Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. What is the present and future direction by Moodle on this important topic? What are you wondering about Moodle and the LMS, looking ahead?

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Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 79

Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. What is the present and future direction by Moodle on this important topic? What are you wondering about Moodle and the LMS, looking ahead?

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Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 40

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

When we ask whether or not content is open, we mean is it openly licensed (is it OER)? Moodle) does not convert it to OER – the content continues to be All Rights Reserved. Moodle) does not convert it to OER – the content continues to be All Rights Reserved. Likewise, putting OER (e.g.,

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OER Pearson Moodle Blackboard 68

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I It seems to me as though this year was pretty momentous too, if for no other reason than the open source LMS Moodle – first released 15 years ago and by far the most popular LMS in the world – raised its very first round of venture capital in October.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.” ” Stop acting like “ self-directed learning ” is a new thing.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). It’s 2017, and ed-tech is so “disruptive” that we’re still debating the LMS , a technology that is at least 30 years old (and that’s just if you date it to the founding of Blackboard. Sounds Familiar.”

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Education LMS Robotics Coursera 46

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. Edsurge celebrates by reprinting Blackboard founder Matthew Pittinsky’s blog post “4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed.” .” ( No disclosure about shared investors.).

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46