Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here is a recap of the biggest and most popular edtech business stories of 2020. It may not be the only publicly traded edtech company to be taken private. The pandemic also disrupted the normal sales cycles for education companies, and many turned to government support to stay afloat. But So Are Costs.

EdTech 95

EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 95

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Specifically, he tried to get into some of the learning and student management systems built by Blackboard and Follett, which are two of the most widely used edtech systems in the country. EdSurge: The student reported the security holes to both companies. Blackboard didn’t respond either, which also frustrated him.

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System EdTech Industry Blackboard 132

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It may not seem too surprising that one of the best-funded edtech startups in the past year of pandemic has been a company that piggybacks on the success of Zoom to add tools for running online classes. The plan when the company started was to start with higher education and K-12 and later expand into the corporate learning market.

Online Learning 157

Online Learning Blackboard Technology Learning 157

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We

Chegg 172

Chegg Respondus ProctorU Blackboard 172

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The firm plans to invest up to $5 million into Series A, Series B and recapitalization rounds for education companies serving pre-kindergarten to professional learners, with a focus on digital learning, learning sciences, analytics and workforce development services. The firm aims to invest in up to another seven U.S.

EdTech 118

EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

The latest quarterly earnings for publicly traded education technology companies was especially rough for 2U , which revised its loss guidance for the year and stated that it expected enrollment challenges to its core business of running online graduate programs with universities. based company tumbling to historic lows. (It

Chegg 90

Chegg EdTech Blackboard Company 90

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Dreamit, Blackboard Partner to Support Startups : Startup accelerator Dreamit and Blackboard Inc. The combined entity will move forward under the name Performance Matters LLC.

Blackboard 53

Blackboard Company Industry EdTech 53

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds. Part of the new fund will also be used for what Palmer calls “recapitalization,” a scenario that companies want to avoid. He wisely kept mum on who they are.). (He

EdTech 140

EdTech Kaplan lynda.com Company 140

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.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 99

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But as the company itself will tell you, it didn’t spring up overnight. While post-pandemic growth has slowed as schools resume in-person learning, the company is still flush with cash, reporting over $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2021. In the future, there may be many such companies piggybacking off Zoom’s popularity.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The report, Empowering and Engaging Student Voice to Create Equity in Education , comes from Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit supporting the implementation of research-based learning experiences, and Blackboard Inc., a global edtech software and solutions company.

Blackboard 97

Blackboard EdTech Survey Software 97

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Marissa's passion for education came early in her career when she was producing "edutainment" CD-ROM products for The Learning Company. Higher education institutions, edtechs and learning companies are using Alexa to enhance experiences for students and provide access to information and learning resources in a more convenient way.

Technology 187

Technology Kickboard Education Coursera 187

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. According to our tally, there were 58 U.S.

EdTech 98

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 98

Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Veteran to Drive Company’s Continued Growth and Further Enhance Client Experience Austin, Texas —November 6, 2023—Today, Lightspeed Systems® , the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, announced the appointment of Craig Chanoff to the role of Chief Revenue Officer.

System 69

System Pearson Blackboard EdTech 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It turned out that Blackboard Collaborate, the LMS that WBU’s Anchorage satellite campus uses, is not compatible with Safari, the internet browser the student was using. It would make teaching not only online classes but in-person classes easier, because even our in-person classes use Blackboard [too],” he says.

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Company LMS Blackboard Classroom 104

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation.

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Data EdTech Meeting Blended Learning 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Instructure is currently a public company, and its leaders say a move to private ownership will allow it to invest more in its software and potentially make more acquisitions. “We

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LMS Company Software Blackboard 151

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.”

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LMS Blackboard Company Report 61

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced? billion in 2010.

Kaplan 161

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2018

One of the most prominent legal issues in the edtech space revolves around the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a law passed in 1974 to protect the privacy rights of students. Blackboard, and Sapphire, parents were required to agree to policies set forth by those providers. Yet, a recent finding made by the U.S.

Policies 91

Policies Blackboard Education EdTech 91

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

They have lodged accusations against Instructure that include a lack of transparency in how Instructure executives found a buyer and securing a deal that undervalues the company. “I The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011.

Blackboard 78

Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Freitas (Garden of English, LLC) Most Innovative Ed Tech Company Age of Learning, Age of Learning, Inc. on behalf of CDWG Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK–8 STEMscopes Science, Accelerate Learning Inc. Freitas, Timothy G. Shift iQ, InSite Information Systems PowerSchool, PowerSchool Realityworks, Inc., Realityworks, Inc.

IXL Learning 60

IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 60

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the investment company, Goldman Sachs , Augmented Reality “has the potential to become a standard tool in education and could revolutionize the way in which students are taught, for both the K-12 segment and higher education.” Students can ‘see’ Mount Fiji in its active form, complete with smoke and lava emerging from it.

eBook 91

eBook Education Blackboard Company 91

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer. The joke’s on them.”.

Pearson 80

Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 80

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In 1998, for instance, researchers from the university formed a spin-off company called Carnegie Learning that popularized the math tutor software developed at the university. More recently, in 2013, a company called Acrobatiq was formed to try to bring lessons learned from the Open Learning Initiative to the market.

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Software Digital Learning Sakai Learning 163

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism. Blackboard Inc.,

Education 83

Education LMS Moodle EdTech 83

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In our latest “New Gig Hotseat,” the Blackboard alum opens up about about education access, kegerators and what it means to put the “Ed” in NovoEd. It was also licensed as the core of Blackboard’s content management system. After our acquisition by Blackboard, I continued to be involved in a variety of educational technologies.

Blackboard 60

Blackboard Company System Accessibility 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Parent builds edtech. It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. Students go home.

Coursera 113

Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 113

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

As of now it integrates with many learning management systems, specifically, ones that support the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard , such as Blackboard. Google is not the only major tech company that has pushed updates in the education space these past few months.

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Course Google LMS Tools 85

Marketplace K-12

JULY 11, 2016

In addition, ed-tech companies outside the United States have been busy making acquisitions recently. Each of the 10 companies selected for the program will receive up to $170,000 in funding. Indian IT Services Company Acquires QuickEdmin: Hyderabad-based IT Services Company Ray Business Technologies Pvt.

Blackboard 40

Blackboard Company Software Mobility 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. and Canada for some time, and even today the company is in second place, with DTL Brightspace, a Canadian firm, close behind. Years before the University of Phoenix launched its first online course in the U.S.,

Online Learning 127

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 127

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. The amount of the sponsorships was not disclosed.

Technology 77

Technology Education Pearson Blackboard 77

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.” million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

Online Learning 130

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 130

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. At Blackboard we packaged learning management into three tiers. The idea was simple.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 103

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas , Moodle and Schoology , Google’s Classroom platform is increasingly catching teachers’ eyes. It is still worth watching and an important edtech tool.”.

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System Google Schoology LMS 60

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Britt: In my classes, I’m using strictly a Blackboard LMS and I’m using Twitter, which I felt was a less onerous use of social media for classroom conversations. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Facebook Social Media Education Learning 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. After all, what better way to secure a foothold in the market than impressing one’s brand to future consumers at a young age?

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Microsoft Google Classroom Schoology 145