Category Archives: Notable Posts

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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Summary of Statements by Key Players in Blackboard Announcement, Including Competitors

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Phil Hill

Given all the news and discussion surrounding Blackboard’s strategy change last week, I thought that it would be useful to collect the public statements from Blackboard and their competitors in one place. No analysis, no interviews, just statements. I have … 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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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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