LIKE MAH STATUS: Miles Jai on an all-to-common social media annoyance.
posted by hermitosis on Oct 18, 2011 - 32 comments

Major educational technology company sold: Blackboard, the leading course management system firm, agreed to be purchased. Providence Equity is spending $45 a share, for a total of around $1.64 billion US (pdf). [more inside]
posted by doctornemo on Jul 1, 2011 - 82 comments

Can you patent learning? Blackboard Inc. is granted a wide-ranging patent for its learning management system and immediately sues their rival, Desire2Learn. Opponents and documentarians have taken to creating this Wikipedia entry on the history of virtual learning environments.
posted by mattbucher on Aug 31, 2006 - 28 comments