Two leading providers education software , Blackboard Inc. and WebCT, Inc., have announced an agreement to merge. Blackboard will acquire WebCT in a cash transaction for $180 million. The transaction will combine the two e-Learning organizations into a single company.
General LMS
Styles of instruction
Recent survey showed 30 percent of solution providers prefer the self-paced online training option. Another 20 percent gave a nod to a hybrid method of off-site, instructor-led classroom including an online component.
Bursting the e-learning bubble
In the more than half a decade of e-learning availability, one thing has become clear: the Internet is not a good platform for teaching. Or so says Roland Van Liew of Hands On Technology Transfer.
Corporate Training and Development Market Will Grow 8% to $10.72 Billion in 2005;
An overall move toward e-learning and a sharp increase in training outsourcing deals are the driving forces behind current growth in the U.S. corporate training and development industry, according to new research from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information.
Industry interest in LMS
According to Genesys, 26% of respondents to their Human Capital Management trends survey will investigate and/or purchase a learning management system in 2005.