quot;lightbox[p1010]&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/.evocache/bb-xplor.png/fit-400x320.png?mtime=1355910337&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;103&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the Online Educa Berlin I got a preview of the new Blackboard product &lt;strong&gt;xpLor&lt;/strong&gt;. xpLor is a Learning Object Repository in the cloud which is fully integrated in Blackboard Learn, but also in Moodle and Sakai:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Over the past 15 years the Learning Management System has transformed education enabling you to create rich interactive learning materials, effective online assessments, and interactive discussion. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;But the LMS can build walls between educators, making it difficult to share content they create or use content other have shared.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;XpLor implements modern software standards and removes the restrictions of LMS-based software allowing you to use the same learning materials in various LMS environments wint unprecendented ease.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Blackboard has now made an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/xplor&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;infographics&lt;/a&gt; to explain what xpLor is supposed to do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The impression I got from the demo is that it is something that can really help the OER movement. It makes it much easier for instructors to share and re-use open content. Especially because they are not only integrating it with Blackboard, but also with Moodle and Sakai.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/19/blackboard-xplor&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/bb-xplor.png?mtime=1355910337" rel="lightbox[p1010]"><img alt="" src="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/.evocache/bb-xplor.png/fit-320x320.png?mtime=1355910337" width="320" height="82" /></a></div></div><p>At the Online Educa Berlin I got a preview of the new Blackboard product <strong>xpLor</strong>. xpLor is a Learning Object Repository in the cloud which is fully integrated in Blackboard Learn, but also in Moodle and Sakai:</p>
<blockquote><em>Over the past 15 years the Learning Management System has transformed education enabling you to create rich interactive learning materials, effective online assessments, and interactive discussion. </em><br /><em>But the LMS can build walls between educators, making it difficult to share content they create or use content other have shared.</em><br /><em>XpLor implements modern software standards and removes the restrictions of LMS-based software allowing you to use the same learning materials in various LMS environments wint unprecendented ease.</em></blockquote>
<p>Blackboard has now made an <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/xplor" target="_blank">infographics</a> to explain what xpLor is supposed to do.</p>
<p>The impression I got from the demo is that it is something that can really help the OER movement. It makes it much easier for instructors to share and re-use open content. Especially because they are not only integrating it with Blackboard, but also with Moodle and Sakai.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/12/19/blackboard-xplor">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Michael Chasen verlaat Blackboard</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/10/15/michael-chasen-verlaat-blackboard</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">988@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: right;&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.blackboard.com/wp-content/themes/bbblog/img/authors/michael_chasen.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Chasen&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; /&gt;Vandaag werd &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=122654&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bekend&lt;/a&gt; dat de Michael Chasen, CEO van Blackboard, Blackboard gaat verlaten. Na het vertrek van Matt Pittinsky betekend dit dat beide oprichters nu niet meer verbonden zijn aan Blackboard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;De opvolger van Chasen is Jay Bhatt, oud CEO van Progress Software. Ik ken hem niet, maar vind het wel jammer dat het niet iemand is met een onderwijs achtergrond. Gelukkig blijft Ray Henderson in de directie.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.blackboard.com/company/featured/an-open-letter-to-the-education-community/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;een blog&lt;/a&gt; gaat Michael zelf in op zijn vertrek. Ray heeft ook &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rayhblog.com/blog/2012/10/news-michael-chasen-steps-down.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;een mooie blog&lt;/a&gt; geschreven over het vertrek.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/10/15/michael-chasen-verlaat-blackboard&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: right;" src="http://blog.blackboard.com/wp-content/themes/bbblog/img/authors/michael_chasen.jpg" alt="Michael Chasen" width="110" height="157" />Vandaag werd <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=122654" target="_blank">bekend</a> dat de Michael Chasen, CEO van Blackboard, Blackboard gaat verlaten. Na het vertrek van Matt Pittinsky betekend dit dat beide oprichters nu niet meer verbonden zijn aan Blackboard.</p>
