Information Research Weblog

Interesting news for those concerned with e-learning. Two of the major suppliers of course management systems, Blackboard and WebCT, are to merge in late 2005 or early 2006. Initially the two products will be maintained, but the plan is to merge the ideas from the products, as well as the companies, into a single product. With a total of more than 3,700 clients in the educational sector, the new company will be much stronger than either could be alone.