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A Blackboard Debt Update, and a Lesson on Public Relations
Blackboard just improved their debt situation by selling off Transact. Also, most ed tech companies aren’t great at PR.
I’m Giving a Live-streamed Talk on Thursday at SUNY
Cue the Steely Dan lyrics.
Why Higher Ed Hypes: The MOOC Example
Even good, smart people lose their minds sometimes.
Is Ed Tech Hype in Remission?
The rise and fall of Civitas-ation.
EEP News: Carnegie Mellon and Duke Lower Barriers to Conducting Educational Research
I’m thrilled to announce our first Empirical Educator Project contribution. From the press release: Carnegie Mellon University and Duke University have shared newly available free tools that will significantly lower the barriers to conducting ethical educational research. The two universities contributed the tools through e-Literate’s Empirical Educator Project (EEP), an effort to promote broader adoption […]
Reliability as a Service: How Cloud Computing is Behind Instructure’s Early Success, Blackboard’s Hopes, and Moodle’s Challenges
SaaS has had a huge and a broad impact on changes in the LMS market. It’s important to understand why.