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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

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Blackboard, a Reston, Va.-based As part of the deal, LTG will resell Blackboard products integrated with Open LMS. LTG bought the company to grow its presence in the market of LMS software built off Moodle, launched in 2002 as a grassroots, open-source and more affordable option to Blackboard. LTG will pay $31.7

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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We have staff, we have a computer-based monolingual English program that parents can log in and access. Dream Academy students—chosen through a mix of GPA, interview, teacher recommendations, and academic portfolio review—can graduate from high school with an associate degree in social science. Now they do.

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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

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Classroom videos, student work samples and lesson plans are among the materials—which are accessible via the badge—serve as evidence. Prior to joining BloomBoard he was an executive at Blackboard and CEO of Reliance Communications, the parent company of SchoolMessenger (now owned by West Corporation).

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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With remote learning still at play, students now rely on virtual engagement with their teachers to have questions answered and assignments clarified. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial. Student data privacy and online safety are significant concerns.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. million K-12 students. Tagged on: April 18, 2017 He’s got access to your students’ info and is trying to decide what to do. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) The breach affects 1.3

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. million K-12 students. Tagged on: April 18, 2017 He’s got access to your students’ info and is trying to decide what to do. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) The breach affects 1.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” Canvas has two more installations than Blackboard in the E-Literate calculations?