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The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.
The Business of Job Training (and the Business of Jobs Giving Educational Benefits for Employees). “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”
There’s also Pluralsight, a provider of tech-training courses that analysts bet will hit the public market soon. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. Department of Education) and David Wiley (the. She adds: “If you don’t tie learning to talent, you miss the point of edtech.”.
Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” ” The Business of Job Training. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” asks Edsurge.
Via Techcrunch : “ Blackboard cofounder Michael Chasen takes CEO reins at PrecisionHawk.” The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” From the HR Department. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.
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” Via Education Week : “For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding ‘Freight Train,’ Full of Peril.” ” The Business of Job Training. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via The Washington Post : “Some D.C. ” Accreditation and Certification. Sounds Familiar.”
The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. One company not using Amazon to run its computing infrastructure: Blackboard.
The Business of Job Training. Once upon a time, I’d have put Udacity in the MOOC section above, but I’m sticking this profile by RealClear Education here in the job training section: “Online Educator Udacity Adapts Courses to Changing Labor Market.” Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard.
The NAACP endorses OER. ” The Business of Job Training. Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard. EverFi also announced this week that it’s acquired the online compliance training company Workplace Answers. ” It’s not a “ skills gap ,” says Edsurge.
” The Business of Job Training. Edsurge on the business of OER. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Watch how the narratives about “the future of education” are crafted. Via The Wall Street Journal : “Why an Honors Student Wants to Skip College and Go to Trade School.” Students lined up in rows.
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