<p>De opvolger van Chasen is Jay Bhatt, oud CEO van Progress Software. Ik ken hem niet, maar vind het wel jammer dat het niet iemand is met een onderwijs achtergrond. Gelukkig blijft Ray Henderson in de directie.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://blog.blackboard.com/company/featured/an-open-letter-to-the-education-community/" target="_blank">een blog</a> gaat Michael zelf in op zijn vertrek. Ray heeft ook <a href="http://www.rayhblog.com/blog/2012/10/news-michael-chasen-steps-down.html" target="_blank">een mooie blog</a> geschreven over het vertrek.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/10/15/michael-chasen-verlaat-blackboard">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Browserstatistieken: dominatie Chrome</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/10/06/browserstatistieken-dominatie-chrome</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">3TU</category>
<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">985@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Chrome is op dit moment duidelijk de favoriete browser van de gebruikers van de &lt;a href=&quot;http://blackboard.tudelft.nl&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;TU Delft blackboard-omgeving&lt;/a&gt; met bijna de helft van de bezoeken. En dat is wel opvallend want de standaard TU-omgeving is niet voorzien van Chrome. Daar staan alleen Internet Explorer en Firefox op.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;De dalende trend van IE blijft doorgaan en dat is natuurlijk goed met de &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marqit.nl/newsitem/10844/gevaarlijk-lek-in-internet-explorer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recente bug&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hieronder het overzicht.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;image_block&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/20121006-browserstatistieken.png?mtime=1349535698&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/20121006-browserstatistieken.png?mtime=1349535698&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/10/06/browserstatistieken-dominatie-chrome&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chrome is op dit moment duidelijk de favoriete browser van de gebruikers van de <a href="http://blackboard.tudelft.nl" target="_blank">TU Delft blackboard-omgeving</a> met bijna de helft van de bezoeken. En dat is wel opvallend want de standaard TU-omgeving is niet voorzien van Chrome. Daar staan alleen Internet Explorer en Firefox op.</p>
<p>De dalende trend van IE blijft doorgaan en dat is natuurlijk goed met de <a href="http://www.marqit.nl/newsitem/10844/gevaarlijk-lek-in-internet-explorer" target="_blank">recente bug</a>.</p>
<p>Hieronder het overzicht.</p>
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			<title>De markt van LMS in het hoger onderwijs</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/09/25/de-markt-van-lms-in</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">3TU</category>
<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">977@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/LMS_MarketShare_20120919.jpg?mtime=1348595146&quot; rel=&quot;lightbox[p977]&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/.evocache/LMS_MarketShare_20120919.jpg/fit-400x320.jpg?mtime=1348595146&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;268&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;De afgelopen jaren zijn er vele overnames geweest van LMS-systemen waardoor er een consolidatie is ontstaan. Het grote voorbeeld hiervan is Blackboard met de overnames van Angel Learning en WebCT. &lt;a href=&quot;http://mfeldstein.com/state-of-the-higher-education-lms-market-a-graphical-view/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Phill Hill&lt;/a&gt; heeft het overzicht van de ontwikkelingen gemaakt.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/09/25/de-markt-van-lms-in#more977&quot;&gt;Full story &amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/09/25/de-markt-van-lms-in&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/LMS_MarketShare_20120919.jpg?mtime=1348595146" rel="lightbox[p977]"><img alt="" src="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/.evocache/LMS_MarketShare_20120919.jpg/fit-320x320.jpg?mtime=1348595146" width="320" height="215" /></a></div></div><p>De afgelopen jaren zijn er vele overnames geweest van LMS-systemen waardoor er een consolidatie is ontstaan. Het grote voorbeeld hiervan is Blackboard met de overnames van Angel Learning en WebCT. <a href="http://mfeldstein.com/state-of-the-higher-education-lms-market-a-graphical-view/" target="_blank">Phill Hill</a> heeft het overzicht van de ontwikkelingen gemaakt.</p>
<p></p><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/09/25/de-markt-van-lms-in#more977">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/09/25/de-markt-van-lms-in">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>MOOC on Mobile Learning</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/08/24/opencourse-about-mobile-learning</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">Blackboard</category>
<category domain="main">Mobile</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">974@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: right;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/coursesites-210x57.png?mtime=1345811558&quot; alt=&quot;Coursesites logo&quot; width=&quot;210&quot; height=&quot;57&quot; /&gt;Mark Vinegar is organising a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_229976_1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MOOC on Mobile Learning&lt;/a&gt; on Blackboard&#039;s Coursesites-platform. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eduherald.org/edu_Herald/Home.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Winegar&lt;/a&gt; is an independent mobile learning consultant and podcaster with previous careers as a software engineer and professor of computer science.