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I’ve heard about this through a number of sources, including Alec, who views this as I do - a signal that North American institutes of higher learning may start adopting open source software as part of their learning infrastructure. Alec puts it aptly:

Leading innovative institutions will continue to switch to open source software once there is a clear realization that good software does NOT have to be purchased, and that decisions around software are best made in rooms without salespeople.

The original source of this news seems to be this thread on the Using Moodle forum at moodle.org. (You can log in as a guest to access the forum, but you might as well create an account for yourself). The thread begins by quoting this from Cindy Xin’s summary of CADE:

Athabasca faculties were using three different LMS systems at the same time. The University finally decided that it would only support a single system. The questions was which one. Sounds familiar? Selection committee was formed and it decided on WebCT. Bear in mind that Alberta has province wide license on webct. Faculty member didn’t like the decision and consequently formed its own committee and conducted its own evaluation to rate the three systems - webct, moodle, and Lotus Notes Learning Space. Moodle won head and shoulder. The University accepted faculty’s decision. Now Moodle is the choice at Athabasca.

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