Phil Hill

About Phil Hill

Phil is a consultant and industry analyst covering the educational technology market primarily for higher education. He has written for e-Literate since Aug 2011. For a more complete biography, view his profile page.

Major Changes at e-Literate and MindWires

Posted on May 19, 2019

Act 1 ends. Act 2 begins.

Christensen Scorecard: Data visualization of US postsecondary institution closures and mergers

Posted on April 2, 2019

There has been a lot of talk about Christensen’s prediction on half of schools closing in a decade without much real data . . . until now.

Instructure: Plans to expand beyond Canvas LMS into machine learning and AI

Posted on March 11, 2019

Instructure is not the same company it was just a year or two ago. Thanks to public reporting, the changes are out in the open.

Flawed AEI Report on Online Education: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Posted on March 7, 2019

At what point does a theme become a schtick? These ‘deeply flawed’ reports on online education are pushing towards the latter.

Moodle Workplace: A new product and change in open source deployment

Posted on March 5, 2019

Moodle HQ more aggressively pushing into pro-ed market with Moodle Workplace with a change in how open source code is deployed (hint, it’s not universally available).

D2L: Continuing emphasis on services and completion of move to SaaS model

Posted on March 3, 2019

If you want story of aggressive migration to SaaS model (public cloud) for an LMS company, look no further than D2L and Brightspace. Transformation to be complete in 2019.

OPM Readings: New policy briefing from UCT and other useful coverage

Posted on March 1, 2019

Four recent articles about the OPM market that are worth reading.