Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.”

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LMS Blackboard Company Report 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

On the tails of Educause, with its Startup Alley and all the announcements of what’s new and hot in edtech , it leaves me wondering: Are we missing the innovation happening in our own backyards? When we focus our attention with laser precision on the edupreneurs who start new companies as the primary source of change, what do we miss?

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Company EdTech Flipped Classroom LMS 79

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 126

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

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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Software Digital Learning Sakai Learning 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

How that company has grown and changed says a lot about the growth of online programs in higher education. The biggest change for Coursetune happened last week, when Academic Partnerships, a company that helps colleges set up online degree programs, acquired the curriculum-design company. The price of the sale was not disclosed.)

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LMS Company Software Course 113

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Instructure, the publicly traded company best known for its Canvas learning management software that leads among colleges, made two big moves Tuesday in its push to sell to a private equity firm. A group of senior executives will lead the company until a new successor is found through an executive search firm.

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LMS Software Company Report 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Instructure’s third quarter performance left some investors beaming, but the company’s long term strategy appears more muddy. For one, the CEO of the learning management system provider didn’t shirk away from a possible sale of its corporate LMS, Bridge, which launched in 2015. The company reported $68.3 million and $258.1

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System LMS Company Moodle 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

On Monday, Instructure—based in Salt Lake City and best known for its market dominant Canvas LMS for colleges—pushed back in a statement and encouraged shareholders to vote Feb. 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.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

Learning management system provider Instructure has laid off as many as 100 full-time employees as the publicly traded company nears a key shareholder vote on a proposed sale to a private equity firm. The restructuring primarily affected employees who worked on Instructure’s Bridge product, an LMS tailored to corporate learning.

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Company LMS Report System 90

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

EdisonLearning provides digital learning solutions, including core and elective eCourses for grades 6-12. ” FocalPointK12 integrates seamlessly with leading LMS and SIS systems including Canvas, PowerSchool, Schoology, Clever, Google Classroom, Buzz and more, making it easy to access for nearly any school nationwide.

Learning Analytics 53

Learning Analytics LMS Schoology Learning 53

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

They’re looking for the answers to easy administrative questions, and they have similar type of questions regarding their subjects each year,” says Erik Bøylestad Nilsen, an advisor in edtech and innovation at BI Norwegian Business School. The machine needs data from courses to learn answers to questions and spot patterns in student behavior.

Student Engagement 60

Student Engagement LMS Robotics EdTech 60

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. By guest blogger Leo Doran. billion in 2021 from $2.7

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 16, 2020

As more and more educational institutions and corporate entities rely on e-learning, especially in the wake of a global pandemic, the need for the perfect learning management system rises. Optimizing your LMS tools can be a daunting task without appropriate and sufficient knowledge. Bank on the strengths of your LMS.

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System Strategy eBook LMS 72

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

A growing number of colleges are turning to for-profit companies to help them run their online programs, and to help finance them. These companies are known as online program managers, or OPMs. EdSurge: Where did these outsourcing companies known as OPMs come from? The relationships can mean a clash of cultures.

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LMS Company Survey Study 84

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 134

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. After all, what better way to secure a foothold in the market than impressing one’s brand to future consumers at a young age?

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Microsoft Google Classroom Schoology 136

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But as technology advances, so does the need for an effective learning management platform. With cloud-based LMS, you can easily move your content from place to place, create new courses and quizzes on the go, and manage student data with ease – all without having to set up a server room or worry about server maintenance.

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LMS eBook Software Mobility 59

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

In today’s digital age, Learning Management Systems (LMS) are a must for organizations looking to improve their training programs. These systems offer a modern, more flexible, and accessible way of learning. One popular LMS is Moodle, known for its versatility and powerful features.

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Moodle eBook LMS Blended Learning 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. But the level of outcry is unusual for an edtech product.

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ProctorU Robotics Company Tools 208

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Ever since Pearson sold PowerSchool in June 2015, the two companies have embarked on very different paths. The once venerable publisher axed several high-profile (and profitable) businesses in the Financial Times and The Economist as part of efforts to transform itself into a digital learning business. Today, the Folsom, Calif.-based

Haiku Learning 60

Haiku Learning Pearson Company LMS 60

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Edtech is always changing. Edtech trends come and go. But any of what currently happens in edtech couldn’t be possible without the driving passion for education and technology of people. Top 10 edtech people to watch in 2018. He knows pedagogy isn’t something to be forgotten in any digital endeavor. Thomas Murray.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

As the demand for interoperability increases among schools, some companies are taking notice and working with their product development teams to make change — but the actions are small and the changes come slowly. How that information from edtech tools is stored, exported, and made accessible to educators remains inconsistent.

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Report Khan Academy Data LMS 63

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 69

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Nominee: Laura Johnson , Apex Learning Virtual School Nominated by: Edmentum. Before schools shut down due to the global pandemic, most students had little to no experience with digital learning or online school. Many schools found themselves having to adapt to a virtual setting to survive.

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Education Edmentum Epson Elementary 107

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Related to this development was the rise of what I think of as Social Justice Edtech. Cathy O’Neil’s criticism of data analytics’ misuse resonated with a large number of people.

Trends 97

Trends LMS Social Media Education 97

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

” Via Education Week : “Security Companies Sell School ‘Hardening’ as Mass-Shooting Solution.” ” Via MyNDNow.com : “ Iowa company donates AR–15s to be placed in Bismarck schools.” The language learning company has raised $12.5 That makes it a unicorn, says Edsurge.

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Chegg 49

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The Kenyan Ministry of Education says that the Bridge International Academies are not complying with the country’s laws, and the company, which runs chains of schools across the developing world, has not received approval for its curriculum. From WCET : “ In Defense of the LMS.” for-profits?

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46