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| 01.06.2025 | Planet Classroom Launches New Episode of AI for a Better World: How Study Fetch Is Transforming Remote Learning with AI | Watch AI for a Better World: Study Fetch – AI That’s Revolutionizing Remote Learning
Education Tech Leader Esan Durrani on Personalized Learning, Low Hallucination Rates, and Global Scale
NEW YORK, June 1, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Pla... |
| 27.05.2025 | ProctorEdu rebrands as OctoProctor, science-based remote proctoring platform | Infographic showing OctoProctor's impact: 1M+ online tests/year, 8K+ concurrent users, 200+ clients, 70+ product releases, 30+ integrations.
ProctorEdu becomes OctoProctor, delivering a smarter, friendlier approach to remote proctoring whil... |
| 16.05.2025 | Tribute Technology Expands Executive Team to Accelerate Innovation and Growth | Craig Greenseid, Chief Executive Officer at Tribute Technology
Tribute Technology appoints Craig Greenseid as CEO to drive innovation, strengthen leadership, and enhance customer experience in funeral tech.
WAUNAKEE, Wis., May 15, 2025 /PRN... |
| 29.04.2025 | Career Key's PathAdvisor Named 2025 EdTech Cool Tool Award Finalist for Digital Courseware Solution | PathAdvisor recognized by EdTech Digest for innovation in digital courseware that measures and scales student career readiness and professional development in college and K12.
SEATTLE, April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Career Key is exci... |
| 17.12.2024 | Exploring CREN: Supporting Higher Education Through IT Knowledge Services and Digital Tools | Share
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The Consortium for Research and Education Networking (CREN) is a renowned non-profit organization dedicated to supporting over 220 universities, colleges, and research institutions. Governed by a 12-member Boar... |
| 18.10.2024 | Делители часов | Счетчики и их использование в делителях частоты
Для стабильной работы последовательным схемам нужен надежный тактовый сигнал для обеспечения стабильной синхронизации по времени. Для обеспечения стабильного источника частоты схемы генератора... |
| 11.09.2024 | Teaching in the Digital Age: Essential Education Tools for Effective | Share
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The digital age has transformed the education sector, offering a plethora of tools and resources to enhance teaching and learning. Effective instruction in this era requires educators to leverage te... |
| 27.06.2024 | The Future of Education: Integrating Augmented Reality (AR) in Classrooms | Share
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The educational landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by advancements in technology that promise to transform traditional teaching methods. One of the most exciting developments is the integration of Augmented ... |
| 04.06.2024 | ВКС-дайджест: первый видеозвонок через Starlink, постквантовое шифрование в Zoom и маркировка AI-контента | • Первый видеозвонок через спутник Starlink
• Маркировка AI-контента от Google
• Постквантовое шифрование в Zoom
• Google Meet собирает звук с ноутбуков
• Расшифровка нетипичной речи для конференций
• Полноценная совместная работа в Zoom с ... |
| 16.04.2024 | The Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA) announces selection of Shari Hofer, marketing and communications executive and Independent Director at Voxy | Shari Hofer, marketing and communications executive and Independent Director at Voxy
The Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA) announces that after an expansive search and in-depth interview process, Shari Hofer, marketing and communications exe... |
| 11.04.2024 | Former Dreambox CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson Joins Owl Ventures as Operating Partner | SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Owl Ventures, the largest EdTech venture capital firm globally with over $2 billion assets under management, announced the addition of Jessie Woolley-Wilson as Operating Partner. Jessie brings a... |
| 07.03.2024 | Turnitin laid off staff earlier this year, after CEO forecast AI would allow it to cut headcount | People worry that advances in AI will lead to job losses, but rarely does a company’s CEO openly admit that AI will help to reduce their headcount. Turnitin, a plagiarism detection company whose CEO Chris Caren last year warned that, in 18 ... |
| 04.03.2024 | Big Data Analytics in Education Market Size Reach USD 57.14 Billion at 15.3% CAGR by 2030 | Big Data Analytics in Education Market
Rise in penetration of tablets and smartphones across countries drives the market growth.
PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATE, March 5, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Allied Market Research published a ne... |
| 31.01.2024 | История Vercel 2009-2013гг. Часть 2/7. Первый стартап Гильермо. Learnboost | Первый стартап, первые крупные инвестиции, первые разработки. Образовательная платформа, ставшая одной из самых технологичных компаний своего времени.
LearnBoost – это онлайн-инструмент, позволяющий эффективно управлять классом. В нём учите... |
| 16.06.2023 | Что патентуют мировые лидеры edtech-индустрии | Edtеch, или образовательные технологии, сегодня считают одной из самых быстро растущих ниш. Эта сфера не очень богата на патенты, так как в образовательном процессе не так уж много решений, которые можно защитить с помощью этого инструмента... |
| 19.12.2022 | The Vital, Hidden Role That Learning Management Systems Play In The Education Market | 17 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: A boy uses the Moodle learning platform for ... [+] homeschooling. The Saxony-Anhalt education server, on which teachers post assignments for distance learning, also runs on Moodle. Since the begin... |
| 09.02.2022 | Converge WMPO 2022 Summit Invites Expansive Innovations in the State of Arizona | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 09 February 2022, 05:02 pm
At the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Arizona, the blink-and-you'll-miss-it-event kicked off with an exciting discussion between University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins and well-... |
| 27.01.2022 | Anthology earns additional ISO 27001 certifications, expands global information security standards for clients and learners | BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, today announced that it has secured additional ISO 27001 certifications, successfully meeting on... |
| 20.10.2021 | Project Tomorrow, Blackboard and The School Superintendents Association Present New Equity Research During Congressional Briefing | “This data provides research-based insights that can both clarify the needs of students and help educators see new solutions,” said Dr. Julie A. Evans, Chief Researcher and CEO of Project Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) October 20, 2021
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| 14.09.2021 | Trustmary Announces $2.2 Million Funding to Further Drive Growth in Europe and North America | Trustmary Announces $2.2 Million Funding to Further Drive Growth in Europe and North America Tue, Sep 14, 2021 07:00 CET
September 14, 2021 - Jyväskylä, Finland and Minneapolis, MN, USA - Trustmary, a leading testimonial marketing platform,... |
| 13.09.2021 | Anthology and Blackboard to Merge, Creating a Leading Global Provider of Education Software and Solutions | Anthology, a leading provider of proven higher education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, and Blackboard, a leading global EdTech software and solutions company, announced a definitive agreement to combine the two compan... |
| 20.07.2021 | Mars Veterinary Health North America announces $500 million multi-year investment to promote thriving careers, workforce diversity, and sustainable change across the veterinary profession | |
| 20.07.2021 | Blackboard launches Center for Advancing Learning | |
| 23.06.2021 | Blackboard Announces Winners of 2021 Catalyst Awards | |
| 15.06.2021 | OnePlus announces the 90 Hz, $240 “Nord N200” for North America | reader comments 42 with 28 posters participating
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| 27.05.2021 | Crystal Delta Empowers Educators to Deliver Web-Like Online Learning Experiences in Blackboard | MELBOURNE, Australia, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Crystal Delta has recently launched Loree for Blackboard to support educators in improving the learning experience through simplified course design and editing. Loree (the course design too... |
| 11.05.2021 | The Recording Industry's Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) Announces $2.2 Million in Community Grants To Support Admission-Free, Live Music Online and In Person Throughout North America | |
| 09.03.2021 | Blackboard Extends its Relationship with Alabama's Community Colleges | |
| 02.03.2021 | Blackboard Announces Partnership in Qatar with the Education Development Institute
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| 25.01.2021 | PetSmart Charities® Announces $10 Million Commitment to Combat Pet Food Insecurity Across North America | |
| 10.11.2020 | Alabama Community College System Expands its Partnership with Blackboard to Improve Student Outcomes | |
| 24.09.2020 | Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms | This year, investors have reaped big financial returns from betting on Zoom. Since March, when the global pandemic accelerated, the stock price of the publicly traded online video company has increased five-fold, to over $500 per share, by ... |
| 23.09.2020 | Zoom’s earliest investors are betting millions on a better Zoom for schools | Zoom was never created to be a consumer product. Nonetheless, the video-conferencing company’s accessibility made it the answer to every social situation threatened by the pandemic, from happy hours to meetings.
