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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. LMS news from Edsurge : “​ University of Michigan ’s Gamified LMS Opens Up to Other Institutions.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom. Google blogs ; tech publications help market the news. ” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill on “ Schoology , NEO, Claroline, Chamilo: The beginning of the LMS long tail.” Elsevier has acquired Aries Systems. ” (Instructure is, in fact, 8.). .”

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She wrote a blog post on Medium. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. ” Data from e-Literate : “Contrasting LMS Adoption Patterns in Four English-Speaking Countries.” The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have picked up the story. Sandbox has acquired Constructive Media.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “ University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS” by Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Via the edX blog : “Higher Education Needs a Re-think to Train Tomorrow’s Workforce.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” Here’s the rub: it’s an LMS. ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course. Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. . “Is Estonia the new Finland ?” “Can U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Phil Hill on an “LMS Revival: D2L picking up new customers and showing they can listen.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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It’s not really an “exclusive” when you re-write a Google blog post , but oh well. In other news culled from the Google blog: “ Introducing Spaces , a tool for small group sharing.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.