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Tag Archives: Blackboard
Blackboard Changes Underway: Jay Bhatt Interview and Management Changes
There is an interesting article today from Bill Flook , who has covered Blackboard as a business, including the story of Michael Chasen’s departure in late 2012 along with two rounds of layoffs. Blackboard Inc. has been a company in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Higher Education, Notable Posts
Tagged Blackboard, David Mills, Kayvon Beykpour, layoffs, LMS, mobile, Siegfried Behrens, Tim Hill, xpLOR
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Big 3 MOOC Providers Turning One Year Old
We are in the middle of the first anniversary of the creation of the big 3 MOOC providers (Coursera, Udacity, edX). Sebastian Thrun announced the creation of Udacity on January 23, 2012 as described by Reuters. Daphne Koller and Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged Blackboard, Coursera, EdX, first anniversary, LMS, Miami Dade College, MOOC, OpenClass, Pearson, Udacity, xpLOR
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Snapshot of LMS Market for Large Online Programs in the US
The transformation of the higher education LMS market continues, and I expect more changes over the next 2 – 3 years. However, it seems time to capture a key segment of the market based on two recent announcements that directly impact … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Notable Posts
Tagged Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn, Homegrown, Learning Platform, LMS, LMS market, MSVCC, Sakai, UMUC
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Postscript to CEO Transition at Blackboard
There are three additional management changes at Blackboard not mentioned in my recent post – two announced over the past week and one announced in April. These changes are worth noting as they further back up the point that Blackboard … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts
Tagged Blackboard, Chasen, Turnaround
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CEO Transition at Blackboard is Latest Move in Corporate Turnaround
On Monday of this past week Michael Chasen announced that he is leaving Blackboard, the company he co-founded in 1997 and has led as CEO since 2001. Blackboard simultaneously announced the appointment of Jay Bhatt, a software industry executive as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts
Tagged Blackboard, CEO, Educational technology, Jay Bhatt, LMS, Michael-Chasen
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