Tag Archives: edunomics

What Are Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Good For?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

The recent ASU Education Innovation Summit, which brought together venture capitalists with aspiring ed tech entrepreneurs, created quite a stir in the edublogosphere and the edutwitterverse. A lot of the reaction came from people who were watching from a distance … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Mergers and Acquisitions

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

This is just a quick post to note the fact of two pretty big announcements coming out of Blackboard. First, the acquisition of the company by Providence Equity has been completed. Second, Providence immediately turned around and executed a merger … Continue reading →

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The Datatel-SunGard Higher Education Merger

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jim Farmer

This is a guest post from Jim Farmer, Chairman of Sigma Systems, Inc. [Editor’s note: I have had this post from Jim for a while now and am only now getting a chance to publish it. Apologies to Jim and … Continue reading →

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On Innovation and Commodification

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

I had a wonderful time at the Moodle Moot two weeks ago. Conferences for different LMSs tend to have very similar presentation types (how to migrate, tricks for making the grade book usable, great Web 2.0 tools that integrate with … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard Acquisition: Two Views

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

As busy as I have been lately, I have tried to keep up on the various analyses of Blackboard’s acquisition by Providence Equity Partners, Inc. There seem to be two schools of thought. The first school, which seems to be … Continue reading →

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