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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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Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions

Bryan Alexander

They indicate the richness of today’s unfolding LMS discussion, and help illuminate where things might be headed. Text question from Sonja Strahl: Community question – Will the community you were discussing be available for only those with Moodle as their LMS (for both creation of OER and use of OER)?

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The 10-Minute Teacher Show: Top Ten Shows for February 2017

The CoolCatTeacher

Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Episode #20). People are starting to use these transcripts and I hope it helps those of you researching, wanting to quote the shows, or those with accessibility needs! And the top 10 shows for February are: A Song for Teachers by Jim Forde (Episode #11). GiveAway Winners.

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4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives

Neo LMS

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives. Between September 2016 and May 2017 the program donated 1,600 computers and 870 4G mobile hotspots to low-income families in Denver, Colorado. EveryoneOn.

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

Edsurge

Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016. The two companies previously partnered in 2017 on product integrations that allowed users to more easily access and share information across both systems. K-12 LMS market share in U.S.

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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. Because faculty are the ones who plan courses and teach using these materials, OER’s points-of-access needs to be designed for them.

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Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions

Bryan Alexander

They indicate the richness of today’s unfolding LMS discussion, and help illuminate where things might be headed. Text question from Sonja Strahl: Community question – Will the community you were discussing be available for only those with Moodle as their LMS (for both creation of OER and use of OER)?

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