Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Instructure, best known for its Canvas learning management system, announced Wednesday that it is set to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo for approximately $2 billion—unless a better offer comes along in the next 35 days. That also means separating the underlying software code of Bridge from that of the Canvas LMS.
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Edsurge
MARCH 10, 2020
-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. LTG also sees opportunities to cross-sell its products with Open LMS.
Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2020
For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Back in 2017, a startup named Coursetune began selling software tailored to a very particular niche: designing curriculum. Some of the learning management systems that colleges already use do have features that help professors make course objectives clear to administrators and students.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
AUGUST 23, 2020
A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.
Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2022
The prior year, my former chief Bill Gates headlined ASU GSV and received a standing ovation for championing technology’s power to transform teaching and learning. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.
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