4 Colleges Collaborate on Open-Source Courseware

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

In what may be a big threat to commercial providers of course-management systems, four universities have announced a $6.8-million collaborative venture to create open-source courseware tools and related software for higher-education institutions.

The universities developing the system, called the Sakai Project, are the Indiana...

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