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Aangezien de kost van een migratie naar een alternatieve oplossing enorm zou zijn, zowel wat de aanpassingen betreft aan de ICT systemen; zowel wat betreft de ontwikkeling van nieuwe tools, zowel wat betreft de migratie van het materiaal door de docenten, zowel wat het opleiden van de docenten betreft.  

Aangezien een migratie naar een ander systeem zeker enkele jaren in beslag zal nemen
</cbc:ProcessReason><cbc:ProcessReason languageID="ENG">Since KU Leuven already has the right to use Blackboard

As the cost of a migration to an alternative solution would be enormous, both in terms of adjustments to the ICT systems; both in terms of developing new tools, both in terms of migrating the material by the lecturers, both in terms of training the lecturers.  

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