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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

Neck and neck for the top spot in the LMS academic vendor race are Blackboard—the early entry and once-dominant player—and coming-up quickly from behind, the relatively new contender, Canvas, each serving about 6.5 Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." million students.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

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WHAT’S NEW

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the press release : “ Blackboard Announces Organizational Changes to Better Serve Clients Worldwide.” Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company. . ” From the Blackboard blog : “ Advertising In Schools : This Parent Says It’s Time to Embrace It.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” Sticks With Him.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists? “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. “ Blackboard ’s Debt Grows While Canvas Gains Contracts,” says ELearning Inside News. million total.