Blackboard Inc. today updated its plan for supporting clients using the ANGEL learning management platform, extending support for the platform beyond its previously scheduled end date in 2014. Read More...

Blackboard Inc. today announced the launch of Blackboard Education Open Source Services, a new effort to support clients using open source education technologies. With the announcement, the company will continue to focus on its flagship Blackboard Learn ™ platform as well as ANGEL and Edline, while also helping institutions successfully manage open source learning management systems (LMS) including Moodle and Sakai.
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Blackboard Inc. today announced the appointment of Charles Severance, a longtime leader and one of the founders of the Sakai community, to a senior role to lead the company’s initiative on the Sakai open source learning management system (LMS).

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Blackboard Inc. announced a major investment in open source today with news that it has acquired Moodlerooms and NetSpot, two leading providers of open source online learning solutions to the education industry. Both organizations will continue to operate independently to support their clients.

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Enterprise Hive announces the general availability of Release 3.30 of HiveSocial and HiveSocial Now.

HiveSocial is the social knowledge platform that  powers the professional online communities of edu1world.org, Datatel +SGHE Commons, Chesapeake Academy, Atlanta Metropolitan College, GeorgiaBEST, and other education and not–for profit organizations.

This release contains significant enhancements that enrich the robust features of the plat...

Psst - Guess what??   Email a comment to a community is here!!!

Yep,  next week, the week of February 27th,  we will be uploading a major release of HiveSocial that will deliver this functionality plus a number of significant new features and enhancements that will directly benefit edu1world members. (HiveSocial is a product of Enterprise Hive and the platform that powers edu1world.)
 
Email a comment to a post in a community.  You asked for t...

I wanted to share with you an announcement that we have just made in regards to a grant program for HiveSocial communities from Enterprise Hive.  Following is the excerpt of our press release on this exciting new opportunity that is available to all edu1world members as well as other organizations who have a need for social professional communities.

Enterprise Hive Announces HiveSocial Grant Program

January 17, 2012 - Irvington, VA

Ente...

Next week be on the lookout for an email from edu1world that will provide you with a coupon for $25 off a job posting in the edu1 Career Center.

Up until December 31, 2011, you can post jobs for your institution or company for only $75 each.

With over 25,000 active members in edu1world, this is a great, low-cost opportunity to find talented candidates for your open positions.

This special discount is for edu1 world members only.

I...

We have added a new tab to “My Workplace” to assist you in easier navigation to setting your preferences for email  notifications.

In “My Workplace” you will see a new tab, “Email Notifications”.   

When you click on this tab, you will be taken to the Email Notification page where you can set your preferences for Instant Email sand the Daily Digest.

We are continually working to improve our member’s experience, so  please feel free to ...

Donald M. Norris – President Strategic Initiatives, Inc.
Linda Baer – Senior Program Officer, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

This is a description of the session at EDUCAUSE today (4:00-4:50 pm, Room 108B) at which Norris and Baer will present the preliminary findings of the survey conducted as part of the Building Organizational Capacity for Analytics project, funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

This research surv...