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Google Classroom: First Impressions – ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher...
The new learning management system (LMS) offered to Google Apps for Education users has recently become fully available: Google Classroom. See it on Scoop.it, via LMSs and the Future of Online Learning
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REVEL | SMART HIGHER ED BLOG
Students at 50 colleges and universities will this fall use Revel, a digital content platform created by Pearson, as a textbook replacement in three general education courses. The platform, which...
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New collection of platforms are overturning how we approach and value online...
The online learning landscape has long been dominated by Blackboard, Pearson, and other large corporate platforms, which have provided virtual classrooms, hosted online course content, and supported...
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Top 5 Benefits of Using a Learning Management System - eLearning Brothers
Learning management systems are web-based or software applications that allow companies and educational institutions to deliver content and resources to their learners and manage their delivery. These...
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7 Alternative LMS Trends For 2015 - eLearning Industry
There are lots of LMS trend lists for 2015, focusing on “new” (some not so new) features such as mobile, gamification and social learning etc. The following is a list of non-feature trends that I...
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Educause releases blueprint for next-generation learning management systems |...
The next-generation learning management system shouldn’t be a system at all, but a “digital learning environment” where individual components -- from grade books to analytics to support for...
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What is a Learning Platform? -
A learning platform is an integrated set of interactive online services that provide teachers, learners, parents and others involved in education with information, tools and resources to support and...
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Google Classroom Addresses Major Barrier To Deeper Higher Ed Adoption -
By Phil HillMore Posts (332) A year ago I wrote about Google Classroom, speculating whether it would affect the institutional LMS market in higher education. Well today Google announced a new Google...
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Moodle Launches Free Cloud Hosting for Educators -- Campus Technology
Moodle today announced MoodleCloud, a service that allows anyone to deploy the Moodle learning environment for free — with no installation or hosting charges. Intended for individual classes of up to...
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Blackboard Acquires X-Ray Analytics for Moodle -- THE Journal
Gale Integrates Google Tools with Research Resources Knovation, Northwest Evaluation Association Partner on OERs, Assessments Printable Format E-Mail this page Learning Management Systems Blackboard...
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Blackboard Is for Sale in Auction That Might Draw $3-Billion Bids – The...
Blackboard, the giant provider of learning-management software, is for sale. According to the Reuters news agency, the privately held software company is seeking a buyer unfazed by an estimated...
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Blackboard’s Complexity Problems | edutechnica
Reactions to this year’s BbWorld are starting to roll in, and I’d like to add something to Michael’s recent post on Blackboard’s Messaging Problems. Yes, Blackboard could be better at communicating...
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Is EdTech Giant Blackboard Up for Sale?
According to a report from Reuters, the DC based, edtech company could be yours for a cool $3 billion. Blackboard’s stakeholders are looking to sell. Their majority owner, private equity firm...
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Crowdsourced Report Ranks Blackboard as Top LMS -- THE Journal
According to a new report from G2 Crowd, an independent software review platform that ranks products based on user reviews and publicly available vendor data, the Blackboard learning management system...
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8 Key Considerations for Selecting a Responsive LMS | The Upside Learning Blog
A recent report by comScore, Inc, states that multi-platform usage has increased drastically between 2013 and 2014, among every generation.See it on Scoop.it, via LMSs and the Future of Online Learning
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iTunes U As a Niche Program LMS Replacement? | Technology and Learning |...
Could iTunes U replace your learning management system (LMS)? Probably not, unless you are thinking on the scale of a niche degree program. If you are running a small degree program - masters program...
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This Edtech Startup Is Winning Over Professors With Its...
If you've gone to college, you're probably familiar with the anxieties of the first day of class in a large lecture hall. You grab a seat, get the phone numbers or Facebooks of the people...See it on...
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MOODLE – What Makes This LMS Very Popular [Infographic]
Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) is the most widely used learning management system (LMS) in the world. According to a report released by Capterra in 2014, this open...
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2 Universities Turn to the Cloud for Their LMS -- Campus Technology
Two long-time Internet2 institutional members will be taking advantage of a NET+ cloud offering introduced last year by Blackboard. Virginia Commonwealth University and West Virginia's Marshall...
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Why Is Blackboard Laying Off Staff Despite Improved Market Share Position? -
Over the past two weeks Blackboard had another round of layoffs, likely due to the company missing financial targets. While one estimate places the number at roughly 200, from what I have heard the...
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Discovering Learning Management Systems: Basic Functions And Benefits -...
We have all heard about Learning Management Systems (LMSs), but some of us might not know what the fuss is all about. In this article, I’ll share some important information on Learning Management...
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Apple Updates iTunes U With iPad Pro Support, Images in Posts, More
Apple has updated its iTunes U app with support for the iPad Pro, the ability to include images in posts, improvements to Grade Book, and more. iTunes U provides everything an instructor needs to...
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Say Hello to the Leading Offbeat Learning Management System – UpsideLMS | The...
UpsideLMS, our best value, responsive Learning Management System, has often garnered attention in trade shows and conferences and has also won multiple awards for its innovative design, user-friendly...
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Why You Should Be Creating Responsive eLearning Courses with Lectora -...
There are many benefits to responsive eLearning. Not only that, but with the rise of BYOD (bring your own device) and an increasingly mobile workforce, responsive content is quickly moving from a...
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These 7 LMS platforms are worth a look - eCampus News
A new report from Eduventures analyzes learning management systems (LMS) and provides a “best fit” analysis based on higher education institutions’ requirements and operating environment. The 2016...
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Blackboard and Moodle Now BFFs -
As we have been writing about here for some time, there has been an open question about the future of Blackboard’s partnership with Moodle. Through its acquisitions, Blackboard has become the world’s...
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State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Spring 2016 Edition -
This is the eighth year I have shared the LMS market share graphic, commonly known as the squid graphic, for (mostly) US higher education. The original idea remains – to give a picture of the LMS...
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An LMS to Support ‘Gameful’ Learning -- Campus Technology
Seeking to bring the qualities of well-designed games to pedagogical assessment, the University of Michigan created a learning management system that uses gaming elements such as competition, badges...
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State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Spring 2017 Edition -
This data source provides historical and current measures of institutional adoptions, allowing new insights into how the market has worked and current trends.See it on Scoop.it, via LMSs and the...
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Colleges, universities now have tech to automatically make course content...
Major company’s accessibility solution now available to assist instructors and institutions in increasing the accessibility of online course content.See it on Scoop.it, via LMSs and the Future of...
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