As a user of Blackboard at Bournemouth University I have been involved in various discussion about it’s merit or lack of). These are usually started by someone who doesn’t like Blackboard, and probably hasn’t used it much either (or even tried?). Blackboard Moodle myBU PLN Technology University 2.0 They are usually fans of Moodle, even if they’ve not used it (but have talked [...] Blackboard VLE Web 2.

Just found this press release on Twitter: “Blackboard Joins Forces with Microsoft to Make Course Information Available on Web Browsers“. Wow, 8220;Under the agreement, Blackboard and Microsoft will work together to enable notifications to appear in their Web browser using the Bing(TM) toolbar when new course information becomes available through the Blackboard [...] ...Tags: Tags: eLearning Blackboard Wow, now how good could that be? “Under

Blackboard vs. Munoz , Professor, Humboldt State University Joan Van Duzer , Instructional Technologist, Humboldt State University 15 February 2005 What is Blackboard? Learning Management System (LMS) software partially owned by Microsoft Popular software used around the world Licensed annually (HSU pays approx. $8,600 8,600 each year) Used at HSU since 2001 Over $1 million spent each year in the CSU on Blackboard licenses What is Moodle? “Open source” (free!) Moodle A Comparison of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning Tools Bert Bos Kathy D.

Dear Blackboard. As you know, your Blackboard Learn has become quite popular in both Schools and Universities over here in the UK. We, the Institutions, are being 'forced' to adapt our learning and teaching needs to fit the environment we are given (within Blackboard). Don't get me wrong; I like Blackboard, and I like what I can do with it. We are able to use (and abuse) the system to make it easier for our students to access their learning materials on- and off-campus. The features you've been releasing in the various upgrades and version updates are making it a

Martin Hawksey, E-Learning Adviser at JISC RSC Scotland North and East, has now sent me two links to postings he has written on the MASHe blog on how to embed Google Wave into Blackboard: Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard - Here is an explanation of how you can embed Google Wave (and some other services services like etherpad and mindmeister) into Blackboard Blackboard Wave Integration - Blackboard demonstrated integration of a wave discussions into Blackboard at EDUCAUSE09. I've posted a couple of times now ( here and here ) on useful Google Wave resources. 

Blackboard have announced they’re releasing a custom toolbar for IE and Firefox users; “Get 8220;Get notifications directly from your Blackboard Learn system with an easy-to-use browser toolbar. Related posts: Blackboard and Microsoft You’ll receive regular updates of new content items, grades, discussions and announcements. And you’ll save time and energy with an automatically generated set of links that give you one-click access [...] Related

This is particularly true of integrated systems (such as Blackboard/WebCT)... Blackboard "tends to encourage a linear pathway through the content", and its default is to support easy uploading and text entry to achieve that goal." I've always approached this from the opposite angle and said that VLEs are designed for the current education market rather than to improve or change in any way. Certainly, each new version of blackboard is so simliar to the last that it's almost indistinguishable. I discovered the article Insidious pedagogy: how course management systems impact teaching by Lisa M.

It’s an interesting question, and not one I’d thought about until I read this article on HackCollege: “ Google Docs to Blackboard, Your days are numbered “. You can’t be any more blunt than this; “Google is much more in tune with the student population than Blackboard.” One of the many criticisms of Blackboard is that it is not customisable to the 8221; In my previous post “ Dear Blackboard … ” I pinned my heart on my sleeve and said; “We, the Institutions, are being ‘forced’ to adapt our learning

This is the second in my series on a first-glance look at the imminent upgrade to Blackboard version 9. Blackboard Camtasia eLearning VLE Web 2. Since my first movie on BB9 I’ve had a few people say that the blog tool that is integrated into BB9 is not up to scratch, so I thought I’d do a direct comparison between the [...] Blackboard

I realise I have been rather critical of Blackboard of late without giving the alternatives credit or mention. So, had a good conversation earlier this week with someone who has set up and managed a few Moodle systems (and I was talking about Blackboard) in his time, and I started to fully appreciate the flexibility that Moodle (even a fully supported one) can offer over Blackboard. This doesn’t, however, remove the blocks on flexibility that are So, here is a presentation I came across on my surfing travels, from Mark Drechsler, on Web 2.0 tools and techniques for