Edsurge
MARCH 10, 2020
Blackboard, a Reston, Va.-based As part of the deal, LTG will resell Blackboard products integrated with Open LMS. LTG bought the company to grow its presence in the market of LMS software built off Moodle, launched in 2002 as a grassroots, open-source and more affordable option to Blackboard. LTG will pay $31.7
Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2020
After ANGEL was acquired by Instructure rival Blackboard, Henderson served as president of learning platforms for Blackboard until 2013. In response to academics’ concerns about the use of student data once Instructure went private, the company formed an advisory committee on student data privacy made partially of educators.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Instructure, then an upstart challenger to Blackboard, made its bones on two major differentiators, one of which was “usability.” And how well can you demonstrate that the expense of the product, and the risks and compromises taken with student data privacy, will yield benefits for the students? And it showed.
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
So explained Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, in an edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard , examining findings from the program’s 2020 annual research project, Speak Up , for which 10,000 K-12 students nationwide shared their preferences and expectations for two-way communications with their teachers.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Today it offers 250 micro-credentials, from “Analyzing Student Misconceptions” and “Makerspace Safety” to “Foundations of Student Data Privacy” and “Writing Publicly to Influence Parents,” built by more than 20 providers using the nonprofit’s framework.
Edsurge
MAY 23, 2017
Like any data standard, Caliper’s potential can only be realized if enough online services—both those developed by companies and those used in schools—adopt it. So far the Caliper working group includes over a dozen organizations, including McGraw-Hill , Blackboard , ACT , D2L , IBM , Pacific Metrics , and Instructure.
techlearning
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Dream Academy students—chosen through a mix of GPA, interview, teacher recommendations, and academic portfolio review—can graduate from high school with an associate degree in social science. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses.
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