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Blackboard wins patent on e-learningBy Howard Rheingold, published at 10 May 2007 - 8:12pm, last updated 10 years 40 weeks ago.
Stephen Downes, a widely followed and respected blogger sho writes about educational technology issues, has posted a long and comprehensive review of the outrageous action taken by Blackboard, a company that sells (rather shoddy in my opinion) proprietary course management software. One of the reasons I consider the Blackboard software shoddy is the message-board module, which positively repels usage. Now, their patents might threaten the growing development of open source courseware. Blackboard's actions are shameful, greedy, bogus, and have the potential for retarding the development of online learning throughout the world -- especially among those who don't have the money to pay outrageous licensing fees.
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