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Blackboard to Merge With Anthology, Forming a New Edtech Giant

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Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. Blackboard is one of the largest LMS providers.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before.

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Your Edtech Helper is Here

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Up to this date, hundreds of thousands of schools have decided to replace their old blackboards with digital whiteboards. As a principal , you will be happy to see the positive impacts EdTech brings to all staff and kids. Principals will never have to spend so much time building a digitalized learning environment.

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Schools Must Support Educators While Keeping Tabs on Tech Trends

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No matter what investments school districts make to create a modern learning environment, they likely won’t have much impact if teachers don’t use them. by EdTech Staff. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Original or Curated. Customer Focused. Buying Cycle. Engagement. Content Length. 500-1000 words. Pull Quote.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Startup Class Technologies Bets Big on the Future of Online Learning (and Zoom)

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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. Lessons Learned What did Chasen learn from his experience as the longtime CEO of Blackboard?

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New Markets Venture Partner’s Latest Edtech Fund Closes at $68 Million

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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. Source: New Markets Education Partners.

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