Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

-based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. As part of the deal, LTG will resell Blackboard products integrated with Open LMS.

Blackboard 83

Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 83

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.

LMS 96

LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 96

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As for students, every educational institution should consider introducing the basics of online security via a mandatory video. The team approach to cybersecurity is especially important as universities continue to be plagued by phishing scams and large-scale data breaches. Spoiler: Don’t open it!).

Learning 254

Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

Collaboration tools, such as video conferencing . Digital/digitized elements (such as documents, video, e-books, lesson plans) . Learning Management Systems (LMS). Student Information Systems (SIS). Professional Development. Courseware. Online courses. Lesson plans of any digital flavor. Office suites.

LMS 133

LMS Software Student Data Privacy Policies 133

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. .” The company has raised $20.4 The company had raised some $40.5 million total.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43