LearningGuild

JULY 7, 2010

announced late today that it is acquiring Elluminate and Wimba, leading providers of. Blackboard Inc. synchronous and collaboration technology. The teams from the three companies will combine to form. Blackboard Collaborate, a standalone platform.

Wimba 68

Wimba Blackboard Elluminate Collaboration 68

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 11, 2008

33 per min per user - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y [link] Wimba Y N - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - [link] GoToMeeting Monthly, Annual $49, $468 Up to 15 Y Y Y Y Y Y None [link] GoToMeeting Corporate Licensed TBD Varies Y Y Y Y Y Y None [link] GoToWebinar Monthy, Annual $99, $948 Up to 1000 Y None [link] Acrobat Connect Y Annual, Monthly $395/yr or $39.95/mo.

Web 100

Web Services Google Docs Elluminate 100

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Screen-Sharing GoToMeeting ( link ) eBLVD ( link ) ConnectNow ( link ) Microsoft Shared View Crossloop ( link ) Yuuguu ( link ) WebExNow ( link ) LiveLook ( link ) Vyew ( link ) Glance ( link ) Yugma ( link ) Teamviewer ( link ) BeamYourScreen ( link ) Remote Control GoToAssist ( link ) RealVNC VNC GoToMyPC ( link ) logmein ( link ) Teamviewer ( link (..)

Collaboration 105

Collaboration iVocalize ooVoo Zoho 105

Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I’m always cognizant of what Ellen Wagner (formerly with Adobe) said while writing about web conferencing technologies around the time Blackboard bought Wimba and Elluminate and combined them to create Blackboard Collaborate (for edu-types, I’ll insert the ‘muwhahahaha’ just for you).

Virtual Classroom 72

Virtual Classroom Adobe Connect Adobe Classroom 72

eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 2, 2010

Here are the results and the level of exposure to technology tools this community provides: Twitter (2482) Social Network (1999) Wiki (1610) LMS (1346) Podcaster (1239) Facebook (1176) Flash (980) PowerPoint (922) YouTube (843) RSS (814) LinkedIn (798) Second Life (687) iPhone (602) Director (584) Moodle (550) PDF (521) Captivate (515) Wikipedia (502) (..)

Big Question 100

Big Question Social Networks WebPod Studio Apache Roller 100

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Well Played, Blackboard - elearnspace , July 8, 2010 While Blackboard is unable to write a press release that includes clear statements like “we have purchased these companies&# , I have to give the company credit for the acquisition of Elluminate (and Wimba).

Adobe Captivate 96

Adobe Captivate iPad Blended Learning Diversity Training 96