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consolidation continues - BlackBoard + WebCT & more.

The Learning Circuits

Today BlackBoard announced plans to merge with WebCT; the two leading providers in the higher education eLearning space (BlackBoard alone forecasts US$150M+ for their fiscal year). It also doesn't bode well for WebCT's willingness to play with open source (sorry Harold!)

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Learning Management System Comparison: LMS Features Chart

Academy of Mine

For example, larger learning institutions like universities and colleges will probably opt for a service is Blackboard or WebCT. Options like WebCT and Blackboard don’t really cater to the individual course seller or subject matter expert. These open source options don’t necessarily work the way you want them to “out of the box”.

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Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

eLearning 24-7

Sorry, that’s marketing. You want marketing, I know some sites that will list you. Even open source systems. These are vendors who have been around a long time, build share of the market and generally speaking had early name recognition which has helped them in build business. Technology market.

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Apples and Pears

Clive on Learning

Now I don't normally get very excited about LMSs but these awards attracted my attention, because in amongst the Sabas and the SumTotals was little ol' open-source Moodle: Award for market share - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle.

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