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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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What next with the LMS? A conversation with Phill Hill, continued

Bryan Alexander

They appear as follows, with only a trace of editing: Did you say Blackboard is 2nd in North America ? Do you think BlackBoard will keep on eye out to purchase more smaller LMS’s? Is the US military still a primary customer for Blackboard? What’s happening with Sakai? link] #FTTE. Gloria Doherty) . John Francis) .

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What next with the LMS? A conversation with Phill Hill, continued

Bryan Alexander

They appear as follows, with only a trace of editing: Did you say Blackboard is 2nd in North America ? Do you think BlackBoard will keep on eye out to purchase more smaller LMS’s? Is the US military still a primary customer for Blackboard? What’s happening with Sakai? link] #FTTE. Gloria Doherty) . John Francis) .

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