Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. 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.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. ” There’s more licensing and certification news in the MOOC section above. A teacher in front of a blackboard.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” From the press release : “ Blackboard Announces Organizational Changes to Better Serve Clients Worldwide.” ” JFC. ” Oh look.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). And I’m not sure if Udacity now better fits here in this for-profit higher ed section, but there’s news about it in the MOOC section above. ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “THL Hires Ex- Blackboard Exec to Hunt for Tech Deals.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Comparing the First Ten Years of Blackboard and Instructure in LMS Market.” ” (Psst.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” (In Cleveland.).

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