Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, April 30, 2002

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64793-2002Apr28.html

Blackboard Program Aims to Lure WebCT Clients
Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post Staff Writer

Blackboard Inc. stepped up its efforts to become the dominant player in the higher-education e-learning field last week. The six-year-old private company launched a program to allow universities using the services of a top competitor, WebCT Inc., to easily switch to Blackboard's program. The Washington company also persuaded a top WebCT executive, Stavros Cademenos, to lead Blackboard's international development unit. The moves come as the online-learning sector narrows through mergers and acquisitions, leading many analysts to predict that only two or three companies will survive.

 



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