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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

Edsurge

-based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. As part of the deal, LTG will resell Blackboard products integrated with Open LMS.

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Otus - LMS, Data Management and Assessment Management, all in one easy-to-use product

Educational Technology Guy

Here are some great overview videos as well: And they've earned a lot of awards along the way: Otus Awards and Recognition 2019 CODiE Best Administrative Solution ( Link ) CODiE Finalist Best Data Solution Cool Tool Award for Best Personalized Learning Solution from The EdTech Awards program ( Link ) Edtech Digest Best Personalized Learning Solution (..)

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

Edsurge

Onex, another private equity firm, invested in PowerSchool in 2018 and shares equal equity ownership with Vista. Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016. K-12 LMS market share in U.S. Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies.

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OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool

Edsurge

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. That happened in 2017. Meanwhile, at least 70 OER-related bills were introduced in more than half the country’s state legislatures in 2017. Now that OER has the backing of college administrations and state legislatures, it’s about to face a new spate of challenges in 2018.

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The Thank You Project #MondayMotivation

The CoolCatTeacher

” PowerSchool is my only recommended SIS and LMS. She was nominated by a colleague for the Teachers that Rock – Class of 2018, and by her principal and supervisor for the 2017 New Jersey Exemplary Secondary Educator award. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Related Topics.

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How to Tame the ‘Interoperability Beast’ and Reduce Your Data Integration Burden

Edsurge

Loble: A lot of districts have poor data integration between their learning management system (LMS) and student information system. And then every time a new SIS or LMS update happens, teachers have to check—is the data moving effectively? In August 2017, about 25 percent of support tickets in Canvas were about SIS data integration.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. What tools are in the LMS and other district approved applications that allow teachers to facilitate online instruction resulting in student deeper learning and understanding? What are all the capabilities of the district LMS?