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The course description is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teachers can learn how to infuse their teaching with new mobile learning strategies by participating in the free Mobile Learning MOOC at Coursesites by Blackboard beginning August 27, 2012.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt; This new learning experience provides 16 weeks of training on topics ranging from authentic assessment to video podcasting. Learning is self-paced with rich multimedia and readings available 24X7. Participants can share their thoughts with other in forums and attend weekly live discussions.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The course is a MOOC, so it is free to participate, but you can also view the course as a guest. You can access the course via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coursesites.com/s/_MOOC001&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;coursesites.com&lt;/a&gt; and after registration via Blackboard Mobile Learn App (institute is CourseSites).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/08/24/opencourse-about-mobile-learning&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.e-learn.nl/media/blogs/e-learn/images/coursesites-210x57.png?mtime=1345811558" alt="Coursesites logo" width="210" height="57" />Mark Vinegar is organising a <a href="https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_229976_1" target="_blank">MOOC on Mobile Learning</a> on Blackboard's Coursesites-platform. <a href="http://www.eduherald.org/edu_Herald/Home.html" target="_blank">Winegar</a> is an independent mobile learning consultant and podcaster with previous careers as a software engineer and professor of computer science.</p>
<p>The course description is:</p>
<blockquote><em>Teachers can learn how to infuse their teaching with new mobile learning strategies by participating in the free Mobile Learning MOOC at Coursesites by Blackboard beginning August 27, 2012.</em><br /><br /><em> This new learning experience provides 16 weeks of training on topics ranging from authentic assessment to video podcasting. Learning is self-paced with rich multimedia and readings available 24X7. Participants can share their thoughts with other in forums and attend weekly live discussions.</em></blockquote>
<p>The course is a MOOC, so it is free to participate, but you can also view the course as a guest. You can access the course via <a href="http://www.coursesites.com/s/_MOOC001" target="_blank">coursesites.com</a> and after registration via Blackboard Mobile Learn App (institute is CourseSites).</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/08/24/opencourse-about-mobile-learning">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>8 tips om afkijken te verminderen</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/06/10/8-tips-om-afkijken-te-beperken</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">3TU</category>
<category domain="main">Blackboard</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">952@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Vorig week verscheen er een artikel in The Chronicle over &lt;a href=&quot;http://chronicle.com/article/Online-Classes-See-Cheating-Go/132093/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;afkijken in de online wereld&lt;/a&gt;. In het artikel wordt beschreven hoe studenten allemaal een goed cijfer halen bij een online open boek test. Volgens de anonieme professor is dit de &quot;gamification of education, and students are winning&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ook de fraude die wordt gepleegd met ghost writters wordt besproken. John Fontaine van Blackboard wordt hierin ook genoemd. Volgens hem zouden plagiaatdetectiesystemen, zoals Blackboard&#039;s SafeAssign, best zulke ghost writers kunnen detecteren:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 30px;&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#039;ve been working on classifiers that take documents and score them and build what I call a document fingerprint.&quot; The system could establish a document fingerprint for each student when they turn in their first assignments, and notice if future papers differ in style in suspicious ways.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dit is gebaseerd op dat elke schrijver zijn eigen woordenschat heeft en daarin bepaalde voorkeuren heeft.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Als reactie hierop heeft John Fontaine op zijn eigen blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.johnfontaine.com/?p=625&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;een artikel&lt;/a&gt; geschreven hoe je als docent het afkijken kan verminderen:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cultuur en Design van de course&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door meer constructivistische activiteiten, zoals bloggen, wiki schrijven en groepsopdrachten, te gebruiken, richt je meer op positieve vorm van leren: &lt;br /&gt;&quot;Foster a culture that rewards contributing to the corpus of knowledge within the class. &amp;#160;If students are recognized for individual contributions, they will pressure their peers to do their own work rather than copy each other. