A comment left by Andy Duckworth on my last post got me thinking about how a more open, persistent LMS might be as beneficial to institutions as it is to students. Andy’s favorite feature of the Instructure’s Canvas LMS is “the ability for students to create groups that can persist…
Why Google will *never* buy Blackboard
I recently read a blog post about why Google should buy Blackboard (instead of paying $6 billion for Groupon). Buying Blackboard seems like a really bad idea to me, and here’s why: Google tends to buy companies with (1) GREAT software and (2) a large and growing user base. The…