Category Archives: Guest Bloggers

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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The Master Course: A Key Difference in Educational Delivery Methods

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Phil Hill

In part 1 of this series of posts I presented a view of different educational delivery models based on course design and modality. Why does it matter that we describe these educational delivery models with finer granularity than just traditional … Continue reading →

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The Emerging Landscape of Educational Delivery Models

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Phil Hill

Part 2 in this series, on a key difference in educational delivery methods, can be found here. Traditional education or online education. In the past decade it seems that the dominant conversation has been around the potential for online learning, … Continue reading →

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Apple is Playing the Long Game with iBooks 2 and iTunesU App

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Phil Hill

When Apple made the iBooks Author / iBooks2 / iTunesU app announcement on January 19th, there were many arguments for and against their implied educational market strategy. In the educational technology community, two of the most intense arguments why Apple’s … Continue reading →

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Social Learning Tools Are Fine, But Not Critical For All Educational Models

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Phil Hill

We are in a high point of investment and interest in the application of technology to innovate education, and a lot of attention has been paid to the new class of learning platforms that have social tools at the center … Continue reading →

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