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vragenbank en willekeurige blokken&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Met de huidige toetssystemen is het uitstekend mogelijk om elke student een eigen unieke toets te geven. Je moet hier uitgaan van een grote vragenbank waar willekeur vragen uitgehaald worden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Willekeurige vragenvolgorde, antwoordvolgorde en steeds maar 1 vraag tonen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit beperkt de mogelijkheid om af te kijken voor de student als ze in &amp;#233;&amp;#233;n computerzaal zitten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Verander feedback opties&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoewel veel studenten het prettiger vinden om na een vraag meteen feedback te geven, biedt dit ook meer mogelijkheden om te spieken. Je kan er bij belangrijke examens dus beter aan doen om de feedback pas helemaal aan het eind te geven, eventueel kan je ook nog beperken hoe lang de feedback beschikbaar is voor studenten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Negative marking&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Dit beperkt mogelijkheid voor studenten om te gokken. Elk fout antwoord geeft levert negatieve punten op. Dit is een nieuwe functionaliteit in de recente Blackboard-versie, weet niet of dit nu goed werkt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Berekenvragen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vragen die werken op basis van een bepaalde formule geeft je de mogelijkheid om elke student met andere waarden voor de variabelen te laten werken. Afkijken heeft dan geen zin meer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toestaan van meerdere pogingen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doordat een student een toets meerdere keren kan doen en het belang hiervan te beperken, geef&amp;#160; je de student de mogelijkheid om te leren van zijn fouten en daarmee steeds beter te scoren: &quot;By lowering the stakes of the individual quiz attempt the student is rewarded for learning rather than punished for failing. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Denk als een videospelletjesontwerper&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In video games blijft de speler het keer op keer proberen om een hoger level te bereiken. In de goede spelletjes is het beheersen van het level de uitdaging en niet om het volgende level te bereiken. Zie ook &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Punished By Rewards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/06/10/8-tips-om-afkijken-te-beperken&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vorig week verscheen er een artikel in The Chronicle over <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Online-Classes-See-Cheating-Go/132093/" target="_blank">afkijken in de online wereld</a>. In het artikel wordt beschreven hoe studenten allemaal een goed cijfer halen bij een online open boek test. Volgens de anonieme professor is dit de "gamification of education, and students are winning".</p>
<p>Ook de fraude die wordt gepleegd met ghost writters wordt besproken. John Fontaine van Blackboard wordt hierin ook genoemd. Volgens hem zouden plagiaatdetectiesystemen, zoals Blackboard's SafeAssign, best zulke ghost writers kunnen detecteren:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"I've been working on classifiers that take documents and score them and build what I call a document fingerprint." The system could establish a document fingerprint for each student when they turn in their first assignments, and notice if future papers differ in style in suspicious ways.</p>
<p>Dit is gebaseerd op dat elke schrijver zijn eigen woordenschat heeft en daarin bepaalde voorkeuren heeft.</p>
<p>Als reactie hierop heeft John Fontaine op zijn eigen blog <a href="http://www.johnfontaine.com/?p=625" target="_blank">een artikel</a> geschreven hoe je als docent het afkijken kan verminderen:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Cultuur en Design van de course</strong><br />Door meer constructivistische activiteiten, zoals bloggen, wiki schrijven en groepsopdrachten, te gebruiken, richt je meer op positieve vorm van leren: <br />"Foster a culture that rewards contributing to the corpus of knowledge within the class. &#160;If students are recognized for individual contributions, they will pressure their peers to do their own work rather than copy each other. "<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Vragenbank en willekeurige blokken</strong><br />Met de huidige toetssystemen is het uitstekend mogelijk om elke student een eigen unieke toets te geven. Je moet hier uitgaan van een grote vragenbank waar willekeur vragen uitgehaald worden.<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Willekeurige vragenvolgorde, antwoordvolgorde en steeds maar 1 vraag tonen</strong><br />Dit beperkt de mogelijkheid om af te kijken voor de student als ze in &#233;&#233;n computerzaal zitten.<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Verander feedback opties</strong><br />Hoewel veel studenten het prettiger vinden om na een vraag meteen feedback te geven, biedt dit ook meer mogelijkheden om te spieken. Je kan er bij belangrijke examens dus beter aan doen om de feedback pas helemaal aan het eind te geven, eventueel kan je ook nog beperken hoe lang de feedback beschikbaar is voor studenten.<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>"Negative marking"</strong> <br />Dit beperkt mogelijkheid voor studenten om te gokken. Elk fout antwoord geeft levert negatieve punten op. Dit is een nieuwe functionaliteit in de recente Blackboard-versie, weet niet of dit nu goed werkt.<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Berekenvragen</strong><br />Vragen die werken op basis van een bepaalde formule geeft je de mogelijkheid om elke student met andere waarden voor de variabelen te laten werken. Afkijken heeft dan geen zin meer.<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Toestaan van meerdere pogingen</strong><br />Doordat een student een toets meerdere keren kan doen en het belang hiervan te beperken, geef&#160; je de student de mogelijkheid om te leren van zijn fouten en daarmee steeds beter te scoren: "By lowering the stakes of the individual quiz attempt the student is rewarded for learning rather than punished for failing. "<br /><br /></li>
