Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach. I have been in the education and edtech space for nearly a decade now, and I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2024

Orlando, Florida – Anthology, the leading educational technology company, revealed the latest iteration of its Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, at Anthology Together 2024. Previously known as Blackboard Learn, the flagship LMS was recognized for outpacing the competition in feature development for the third consecutive year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Matthew Pittinsky wants the equivalent of disarmament talks between edtech companies and colleges. EdSurge sat down with Pittinsky last month to talk about lessons from his time at Blackboard, as well as what has surprised him most about how learning management systems have evolved (or haven’t). No, and this may surprise you.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020. edtech deals were blueblood firms, like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, along with new funds betting on education startups for the first time.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. At Blackboard we packaged learning management into three tiers. But we’d say no.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Khan Academy videos feature teachers describing their lessons in drawings on virtual blackboards, helping students and visual learning centers bring home maximum results. Khan Academy is another highly popular learning app that features video tutorials to drive home classroom studies.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 27, 2019

Let us take a look at the SAMR Model and how it applies to interactive whiteboards as an EdTech. Why is the SAMR Model Useful for Understanding EdTech? These types of EdTech implementation are normally easier to accept and incorporate into current lessons and teaching styles. What is the SAMR Model.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Specifically, he tried to get into some of the learning and student management systems built by Blackboard and Follett, which are two of the most widely used edtech systems in the country. Blackboard didn’t respond either, which also frustrated him. We first asked how often he finds security flaws in edtech products.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds. Investments in edtech companies in 2016 totalled $945 million, according to estimates from GSV Capital, less than half of the $2 billion tally last year.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The mid-Atlantic region near New Markets’ headquarters in Fulton, Maryland is home to some of the education industry’s biggest names, including Blackboard, EverFi, Laureate Education and 2U. It also gives the foundation a lens into the challenging realities of the edtech startup ecosystem. Source: New Markets Education Partners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

That MOOC space includes online learning platform and edtech “unicorn” Coursera, which went public last year , and edX, which lost its nonprofit status when it was bought by the for-profit company 2U last year. Either way, Meta’s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. For instance, at the Downingtown, Pa.-based The classroom is no longer the anchor it used to be,” Nuland says. At K12 Inc.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It may not seem too surprising that one of the best-funded edtech startups in the past year of pandemic has been a company that piggybacks on the success of Zoom to add tools for running online classes. Lessons Learned What did Chasen learn from his experience as the longtime CEO of Blackboard?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Instructure, then an upstart challenger to Blackboard, made its bones on two major differentiators, one of which was “usability.” It is this second shift—the move to data—that will define the shift in edtech over the next decade. The blackboard, or whiteboard, has faded into the background. And it showed. Who else will see them?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

In modern classrooms , static seating arrangements are going the way of blackboards and chalk as a growing appreciation for flexible learning environments drives changes to furniture and classroom design. . Another factor to consider is the physical space required for computer labs. .

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Education technology (EdTech) can support this by allowing students to have fun as they participate in interactive and collaborative activities. Unlike in the past, when teachers used to lecture at the front of the class and write on blackboards, educators today are using interactive whiteboards.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Keep reading to learn more about USB-C monitors for teachers or explore other exciting ways to make education more fun and easy with ViewSonic EdTech solutions. Teaching has moved on from the days of chalk and blackboards. We’re here to explain you what it is, and why teachers should pay attention to the compatible monitors.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Now “Sand Hill is waiting to see the outcome of some of their previous edtech investments,” says Shauntel Poulson, a general partner at Reach Capital.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Higher education institutions, edtechs and learning companies are using Alexa to enhance experiences for students and provide access to information and learning resources in a more convenient way. Higher education institutions, edtechs and learning companies are using Alexa to enhance experiences for students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

And some analysts watching the edtech space expect colleges to continue to sign up for the services to make them an option for professors to use. The story with a lot of edtech is that the pandemic catalyzed a lot of growth, and the adoption holds even once ground-based [teaching] goes back.” The Practice May Be Here to Stay." “As

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here is a recap of the biggest and most popular edtech business stories of 2020. It may not be the only publicly traded edtech company to be taken private. Dozens of Venture-Backed Startups Among Edtech Recipients of PPP Loans. A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective. But So Are Costs.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Blended Teaching: How Plagiarism Detection Software Can Help Educators Gain Confidence Discover the benefits of using plagiarism detection software in times of blended teaching Today, EdTech has become more popular than ever before. All in all, EdTech solutions have established a ‘new normal’ in which blended learning models dominate.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation. OpenEd published a new white paper and sample code at IMS showing how any edtech company can use Caliper to measure efficacy of these blended learning resources.).

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techieMusings

OCTOBER 28, 2021

After using the Blackboard Smart Notebook for a couple of weeks, I think this device is most useful for students. With the Blackboard smart pen + Blackboard App, on the other hand, all handwritten work is instantly captured and saved to the phone app. — Blackboard Smart Notebook Set, Note Size*: [link].

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 2, 2022

While it provided a smooth transition from the blackboard in the past to modern solutions, it poses many limitations in today’s technologically advanced world. The digital whiteboard is revolutionizing education, bringing historic change to EdTech solutions. Digital Whiteboard vs Analog Whiteboard . This is a huge time-saver. .

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The blackboard or overhead projector for the teacher at the front of the room. EdTech for 21 st Century Classroom Design. We’ve come a long way since the humble blackboard. Old-school classroom design supported the idea that teachers impart knowledge to students. The one-to-many transmission philosophy of teaching.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

But 2U wasn’t the only edtech player to get Wall Street talking. Here’s how the other edtech companies that went public earlier this decade fared. Analysts are looking to see if Instructure’s Canvas learning management system can keep winning contracts from one of its closest competitors, Blackboard. at close of Aug.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Education has of course been a key growth area for the company, and it’s been busy over the past year hiring former educators and those with years of experience in edtech. We’re able to break those visual and auditory and linguistic boundaries and things like real time translation really just scratch the surface.”

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

IT staff can also seamlessly integrate the platform with learning management systems such as Schoology, Canvas and Blackboard. Cisco also announced new features to Webex Meetings for secure and engaging distance learning.

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