Months later, we’re realizin... |
| 18.05.2020 | The best eLearning platforms for online courses | Blackboard
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| 27.04.2020 | OMERS Ventures announces a new $750M fund for investing in North America, Europe | OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), has put together a new, $750 million fund to invest in both Europe and North America.
The capital vehicle is larger than the group’s prece... |
| 11.03.2020 | Competency Tracking Tools Are Overdue | Many schools are still using spreadsheets and data walls to track important student outcomes. Tom Vander Ark |
| 06.01.2020 | Tel Aviv’s Liquidity Capital invests $12.5 million in Resident, a fast-growing retailtech in North America | Liquidity Capital, the Israel-based providers of unlimited unsecured, non-recourse, no-dilution growth capital, has announced a $12.5 million funding agreement with Resident, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailtech startup.
Currently ope... |
| 06.11.2019 | German VC Acton Capital announces new $215 million fund to back businesses in Europe and North America | Acton Capital, the Munich-based growth VC, has announced the final closing of its new Acton Fund V at $215 million. Investments from the new fund will follow the firm’s typical geographical spread: 75 percent in Germany and Europe, 25 perce... |
| 26.07.2019 | Trilantic North America Closes $2.75 Billion For VI L.P. Fund | Leading private equity firm Trilantic North America announced it closed a $2.75 billion fund for investing in business services, consumer, and energy sectors
Trilantic North America — a leading private equity firm — announced it closed the ... |
| 22.07.2019 | Trilantic North America Raises $2.75 Billion | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trilantic North America, a leading private equity firm, today announced the closing of Trilantic Capital Partners VI (North America) L.P. and its parallel funds, a $2.75 billion private equity fund investing in th... |
| 07.01.2019 | On the Market: New Baltimore tech job openings for a new year | On the Market is a Technical.ly column where we highlight noteworthy job openings and the people who are lookin’. Got a submission? Email us and tell us why it belongs in the roundup.Terbium Labs has openings for software engineers.
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| 04.10.2018 | Blackboard brings student IDs to the iPhone | Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard announced a new platform called Blackboard Mobile Credential, which allows college students, faculty and staff to add their student ID cards to their iPhones and Apple Watches. The Apple Wallet program laun... |
| 22.08.2018 | How the end of the Moodle-Blackboard partnership affects Baltimore edtech | There was a shake-up in the world of elearning in recent weeks, as an official partnership between learning management system providers Moodle and Blackboard ended.
Within Baltimore’s edtech community, the move will bring changes on a coupl... |
| 15.02.2018 | Kaltura to Power its Growth across Australia and New Zealand with an Expanded Local Team and Reseller Partnerships | Kaltura’s video solutions are already in use around the world by leading organisations such as SAP, MetLife, Philips, Yale University, Stanford University, Cornell University, and many more. While Kaltura has had a long-established footprin... |
| 17.01.2018 | Lisa Mayr is leaving Blackboard to be CFO at EverFi | Lisa Mayr has spent the last 25 years navigating a successful career in tech, and her best advice is to trust yourself when the going gets rough.
“Be authentic to yourself,” Mayr told Technical.ly DC. “Achieving balance is tough and it does... |
| 03.10.2017 | Sanken North America Completes Private Placement Of Shares Purchased By One Equity Partners For $291 Million | Sanken North America, Inc. (SKNA) announced today that One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm with deep technology expertise, has completed a minority investment in SKNA. SKNA sold 28.8% of newly issued shares to One... |
| 26.09.2017 | The 10 Top Funded EdTech Startups in the D.C. Metro Area | If EverFi's historic funding round in April didn't convince you, D.C. is a hotbed for education technology companies. From the rise and exit of Blackboard to 2U going public to EverFi landing the third largest edtech funding round in histor... |
| 11.08.2017 | Solution caters to needs of differently abled students | Blackboard Ally makes course content more accessible to differently abled students.
