Take a bunch of classic Bollywood movies, mash in a few of your own select subtitles and add in a bit of Learning Management System subtext and you have The Adventures of Blackboardwala, some seriously fun edtech mashups that give a good ol’ fashioned thumb wag to Blackboard.
Thanks to Michael Feldstein at e-Literate for finding [...]

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The D2L patent blog has been humming the past few days.
First, it looks like the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has rejected all 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims. The patent office released a non-final action, which means it ain’t over yet as both parties can still comment before the final decision is made.
However, regardless [...]

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D2L President John Baker posted the news on the D2L patent blog late Friday afternoon. Blackboard has won the patent lawsuit against D2L. D2L has been ordered to pay Blackboard $3 million US in damages.
Now, I’m no lawyer. And even though I have been following this case with interest partly because we are a D2L [...]

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