<li><strong>Denk als een videospelletjesontwerper</strong><br />In video games blijft de speler het keer op keer proberen om een hoger level te bereiken. In de goede spelletjes is het beheersen van het level de uitdaging en niet om het volgende level te bereiken. Zie ook <a href="http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm" target="_blank">Punished By Rewards</a>.<br /><br /></li>
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			<title>OpenCourse hosted by Blackboard</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/04/24/opencourse-hosted-by-blackboard</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:45:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">Blackboard</category>
<category domain="main">OpenCourseWare</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">942@http://www.e-learn.nl/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday Blackboard announced the first Free, Open Course on their CourseSites platform:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&amp;lt;p &amp;gt;Please join us in &lt;a style=&quot;color: green;&quot; title=&quot;CourseSites Open Course&quot; href=&quot;https://open.coursesites.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CourseSites&lt;/a&gt; for a unique opportunity to learn with Dr. Bonk -- and from each other -- in our first open course focused on increasing student engagement and motivation online. We know your time is valuable and limited, so in this course you choose your level of participation. Whether you simply drop in or fully engage, we hope to see you online!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;Course Title&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a style=&quot;color: black;&quot; title=&quot;Open Course&quot; href=&quot;https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_215194_1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;Description&lt;/strong&gt;: Motivating students and creating community within blended and online learning environments are crucial to academic achievement and success. This open course will provide both theoretical concepts and practical tools for instructors to improve motivation, retention, and engagement within blended and online courses.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;Course Objectives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify and apply relevant motivational strategies and instructional techniques&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Construct thinking skill options for different types of learners and subjects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Design and share innovative thinking skill activities as well as unique cooperative learning&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Map and apply instructional models and ideas to online learning tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;strong style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;Course Duration&lt;/strong&gt;: April 30th- June 4th ( A total of 5 weeks)&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not only is it an interesting subject, but also good to see that Blackboard is taking the initiative to host an open course. I&#039;m certainly participating in the course, not only to learn from Curtis, but also to see how the platform works for an open course.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/04/24/opencourse-hosted-by-blackboard&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday Blackboard announced the first Free, Open Course on their CourseSites platform:</p>
<blockquote>&lt;p &gt;Please join us in <a style="color: green;" title="CourseSites Open Course" href="https://open.coursesites.com/" target="_blank">CourseSites</a> for a unique opportunity to learn with Dr. Bonk -- and from each other -- in our first open course focused on increasing student engagement and motivation online. We know your time is valuable and limited, so in this course you choose your level of participation. Whether you simply drop in or fully engage, we hope to see you online!<br /> <br /> <strong style="color: green;">Course Title</strong>:<strong> <a style="color: black;" title="Open Course" href="https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_215194_1" target="_blank">Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success</a><br /> </strong><br /> <strong style="color: green;">Description</strong>: Motivating students and creating community within blended and online learning environments are crucial to academic achievement and success. This open course will provide both theoretical concepts and practical tools for instructors to improve motivation, retention, and engagement within blended and online courses.<br /> <strong><br /> <span style="color: green;">Course Objectives</span></strong>:
<ul>
<li>Identify and apply relevant motivational strategies and instructional techniques</li>
<li>Construct thinking skill options for different types of learners and subjects</li>
<li>Design and share innovative thinking skill activities as well as unique cooperative learning</li>
<li>Map and apply instructional models and ideas to online learning tools</li>
</ul>
<strong style="color: green;">Course Duration</strong>: April 30th- June 4th ( A total of 5 weeks)</blockquote>
<p>Not only is it an interesting subject, but also good to see that Blackboard is taking the initiative to host an open course. I'm certainly participating in the course, not only to learn from Curtis, but also to see how the platform works for an open course.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/04/24/opencourse-hosted-by-blackboard">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/">E-learn.nl</a>.</small></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Blackboard changes it strategy</title>
