With the new release of LMS market data for the US and Canada for higher education, we see Canvas and Brightspace continuing to gain, and Blackboard continuing to lose share.
Ed Tech
The "Ed Tech" category includes posts about educational technology products themselves, including LMSs and other learning platforms, adaptive learning and other digital curricular materials products, learning analytics, and educational apps of all types. It also includes technical aspects of ed tech products, especially interoperability.
Unizin Membership Now Set As Annual Fee Of Up To $427.5k
University of Minnesota board documents clarify that membership in Unizin should be viewed as an annual fee of up to $427.5k and not as one-time fee.
University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS
In a major decision, the University of Wisconsin System – D2L’s flagship customer since 2002 – has finished its LMS evaluation and plans to migrate to Canvas.
Response on LMS Market Size Analysis
A response to Josh Kim post at IHE questioning whether LMS market could be worth $5 billion as claimed by several market analysts.
Some Ed Tech Perspective on UC’s Billion-Dollar Payroll System Fiasco
A scathing report by the California state auditor describes UC’s billion-dollar payroll system fiasco for what it is. Some perspective would be helpful by comparing to ed tech expenses.
InstructureCon 2017: Culture as a competitive weapon
While D2L and Blackboard are showing real improvements lately, the Canvas LMS also continues to get better; while others seek to learn how to listen to customers, that’s been part of Instructure’s culture from day one.
BbWorld Report: Blackboard May Be Turning Around
While Blackboard is still losing customers domestically and likely to continue doing so over the next 12 months, there are definite signs of life.