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A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source?

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Title:A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source? (ID: CSD5394)
Author(s):Andrew Guess (Inside Higher Ed)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (07/15/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"Blackboard, the dominant player in course management software, has the ability to inspire devotion and, for the more fervid open-source adherents, not a little contempt. So today’s announcement may cause a stir among those more apt to liken Blackboard to the devil than a gentle giant: The company is partnering with Syracuse University to develop a way to integrate Blackboard with Sakai, one of the primary open-source alternatives."

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