As Desire2Learn and Instructure continue to gain market share, things are heating up at Blackboard. The Tambellini Group research indicates that Desire2Learn, Instructure and others are gaining customer confidence and winning new business among institutions and corporations alike.

Lou Pugliese, CEO of Moodlerooms left quietly several weeks ago. He joined Blackboard as a result of the acquisition.

Pressure to deliver sales and profits are different now that Blackboard is privately held, but certainly investors will keep

Rather than jump into the social media fray following my current and new Blackboard colleagues, I made a deliberate decision to delay my reflections on what’s transpired with our recent merger over the past two weeks. In expressing my off script observations, I thought it essential to get perspectives from customers, the Moodle commu...

In another move following Blackboard’s March 26th announcement (aggregated responses on e-Literate site), yesterday Blackboard announced that Instructors using their CourseSites™ can make their courses available for enrollment by anyone, effectively supporting an open courseware model. It means individuals can … Continue reading →

In a report published today by Reuters, Blackboard plans to raise $60 million dollars to help finance the acquisitions of Moodlerooms and netSpot.

The report also affirms the B corporate rating on Blackboard and explains the rationale.

Vicki Tambellini
President and CEO
The Tambellini Group and Enterprise Hive

Today Blackboard issued a strange letter to clients announcing that, in parallel with its existing proprietary platform, it will be offering a new business to support and host open source learning management systems, and also the acquisition of two teams to help guide that work, Moodlerooms and NetSpot. The letter states: We are committed to [...]