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).
LMS & Learning Platforms
Everything you want to know about Learning Management Systems and whatever comes after them.
D2L: Continuing emphasis on services and completion of move to SaaS model
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.
Blackboard Updates: Learn SaaS progress and LMS market news
Blackboard shares news with e-Literate about Learn SaaS and company updates.
State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: 2018 Year-End Edition
New release of LMS market data for the US and Canada for higher education, with a market in transition.
Academic LMS Market Slowdown
LMS market in higher education shows slowdown in activity – based on LMS changes – over the past year and in multiple global regions.
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.
Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market
How SAP’s massive purchase of Qualtrics can help answer why the LMS is so persistent and a helpful way to look at formative assessment and data analytics.