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The Purgatory of Ed Tech Transformation Initiatives

By Phil Hill. Posted on February 21, 2018

With demise of Texas ITL, confession on failure of engineering model of personalized learning, and pivot from Jefferson Accelerator, it’s time to revise the Ed Tech Purgatory post.

Recommended Reading: What Do Faculty Really Think of Online Learning?

By O'Neal Spicer. Posted on November 29, 2016

…As it turns out, it depends. Inside Higher Ed recently published its fifth annual  Survey of Faculty Attitudes Toward Technology, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Gallup. These reports cover a range of attitudinal questions on ed tech, online education, and new models of delivering course content. One of the key findings of this year’s […]

Data On Average Age Of Current LMS Implementation

By Phil Hill. Posted on February 26, 2016

This week Jim Julius asked on Twitter if anyone had data on average length of time US higher ed institutions have had their current LMS. @PhilOnEdTech Do you know of any stats on avg length of time US colleges/unis have been using their current primary LMS? — Jim Julius (@jjulius) February 23, 2016 That’s an […]

Launch Of Moodle Users Association: 44 members sign up, mostly as individuals

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 21, 2016

The Moodle Users Association (MUA), a crowd-funding group for additional Moodle core development, announced today that it is open for members to join. Technically the site was internally announced on its web site last Friday, but the press release came out today. As of this writing (Thurs evening PST), 44 members have signed up: 37 at the […]

IBM’s Misleading or Just Incorrect National Ad on Student Retention

By Phil Hill. Posted on August 4, 2015

Thanks to Chris Edwards for alerting me to this one. In a nutshell, IBM launched a national ad campaign last month that included commercials during Wimbledon on the weekend. They’re spending big money on this campaign about big data, learning analytics, and reducing “dropout rates” [emphasis added below]. In the US, 3 in 10 college […]

Google Classroom Addresses Major Barrier To Deeper Higher Ed Adoption

By Phil Hill. Posted on June 29, 2015

A year ago I wrote about Google Classroom, speculating whether it would affect the institutional LMS market in higher education. My initial conclusion: I am not one to look at Google’s moves as the end of the LMS or a complete shift in the market (at least in the short term), but I do think […]

2U Learning Platform Update: Removal of Moodle, addition of accessibility options

By Phil Hill. Posted on April 20, 2015

2U has now been a public company for over a year, and that had what is easily the most successful education IPO in recent history. Shares have almost doubled from $13.00 at IPO to $25.50 last week. At the same time, there is a swirl of news around their new partner Yale and the Physician Assistant’s […]

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