Moodle has greatly improved the interface for installing and upgrading plugins. Admins can now install extra features using the Moodle plugin directory, an uploaded zip file, or manually at server ...

Moodle's developers have released a major update to the open source learning management system following six months of development. Moodle 2.6, released just on the heels of Moodle 2.5.3, includes ...

Moodlerooms and Datatel have teamed to integrate learning management functionality with enterprise resource planning (ERP). The integration combines Moodlerooms' learning management "platform" with ...

With open source learning management systems offering an increasingly rich slate of features and add-ons, more schools are considering a move. Smaller colleges and universities, which may hesitate ...

Instructure, creator of the Canvas learning management system (LMS), took an incredibly bold step to disrupt the LMS market today when they open sourced the code for Canvas. In a market dominated by ...

In a turn that shocked many in the higher ed tech world, the e-learning giant Blackboard on Monday announced that it has acquired two companies that provide support to Moodle, the leading open-source ...

Open-source approaches now appear to be migrating from the fringe to the mainstream in the education market. Blackboard has acquired Moodlerooms and Netspot and launched an open-source services group ...

Currently, an explosion is occurring in the demand for distance education in the US. Large numbers of high school graduates are going on to college, and more adults are pursuing a college education.

Blackboard has formally changed the name of its product that serves institutions that use Moodle's open-source learning management system, in the wake of this summer's parting of the ways between ...

Lou Pugliese, CEO of Moodlerooms, said Blackboard’s purchase of his company and another firm that hosts and supports the popular open-source learning management system (LMS) Moodle should be welcome ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about higher education news, trends, and costs. Moodle and Blackboard have parted ways, ending a partnership between two ...