Category Archives: Blogging

The Search for Differentiated and Engaging Student Experience

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Phil Hill

One of the trends I highlighted last summer was that the LMS or learning platform market was overlapping the educational content market. The lines are blurring between content delivery systems (e.g. Cengage MindTap, Pearson MyLabs, etc) and LMS.  Content delivery … Continue reading →

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What is a Learning Platform?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Phil Hill

While I have written (along with others) about the shift we are seeing in the LMS market, where it is moving from an enterprise LMS market to a learning platform market, there has not really been a good definition of what … Continue reading →

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Upcoming WCET Webcast: “Why the RFP Process Doesn’t Work in Today’s LMS Market”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Phil Hill

I have written several articles (posted here at e-Literate, here at the Delta Initiative website, and as a guest post at WCET) about the significant changes that the LMS market is undergoing, moving from an enterprise-class, mini-ERP, system to a … Continue reading →

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MOOCs: Two Different Approaches to Scale, Access and Experimentation

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Phil Hill

In part 1 of this series, I described a new landscape of educational delivery models. In part 2 I described the master course concept and how it presents a cultural barrier that most traditional institutions cannot cross, at least without … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Confronts Erosion of Market Share, Makes a Major Change in Strategy

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Phil Hill

In a series of announcements that has the educational technology world buzzing, Blackboard reversed their strategy of their core LMS business. Blackboard acquired two Moodle hosting and service providers – MoodleRooms in the US and NetSpot in Australia. Blackboard created … Continue reading →

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