Monday, May 11, 2009

Blackboard acquires Angel...

The BORG strikes again! Blackboard will now assimilate Angel. Resistance is futile.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't hate Blackboard (I actually like some of the tools it offers), but monopolies are bad for business and Blackboard is looking more and more like a monopoly to me. There are some awesome features in Blackboard, but there are some services and features that other solutions provide better. Unfortunately, if Blackboard keeps up its BORG-ish behavior, there won't be any other tool left!! Let's see how the D2L/Blackboard drama unfolds...

1 comment:

Mike said...

I share your concerns on Blackboard's "BORG-ish" behavior. I am particularly interested in free, open-source tools as they might exist for teaching and learning online. To what extent is MVCC exploring this? (By the way, I'm sitting in your class right now. :-)

-Mike