Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. What is the present and future direction by Moodle on this important topic? What are you wondering about Moodle and the LMS, looking ahead?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2019

Let’s look at some features that make Urkund an excellent alternative that educators should try. I tested Urkund inside Google Classroom, however it integrates with most modern Learning Management systems including Blackboard, Moodle, and more. Education organizations need to write consistently and continually.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. It’s easy to use, accessible from all devices, collaborative, and integrates with lots of education apps. Designed by Freepik.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Launched in 2015, Bridge marked Instructure’s attempt to replicate its success with Canvas, a LMS for higher education, in the corporate learning space. Corporate learning is also a large and fragmented market, with many more competing providers than in higher education. Still, the business posted a $1.3 million loss.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

“We’re using technology like a startup might,” says BASIS Educational Ventures CIO Matthew New. “We Use Data to Enhance All Aspects of Education. While using analytics across all aspects of education might seem like micro­management, schools that do so on a daily basis would beg to differ. We have a hybrid cloud on-premises.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

As always, education is changing. Unsurprisingly, technology is also impacting the world of education. In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

There are a lot of course management tools available for educators, including Blackboard and PowerSchool, that allow educators to do attendance, grading, post and organize resources and lessons, and interact with students. Moodle is free, but you have to pay to host it somewhere, or host it yourself.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

At the University of Pennsylvania, the Graduate School of Education is located directly beside the Wharton School, the campus’ business school. The ethics of mixing business and education seems to depend on upon how you define “entrepreneurship.” And if profit is part of the motive, is it okay?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

It turns out, videos are much more than the distraction from life Hollywood would have us believe or the visual encyclopedia those educational movies of a decade ago always were. It integrates with many LMSs (like Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, and more) as well as many video host providers (like YouTube, TeacherTube, Khan Academy, and more).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 27, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Administrador de plaraformas de eLearning: MOODLE, Blackboard y Edu 2.0, EXPOSITOR: Prof. EXPOSITOR: Prof.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Leading Institutions use different plagiarism detection new-age tools to help students, teachers, and overall educational success. All of them, excluding Grammarly, offer integrations with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc. Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 11, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Do you get excited and energized by talking with other educators about technology tools and resources? On Monday June 13 at 5.30

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 8, 2015

Most online learning in higher education and in K-12 takes place in Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard. Helping students become networked learners begins by thinking carefully about where we conduct our online learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Consider this sequence : 95% high school students cheat; then they go on to undergraduate education, where 68% cheat; then to graduate school, where 43% of them still cheat. This creates an unhealthy, competitive environment which actually promotes cheating by shifting the focus from education to grades.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to issues facing higher education. Here are five organizational barriers that are preventing change in higher education: 1. But making a mistake in higher education feels like showing your dirty underwear. However, in higher education, digital participation is not mainstream.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Leading Institutions use different plagiarism detection new-age tools to help students, teachers, and overall educational success. All of them, excluding Grammarly, offer integrations with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc. Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

Once upon a time, educators like Sarah Jackson—the aforementioned teacher—found Facebook to be a handy tool for class. In higher education, learning management systems including Blackboard, Canvas and Moodle have taken on these functionalities. I’ve known people who’ve done that.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Some CMS/LMS systems districts are using: Moodle Schoology Edmodo Project Share Epsilen iTunes U Blackboard Collaborate Blackboard - U of H Clear Lake Desire2Learn Administratively difficult to use multiple systems at university level. Is there a need for dedicated online course instructional designers in K-12 education?

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Learning management systems, like Blackboard and Moodle, have helped educators manage assignments. Big Ideas CONNECTED EDUCATORS connected learning featured full-image learning management system' Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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. Over the last two years, Google has taken its popular applications and outfitted it for the classroom.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2017

They appear as follows, with only a trace of editing: Did you say Blackboard is 2nd in North America ? What drove such wide adoption in Europe and other regions for Moodle over the years? What are your thoughts about competency-based education (CBE)? Do you think BlackBoard will keep on eye out to purchase more smaller LMS’s?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 26, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). On Monday June 27 at 8.00 pm Sydney time (2.00

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2017

They appear as follows, with only a trace of editing: Did you say Blackboard is 2nd in North America ? What drove such wide adoption in Europe and other regions for Moodle over the years? What are your thoughts about competency-based education (CBE)? Do you think BlackBoard will keep on eye out to purchase more smaller LMS’s?

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2017

This shift is happening in education technology as well, notably with the learning management system (LMS). An ecosystem that provides more value to the user is the one with fewer flashlight apps, because that’s the hallmark of a job well done. Edtech products designed on the LTI standard can serve as “plugins” to these LMSs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2011

LIVE show isn''t being held this Saturday, April 30th, 2011 because of the Way Out West (WOW) Virtual Conference being streamed live from 8am - 4pm Pacific Daylight Time (thanks Blackboard Collaborate / Elluminate). The normal Classroom 2.0

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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 for some additional help, each educator has offered rationales for why those checklist items should be included.). Some things just have to be dead simple.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.)

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The Electric Educator

DECEMBER 22, 2012

They have produced some great software titles, are strong supporters of education and teachers, and are a Michigan company! Moodle, BrainHoney, BlackBoard, Haiku, etc) Thanks for subscribing to my blog. I''m a big TechSmith fan. I''m always eager to see what they will come up with next. Ability to upload/share an existing video?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Date : Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2017

Today Flipgrid announced that more than 100,000 educators and more than 5,000,000 students use Flipgrid across 141 countries. billion seconds of video have been shared by students and educators on Flipgrid, representing more than 38 years of student voice. In education we use many platforms. Today more than 1.2 Integrations.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, once the learning management system/virtual learning environment took off around 2000, I and others have tracked which ones different campuses adopt: Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, etc. And startups have appeared, sometimes from educational spaces, such as InSpace or Engageli. But Zoom seems to have run the table.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. INSIDE THE MIND OF GARY STAGER ( Future of Education Series ) Tue 25 Jan 08:00PM New York / Wed 26 Jan 01:00AM GMT / Wed 26 Jan 12:00PM Sydney Steve Hargadon.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

My research assistant, Dr. Lisa Durff, found a presentation on this topic “ Creating an Accessible Campus Culture ” presented by Bevin Rainwater at Blackboard World 2018. And more and more of them are in the mainstream educational workplace. More and more of them are in the mainstream educational workplace.

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Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Blackboard shared some interesting stats about what people actually do with their LMS. It’s impressive that Blackboard is willing to confirm our observations. Key takeaway: the clear supermajority of LMS usage is, at least for Blackboard, just document management.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. The Moodle course features a series of Elluminate Live workshops during October – December. Join Rick for a session with the Blackboard Collaborate Team.

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