Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here is a recap of the biggest and most popular edtech business stories of 2020. The maker of the Canvas learning management system, which went public in 2015, announced a $2-billion offer from private equity firm Thoma Bravo last December. It may not be the only publicly traded edtech company to be taken private.

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EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 94

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania, only 30 percent of edtech licenses are actually used. A group of U.S.

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Trends EdTech Education Company 169

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.

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Online Learning Blackboard Technology Learning 151

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. Some say the systems often lead to false-positives, add stress to the test-taking process and invade privacy.

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Chegg Respondus ProctorU Blackboard 172

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

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Chegg EdTech Blackboard Company 90

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.

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EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 114

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.

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Technology Kickboard Education Coursera 182

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

The learning management system provider—best known for its Canvas product popular among colleges—is officially under private equity ownership. One of the benefits of this change is a focus on long-term planning over displays of quarterly growth to impress shareholders, says Mitch Benson, the company’s chief product officer.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 97

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayland Baptist University professor Don Ashley received a call this week from a student saying she couldn't log in to her learning management system (LMS), preventing her from attending a live online lesson. Still, he says it would be better to avoid issues like that in first place.

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Company LMS Blackboard Classroom 102

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 107

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. Canvas has the largest market share in the U.S. Canvas has the largest market share in the U.S.

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LMS Company Software Blackboard 147

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. In short, Classroom wants to be a lightweight learning management system.

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System Google Schoology LMS 60

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 60

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?

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 160

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

2023 CODiE AWARD EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY FINALISTS Best Administrative Solution Lightspeed Digital Insight, Lightspeed Systems Qwickly Attendance, Qwickly, Inc. Freitas (Garden of English, LLC) Most Innovative Ed Tech Company Age of Learning, Age of Learning, Inc. Details about each finalist are listed at [link]. Freitas, Timothy G.

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IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category.

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System LMS Schoology Social Media 96

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

One of the biggest concerns by college leaders about buying such tools from commercial vendors is whether colleges will have access to the underlying algorithmic logic—or whether the systems will be a “black box.” Carnegie Mellon has a long history of commercializing its digital-learning tools, though.

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Software Digital Learning Sakai Learning 160

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. We want to build from the ground up an inclusive learning system for students and faculty, one that can recreate engaging, live learning experiences online,” says Dan Avida. Students go home.

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Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 109

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

An influential investor advisory firm has recommended that Instructure shareholders vote against a proposal to take the publicly-traded learning management system provider private for about $2 billion, according to an article from Reuters. Blackboard has consistently lost market share to Instructure.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

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.

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Blackboard Company System Accessibility 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options.

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Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 127

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

At the very dawn of digital education, Canada introduced one of the very first learning management systems, WebCT, a pivotal application, invented at the University of British Columbia in 1997. Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. To my surprise, I discovered that more than half of its 7.4

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 121

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.”.

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Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 79

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

Do your school’s students submit their school assignments by uploading PDFs or other files within a learning management system? As of now it integrates with many learning management systems, specifically, ones that support the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard , such as Blackboard.

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Course Google LMS Tools 81

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.,

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Education LMS Moodle EdTech 80

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

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/bloomz to find out why Bloomz is the best parent-teacher communication system out there. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. It could be Google Classroom, it could be Schoology, it could be Blackboard, it could also be Microsoft OneNote.

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Comparison Schoology Tools Video 275

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

Once upon a time the learning-management system (or LMS) was a new idea. 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. The idea was simple.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 99

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. Together, these districts serve one in six students across the state’s public school system. Personal Concerns. This is wrong.”.

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Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 73

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Interactive Whiteboard Edtech Tools. ShowMe is an Edtech tool that turns a teacher’s iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Classroom Learning Management Systems (LMS). If signed up to the beta program, a teacher can publish grades to the student information system. Doceri For iPad. ShowMe iPad App. Google Meet.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020. edtech deals were blueblood firms, like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, along with new funds betting on education startups for the first time.

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EdTech Coursera Company Industry 195

TeacherCast

JULY 2, 2015

It displays the day with each class periods presented in a familiar layout all of which can be imported from the school’s administra)ve systems. A huge transforma)on is happening to replace paper with digital tools, which has led to the explosion of companies focusing on EdTech. Why Studyo.

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Video Blackboard Mobility Facebook 68

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

You don’t need to be an expert in the Blackboard Collaborate platform to help (we give you training and then live help at the time), but it makes a HUGE different to presenters to have a moderator helper in their session rooms, and we try to make sure there is one for every session! Principal, St. Sears, M.A.,

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Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They’re either going to use a Learning Management System that’s provided through their district, or they’re going to find something online. And they were just able to go into my Learning Management System and just do it. Kecia: Fourth is 24-7 learning and teaching. But… like, I had a student that had to go home today, and I said, “Oh!

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Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 238