Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Chasen is a familiar figure in edtech: he co-founded Blackboard, one of the largest providers of learning management systems to colleges and schools, and served as its CEO for years. Lessons Learned What did Chasen learn from his experience as the longtime CEO of Blackboard?

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Online Learning Blackboard Technology Learning 192

eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

The final report, “ Sponsoring Student Ownership of Learning ,” examines how the pandemic is fueling a shift toward student-directed learning and how digital and mobile tools will likely remain a key part of the classroom even after students return to in-person instruction.

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techlearning

JULY 9, 2018

A new cohort of school principals is emerging across the country, according to a report released today by Blackboard and Project Tomorrow. Key findings from this year’s Digital Learning Trends Report : 1. District leaders are increasingly placing a high value on the leadership skills of their school site administrators.

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Trends Digital Learning Blackboard Learning 66

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Instructure announced it has reached an agreement to sell Bridge to Learning Technologies Group, a London, U.K.-based based provider of digital learning and talent development tools for businesses and employees. These purchases include Open LMS, a Moodle LMS service provider formerly owned by Blackboard.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

I very clearly remember my teacher standing at the front of the classroom, math book in hand, reading, “The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of the triangle,” then scribbling the formula across the blackboard. Ensure the sustainability of digital learning initiatives.

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Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 142

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

One name floated by company watchers is Ray Henderson, the former chief products officer at ANGEL Learning. After ANGEL was acquired by Instructure rival Blackboard, Henderson served as president of learning platforms for Blackboard until 2013. Thoma Bravo is unlikely to break Instructure down and sell its remains.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The firm plans to invest up to $5 million into Series A, Series B and recapitalization rounds for education companies serving pre-kindergarten to professional learners, with a focus on digital learning, learning sciences, analytics and workforce development services. It’s a bold, but not entirely unfounded, thesis.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before. When I started my first edtech business in 1998, our competitor Blackboard had less than 10 employees and customers. LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public). MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 197

Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. Students are particularly excited about all of the new possibilities digital learning can offer.

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Gamification Social Media Smartphone Tablets 234

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Integrated platform enables personalized learning, streamlined communication with family and community engagement, and unified workflows. We are proud to unveil the K-12 New Learning Experience Platform,” said Stephanie Weeks, Vice President of K-12 Strategy for Blackboard. We haven’t purchased a text book in six years.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2021

The final report, “ Sponsoring Student Ownership of Learning ,” examines how the pandemic is fueling a shift toward student-directed learning and how digital and mobile tools will likely remain a key part of the classroom even after students return to in-person instruction.

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Blackboard Learning Survey Mobility 101

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

We’ve teamed up with Shindig to host a series of interviews with key thought leaders, which will be streamed live online, and allow the virtual audience to pose questions. Register here for free access to the interviews and get the latest updates and schedule. .

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Blackboard Digital Learning Accessibility Education 99

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. At the very dawn of digital education, Canada introduced one of the very first learning management systems, WebCT, a pivotal application, invented at the University of British Columbia in 1997. I’ve always thought of the U.S.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 158

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Higher education institutions, edtechs and learning companies are using Alexa to enhance experiences for students. We’ve been really excited about collaborating with edtech developers—we now have skills available to customers from Kickboard, ParentSquare, Coursera, Blackboard and Canvas.

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Technology Kickboard Education Coursera 206

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Under his watch, Instructure purchased two companies: a digital portfolio tool for $43 million and a K-12 assessment platform for $42.5 This is not just about trading market share between us and Blackboard or others,” Goldsmith said. “We Customers are indeed watching warily. One of them is Thomas B.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2015

Learning approach aims to bring a learner-centric focus to education. Blackboard is launching a new platform, called the New Learning Experience, which aims to bring together all of its various products and services under one roof, with the goal of making it seem more focused on students and learners, not administrators.

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Blackboard LMS Learning Mobility 40

Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

I very clearly remember my teacher standing at the front of the classroom, math book in hand, reading, “The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of the triangle,” then scribbling the formula across the blackboard. Ensure the sustainability of digital learning initiatives.

