Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The education industry didn’t. 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. Dozens of Venture-Backed Startups Among Edtech Recipients of PPP Loans. Entangled No More: Guild Education Buys Edtech Venture Studio.

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EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 88

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania, only 30 percent of edtech licenses are actually used. Will edtech be caught up in a backlash against ‘big tech’ over data privacy? Rising edtech expenditures and privacy concerns have caught the eye of regulators. But purchasing is not proof that something works. A group of U.S.

Trends 156

Trends EdTech Education Company 156

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.

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System Pearson Blackboard EdTech 69

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. Dreamit is currently accepting applications for the next cohort.

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Blackboard Company Industry EdTech 53

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The mid-Atlantic region near New Markets’ headquarters in Fulton, Maryland is home to some of the education industry’s biggest names, including Blackboard, EverFi, Laureate Education and 2U. It also gives the foundation a lens into the challenging realities of the edtech startup ecosystem. Source: New Markets Education Partners.

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EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 101

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. Investments in edtech companies in 2016 totalled $945 million, according to estimates from GSV Capital, less than half of the $2 billion tally last year.

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EdTech Kaplan lynda.com Company 129

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 ). short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ). Home-run bets and financial windfalls are rare in the edtech industry.

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EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 86

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

So what else is next for the Salt Lake City-based edtech company? After ANGEL was acquired by Instructure rival Blackboard, Henderson served as president of learning platforms for Blackboard until 2013. But of course, like everyone else in edtech, the rush of schools to online learning could change priorities for Instructure.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 91

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. Student graduation rates go up; there are fewer attendance problems; and teachers are happier, with fewer leaving the industry, he says.

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Outcomes Data Blackboard Moodle 295

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced Education Technology finalists. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. and globally. Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists.”

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IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 60

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2017

For the 39 months in between, we lived in the era of flashlight apps, an industry worth billions of dollars. Edtech products designed on the LTI standard can serve as “plugins” to these LMSs. Surely, to most it must sound like the industry has it figured out. Do you remember your flashlight app? Not extravagance, but necessity.

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LMS Sakai iPhone Moodle 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile.

Online Learning 114

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 114

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 75

Education LMS Moodle EdTech 75

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 118

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 118

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. TechReady.io

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Company LMS Blackboard Classroom 91

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

ASU+GSV Summit , now in its eighth year, has assembled yet another potent cocktail of education industry stakeholders from different walks of life. 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.

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Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 72

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. Now, a couple with similar industry cred has a similar vision—along with plenty of funding. Child is disengaged.

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Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 102

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 150

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. One industry observer doesn’t think Google will replacing existing learning management systems. “I

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System Google Schoology LMS 60

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

In the daily edtech trenches, the forest is easily lost for the trees. The central stage featured a projector screen the size of several blackboards, a live band and a variety of furniture for interviews. Specifically, he called out the medical industry as a hot sector for future careers.

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Robotics Blackboard LMS Libraries 83

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

A most disruptive year to schools and society proved lucrative for the education industry, particularly for those raising private capital. billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020.

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EdTech Coursera Company Industry 184

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. But we’d say no.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 89

ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Education technology (EdTech) can support this by allowing students to have fun as they participate in interactive and collaborative activities. Unlike in the past, when teachers used to lecture at the front of the class and write on blackboards, educators today are using interactive whiteboards.

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Outcomes Gamification Blackboard Classroom 317

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). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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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). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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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

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“When people talk about growth as the focus, sometimes you are just doing things to try to meet the metrics for the next fundraising round,” says Miller, a technology industry veteran whose past experience include stints at Blackboard and Data Hero. Under Devonshire, “we are not going to be looking to do any more fundraising.”

Online Learning 89

Online Learning MOOC Coursera Blackboard 89

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

It chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, a company that promised to revolutionize the medical industry by running a complete slate of tests using only a drop of blood (rather than the more voluminous quantity of blood that can be rather frightening to have drawn). “EdTech fails to pay, again,” The Financial Times chuckled.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 67

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Lately I’ve seen quite a few edtech companies that hope to graduate from offering a free product to actually monetizing it. Edtech companies that offer supplementary content or a digital tool for teachers and students are best sold bottoms-up. Why your position in the Edtech Products Quadrant matters. Bottom up or top down?

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Technology How To Education Software 60

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. edtech deals. We’ve really broadened the focus beyond edtech and into enterprise training and talent,” says the co-founder and managing partner at GSV Acceleration. Kamau Bell.

Coursera 68

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 68

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via Buzzfeed : “The Industry That Was Crushed By The Obama Administration.” Via Edsurge : “When Teachers Build Edtech , Awesomeness Ensues – and Here’s Why.” ” Among the not-awesomeness of ed-tech built by teachers, please let’s not forget: Blackboard, TurnItIn. It lives.).

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

“Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” Blackboard says it is “Putting data in the hands of students.” ” asks Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. “Do controversial figures have a right to speak at public universities ?” ” asks The USA Today. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA ’s New Privacy Rules.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google , Expanding on HBCU Pilot, Launches ‘Tech Exchange’ to Boost Diversity in Industry.” Blackboard is rebranding Moodlerooms as Blackboard Open LMS.

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry.” “ Is Blackboard dying? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ U. of Louisville Will Change Stadium Name After Papa John’s Founder Used a Racial Slur.”

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. Edsurge celebrates by reprinting Blackboard founder Matthew Pittinsky’s blog post “4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

There’s more for-profit higher ed news – and how the Trump Administration has deep, deep ties to this industry – in the for-profit higher ed section below. “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein. of Oklahoma Weather Expert to Top Science and Tech Post.”

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43