Future of Courseware
Posted on August 2nd, 2006 by Monkey King
Slashdot | Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware:
“Online learning provider Blackboard announced the other day that it has patented the Learning Management System (LMS). The very same day it went after Desire2Learn for Patent infringement in a truly Salt Lake City kinda way. A great many educators are a bit shook up by this, and are stockpiling prior art all over the place. “
This will be an interesting article for teachers to read. I used blackboard to help teach a writing course, its ok, perhps had more potential than I used. However, the key here is what are they locking up? Is the LMS just an all-encompassing design? I’ve read quite a few ridiculous patents coming out of the US office lately, so it wouldn’t surprise me. What if you make your own LMS with a little AJAX and knowledge, will they come after you?
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