			<link>http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/03/29/blackboard-changes-it-strategy</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Willem van Valkenburg</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;Last monday Blackboard did four mayor announcements:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676733&quot;&gt;Blackboard Announces Continued Support for ANGEL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676736&quot;&gt;Blackboard Appoints Sakai Foundation Board Member Charles Severance to Lead Company&amp;#8217;s Sakai Initiatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676738&quot;&gt;Blackboard Acquires Moodlerooms, NetSpot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676740&quot;&gt;Blackboard Launches Open Source Services Group &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are the first big changes after they were bought by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2011/07/04/blackboard-in-handen-van-private&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Providence Equity  Partners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until now Blackboard had the strategy to get all their clients to one platform, Blackboard Learn. All competitors they bought were merged into this product, such as WebCT and Angel. With these announcements they are leaving this strategie. Not only are they continuing the support of Angel, but they also bought two companies that provide services for open-source alternatives to their own core product. They created a new group withing Blackboard to provide these services: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackboard.com/services/blackboard-education-open-source-services.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blackboard Open Source Services Group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are already a lot of blogs written about it. Here is a list of interesting reads:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HackEducation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hackeducation.com/2012/03/26/blackboard-moodlerooms-open-washing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;You Can Acquire Open Source Companies, But You Can&#039;t Buy Open Source Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dr. Chuck: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/2012/03/connecting-blackboard-sakai-and-open-source/&quot;&gt;Connecting Blackboard, Sakai, and Open Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ElearnSpace: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/03/26/this-kids-is-why-hallucinogenics-and-the-internet-dont-mix/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;This kids, is why hallucinogenics and the internet don&amp;#8217;t mix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ray Henderson: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rayhblog.com/blog/2012/03/evolution-unbound-blackboard-embraces-open-source.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Evolution Unbound: Blackboard embraces open source&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/2012/03/29/blackboard-changes-it-strategy&quot;&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; blogged on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.e-learn.nl/&quot;&gt;E-learn.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last monday Blackboard did four mayor announcements:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676733">Blackboard Announces Continued Support for ANGEL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676736">Blackboard Appoints Sakai Foundation Board Member Charles Severance to Lead Company&#8217;s Sakai Initiatives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676738">Blackboard Acquires Moodlerooms, NetSpot</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/News-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1676740">Blackboard Launches Open Source Services Group </a></li>
</ul>
<p>These are the first big changes after they were bought by <a href="http://www.e-learn.nl/2011/07/04/blackboard-in-handen-van-private" target="_blank">Providence Equity  Partners</a>.</p>
<p>Until now Blackboard had the strategy to get all their clients to one platform, Blackboard Learn. All competitors they bought were merged into this product, such as WebCT and Angel. With these announcements they are leaving this strategie. Not only are they continuing the support of Angel, but they also bought two companies that provide services for open-source alternatives to their own core product. They created a new group withing Blackboard to provide these services: <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/services/blackboard-education-open-source-services.aspx" target="_blank">Blackboard Open Source Services Group</a>.</p>
<p>There are already a lot of blogs written about it. Here is a list of interesting reads:</p>
<ul>
<li>HackEducation: <a href="http://hackeducation.com/2012/03/26/blackboard-moodlerooms-open-washing/" target="_blank">You Can Acquire Open Source Companies, But You Can't Buy Open Source Community</a></li>
<li>Dr. Chuck: <a href="http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/2012/03/connecting-blackboard-sakai-and-open-source/">Connecting Blackboard, Sakai, and Open Source</a></li>
<li>ElearnSpace: <a href="http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/03/26/this-kids-is-why-hallucinogenics-and-the-internet-dont-mix/" target="_blank">This kids, is why hallucinogenics and the internet don&#8217;t mix</a></li>
<li>Ray Henderson: <a href="http://www.rayhblog.com/blog/2012/03/evolution-unbound-blackboard-embraces-open-source.html" target="_blank">Evolution Unbound: Blackboard embraces open source</a>.</li>
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