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Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 168

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard, Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Dr. Julie A.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 96

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

Instructors have also experimented with lecture formats that did away with podiums and blackboards.

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MOOC Khan Academy Learning Blackboard 205

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Evans serves on several boards and advisory councils and is a frequent speaker and writer on digital learning. Christina Fleming is the Chief Marketing Officer at Blackboard. In her role as CMO, Christina is focused on communicating and representing Blackboard’s mission to advance learning.

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Blackboard Learning Strategy Data 98

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

More than learning how to use the latest Blackboard widget, faculty need to learn how to build rapport in an online environment. Teaching online is hard. Online students want professors who communicate and engage with them.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

We’ve literally transformed all our resources to a digital format, using our partners Classlink and Blackboard. Digital learning has elevated the playing field for all our students. We can’t get anything done without their understanding and their shared vision for where we are going. The work was not easy.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

Assignments from virtual classrooms can also be shared on other learning management systems like Google Classrooms, Blackboard, and Schoology. Virtual Classrooms not only enable students to learn anytime and anywhere, but also cater to different types of learners and students’ needs.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled Digital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. Digital Learning During the Pandemic.

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Blackboard Chromebook Flipped Classroom Survey 68

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

To be able to get a smooth picture and the ability to interact via any of the more common softwares—Blackboard, Zoom, Teams—you need to have a device that is able to lift and deliver those experiences,” says Paige Francis, CIO and vice president for IT at the University of Tulsa.

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Laptops Software Blackboard Report 200

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2018

What are the best ways to support and structure digital learning? One text described it as looking into institutional return on investment (ROI) for digital learning. Last week Lou Pugliese joined the Future Trends Forum to describe a forthcoming research project he’d just completed. Today the report appeared.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

So explained Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, in an edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard , examining findings from the program’s 2020 annual research project, Speak Up , for which 10,000 K-12 students nationwide shared their preferences and expectations for two-way communications with their teachers. Dr. Julie A.

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Blackboard Social Media Learning Student Data Privacy 83

Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

The online survey is facilitated by Project Tomorrow and supported by many of our nation’s most innovative companies, foundations and nonprofit organizations including Blackboard, Inc., BrainPOP, DreamBox Learning, Fuel Education, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Rosetta Stone, Schoolwires and SMART Technologies. Since 2003, more than 3.7

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Classroom Survey Differentiated Instruction Blackboard 136

Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 2, 2019

The idea is that students first learn course content online, usually at home, and the time in the classroom is devoted to what used to be traditionally homework, with the teacher’s assistance. Many articles have been written on how the idea of a Flipped Classroom has gained currency with the advent of eBooks and digital learning content.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2018

School principals recognize their unique positions as digital evangelists and are evolving to lead their schools into a new era of learning, according to new data on school leadership.

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Blackboard Blended Learning Learning Survey 71

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

Analysts are looking to see if Instructure’s Canvas learning management system can keep winning contracts from one of its closest competitors, Blackboard. By enrollment, Blackboard’s Learn product has a market share of 31 percent.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, September 27th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Tom Vander Ark on his book, Getting Smart : How Digital Learning is Changing the World. The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011. Blackboard has consistently lost market share to Instructure. Some academics have also responded negatively to the deal, raising concerns over student data.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Instructure’s Canvas product dominates the higher education LMS market with an estimated 35 percent share and continues to take business away from one-time industry leader Blackboard. Blackboard itself went from a publicly traded company to private equity owned in 2011.

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Blackboard LMS Company Report 84

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Google Classroom, which is a core app within G Suite for Education, is reminiscent of learning management systems like Schoology or Blackboard or Canvas—but is free for any educator and works on Chromebooks, iPads and other mobile devices. The only commonality is they are both called Classroom,” he says.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. We want to build from the ground up an inclusive learning system for students and faculty, one that can recreate engaging, live learning experiences online,” says Dan Avida.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The last time a publicly traded learning management system provider was taken private was Blackboard, back in 2011. Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners bought Blackboard for $1.64 This was about three times the next twelve months revenue Blackboard reported at the time.

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