I am sitting on the plane composing what will be my first blog post at BB World 09.  I am wondering what the announcement will be at the keynote Tuesday morning.  There was some speculation on Twitter earlier Monday as to what the news will be. 

How can anything be bigger than the announcement earlier this year of the Angel Blackboard merger?  

I am reflecting this year on how long I have been coming to LMS system conferences and how many transitions I have been through.  Starting in 1998 I first worked on a homegrown LMS called Speakeasy Studio and Café.  I have been through the end of two different homegrown LMS systems, a transition from WebCT 4 to WebCT6, the WebCT Blackboard merger and moving to Blackboard CE8.  This year brought additional change learning about Blackboard Learn 9, then Moodle and at the same time a move from Blackboard to Angel with both in production now.  Given this change I feel I am becoming expert in LMS transition and in retraining faculty and technical staff to adjust to change in the LMS world. 

I am excited to see this year how other schools are handling the transition to Blackboard Learn 9.  I will be interested as well as how schools that have both Angel and Blackboard will proceed in the next year.  I am looking forward to a great conference.