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More Venture Capital for Higher Education: $10.75 million for rSmart

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Jim Farmer

On August 16 rSmart Group Inc. announced securing funding from Asahi Net Inc., GSV Capital Corp., and private investors. GSV investment advisor Michael Moe expressed confidence in the firm saying “rSmart is helping universities realize lower total cost of ownership … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Asahi Net, edunomics, GSV Capital, Kuali, Michael Moe, rSmart, Sakai | Comments Off

Blackboard’s New Platform Strategy

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the BbWorld conference and conduct a private interview with Chief Technology Officer and President of Academic Platforms Ray Henderson. What I learned is that the company is embarking on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., edunomics, Ray Henderson, xpLOR | 7 Comments

Online Learning: Where is the Money?

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Jim Farmer

MIT offers their MITx online courses and certificates for a price, Stanford offers some online courses free, and Utah State University professor Wiley provides successful students with letters confirming course completion. But offering online learning has failed many using these … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education | Tagged edunomics, open university | 7 Comments

Blackboard and MoodleRooms: An insight to private equity

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Jim Farmer

There has been speculation about Blackboard’s acquisition of MoodleRooms and its announcements about support of open-source learning systems. This is also an opportunity to see decision-making by Blackboard owner Providence Equity. The motivation of a private equity firm is rapid increase in the … Continue reading →