eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Students continue to struggle against persistent educational inequities, and while they report worrisome levels of disengagement, a move toward student-directed learning could help students and educators alike find a better path toward impactful learning experiences. a global edtech software and solutions company.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

For now, about 48 percen t of the teachers and students who responded to a 2018 report about classroom technology from Cambridge International reported using a desktop computer in schools. The rate of desktop computer use was highest in the U.S., at 75 percent. say they use notebook computers at home to complete homework. .

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techlearning

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Teachers believe that cramped K-12 classrooms with desks neatly in rows and the blackboard at the front of the room should be a thing of the past.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2021

The final report, “ Sponsoring Student Ownership of Learning ,” examines how the pandemic is fueling a shift toward student-directed learning and how digital and mobile tools will likely remain a key part of the classroom even after students return to in-person instruction.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Participating schools and districts receive free summary reports, including locally collected data plus state and national data for benchmarks. Christina Fleming is the Chief Marketing Officer at Blackboard. In her role as CMO, Christina is focused on communicating and representing Blackboard’s mission to advance learning.

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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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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2018

So I convinced Lou, Senior Innovation Fellow and Managing Director Technology Innovation Action Lab at Arizona State University, also co-creator of Blackboard, to appear on the Forum and give the community an advance look into the report’s findings, before they were published: I’m grateful to Lou for his generous time. (You

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Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In his role, Chanoff will lead all functions of the revenue team, including Client Success, Sales, Field Marketing, and Revenue Operations, and as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, will report directly to Brian Thomas , Chief Executive Officer at Lightspeed Systems. “We

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PlagiarismCheck

DECEMBER 13, 2023

PlagiarismCheck.org Plagramme Turnitin CopyLeaks PlagScan PlagiarismCheck.org Features for teachers: Group accounts for getting similarity reports from the students, categorizing the assignments, and providing instant feedback. Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Schoology, and Sakai integration. Authorship Verification tool.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Instructure has faced scrutiny over the past several months from activist investors, according to a report from investment bank SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. The last time a publicly traded learning management system provider was taken private was Blackboard, back in 2011.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

News & World Report ? 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. Data Helps K–12 School Districts Hire, Set Curricula and Improve Student Outcomes. meghan.bogardu….

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2019

I tested Urkund inside Google Classroom, however it integrates with most modern Learning Management systems including Blackboard, Moodle, and more. Once submitted, you send the paper to Urkund and receive a report back like the one shown below. See the graphic below.)

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A report issued Wednesday by investment bank D.A. Instructure’s Canvas product dominates the higher education LMS market with an estimated 35 percent share and continues to take business away from one-time industry leader Blackboard. Blackboard itself went from a publicly traded company to private equity owned in 2011.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” There was speculation early on in the development of the Blackboard learning management system, for example, that a company like IBM or Microsoft would acquire a company and eat the market for LMSes.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

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 has consistently lost market share to Instructure. 13 to approve the deal to sell itself to private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

One in 10 college students reported that their primary learning device was not equipped to perform a task required for a course during the previous week, according to a new report by EDUCAUSE based on a fall 2020 survey of nearly 9,500 students from 58 colleges and universities. “To

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Educators are tired of seeing our efforts erased like a blackboard. This story about the teacher shortage crisis was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard, Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Dr. Julie A.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

Chegg The numbers: For the second quarter, ended June 30, Chegg reported an adjusted EBITDA of $31.1 Instructure The numbers: For the second quarter, ended June 30, Instructure reported $62.9 By enrollment, Blackboard’s Learn product has a market share of 31 percent. million subscribers. million in revenue, up 25.6 percent.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2021

For counselors, there are application management trackers, a communication dashboard, course planners and other administrative tools for meeting state reporting compliance requirements. In all, SchooLinks boasts over 80 features.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com also offers a special (fee-based) Teacher Edition where educators can set up five virtual classrooms with up to 50 students in each, share class-themed videos, assign lessons and quizzes as homework, grade student work, print out worksheets, and get detailed reports on student progress. Great stuff.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Instructors can also leave comments, feedback and grades right in the plagiarism detection tool’s similarity report. Canvas, Moodle, BlackBoard, and Google Classroom are the systems of choice for most teachers working with e-learning technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. Gone are the days when teachers had to drag TVs into classrooms to let students watch films. Now, nearly every classroom is at least equipped with a screen and projector.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

We all know the blackboard, as well as its more modern counterpart, the whiteboard. The use of an LMS in the classroom comes with many advantages, all stemming from the fact that every learning activity can be centralized and tracked, thus creating detailed reports and allowing educators to make the most informed decisions.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Someone on the Moodle.com site wrote up an extraordinarily rich report on the session , complete with numerous screen captures. Text question from Ed Finn: OER Game Changer – Moodle Community could separate it from Canvas and Blackboard who keep these types of sharing resources behind a wall.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 27, 2019

For example, allowing students to use a computer to search for scholarly articles to write their reports instead of manual text-based library searches. Using EdTech the polling task can be much more advanced and provides even more additional options such as analytics and reporting. Transformation.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Outlandish claims have been made that this next advance — from ballpoint pens to blackboards, from radios to desktop computers — will change everything, though it invariably doesn’t. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College. American schools have a long-running, unrequited love affair with education technology.

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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). As a recent edition in the Horizon Report they have grown to become a powerful addition in any classroom.

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techlearning

JULY 9, 2018

A new cohort of school principals is emerging across the country, according to a report released today by Blackboard and Project Tomorrow. Key findings from this year’s Digital Learning Trends Report : 1. Funds For Learning Trends Report Reveals Demand for Reliable Internet ].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites. However, such an endeavor was usually extremely costly and time-consuming, as well as poorly optimized for the necessities of each individual educator. Here is where the cloud comes in to save the day once more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This is the more responsive approach that Weissman studied in July at Harvard, where he joined two dozen other college educators from around the country, tucked inside the air-conditioned, blackboard-walled rooms of Harvard’s Science Center. One major challenge to spreading this method of math instruction more broadly?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Reports from investment banks that cover Instructure called the deal fair to the company, and they do not expect a bidding war during the 35-day shopping period. This is not just about trading market share between us and Blackboard or others,” Goldsmith said. “We They are also watching the future of the Bridge product closely. “We

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2018

New data from Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up survey, packaged in a report along with Blackboard, shows that the “new” school principal has skills and values that “inherently emphasize the importance of personalized learning and effective school-to-home communications.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

More than 100,000 schools in 25 countries are using the service, the company reports. That news sent Zoom shares soaring as much as 40 percent, according to CNBC, which reported that the company is now larger than IBM , with a market cap of more than $129 billion. But Zoom has held on. That’s helped the company’s bottom line.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Those are among the findings of a new report from Ithaka S+R , a nonprofit education consultancy, that uses original and existing research to describe the landscape of prison education programs today and the challenges they face around quality, funding and scalability. But the technology is also raising serious questions about quality.

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