Differently abled students across South African universities can now access academic content that is specifically prepared with them in mind, says Eiffel Co... |
| 17.06.2017 | Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe | If you go to startup pitch events, you’ve seen it happen:
An entrepreneur says something—something so naïve, egregious and hackneyed—that it makes the investors, along with educators who are now increasingly in the audience, physically crin... |
| 20.02.2017 | University curbs academic failure with tech | UJ becomes the first university outside US to implement a solution that identifies students for academic support.
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will introduce an online tool to identify students that need academic support and help the... |
| 30.01.2017 | How Digital Textbooks, Tech-Friendly Furniture, and Better Data Are Boosting Engagement at Community Colleges | When Jenny Billings piloted a digital textbook class and saw an immediate increase in engagement and retention after just one semester, she thought it must be a fluke. That is, until she ran the pilot again and received the same results.
In... |
| 16.11.2016 | Verizon acquires SocialRadar to buff up MapQuest’s location data | We got word earlier today that Verizon had acquired SocialRadar, a mapping startup founded by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen that promises to provide its users with far more accurate location data for businesses — down to where exactl... |
| 27.10.2016 | Blackboard announces acquisition of UK-based Fronteer | Blackboard announces acquisition of UK-based Fronteer
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Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced the acquisition of U.K. based Fronteer, including its fl... |
| 27.10.2016 | The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers | Switches, routers, panels and projectors. Canvas, whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. Cornhole, crane games, magic shows and light-up swords. There were people dressed as blue aardvarks and consultants representing Pink Elephant.
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| 27.10.2016 | Blackboard announces acquisition of UK-based Fronteer | Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced the acquisition of U.K. based Fronteer, including its flagship Ally product. Ally is designed to help institutions and in... |
| 27.09.2016 | A Timeline of Google Classroom’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems | Over the last two years, Google has taken its popular applications and outfitted them for the classroom. While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle and Schoology... |
| 22.08.2016 | Looking to Eliminate Dropouts? How Idaho Reached English Language Learners with a ‘Hybrid’ Course Experiment | In the past two academic years, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an online state school created by the Idaho Legislature, has taken proactive steps to fix a key problem: losing English Language Learner (ELL) students before high schoo... |
| 30.06.2016 | Higher One Holdings-backed Blackboard to Acquire Higher One for About $260M | Blackboard Inc., the world's leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced that an affiliate of the company has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Higher One Holdings, Inc. ... |
| 30.06.2016 | Blackboard Nabs Higher One Payment Platform for $260 Million | Higher education payments technology provider Higher One Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of education technology company Blackboard for $260 million, or $5.15 per share. The all-cash deal has been... |
| 04.06.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 6/4/16 | Salesforce bought Demandware for $2.8B; Vista acquired Marketo for $1.8B; Snapchat purchased Seene
Salesforce acquired Demandware, a provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions. The deal is worth approximately $2.8 billion, valuing Dema... |
| 31.05.2016 | Blackboard acquires POS provider Sequoia Retail Systems | Blackboard wants a bigger share of your college experience.
The D.C.-based edtech giant announced Tuesday the acquisition of higher ed-focused point-of-sale (POS) company Sequoia Retail Systems. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| 11.04.2016 | SocialRadar’s PlaceKit promises more accurate location data for business and storefront locations | Online street maps have become incredibly accurate over the last few years, but most maps aren’t all that precise when it comes to knowing exactly where on a street a store, restaurant or other business is located. That’s why your Uber driv... |
| 17.02.2016 | Remind's New Features Were Designed for Emergencies | During a recent flood in Cerritos, California, a principal at a pilot school used Remind for Schools to send a message to 700 families simultaneously. During the recent blizzard that blanketed the East Coast, the product saw activity soar a... |
| 05.01.2016 | William Ballhaus is the new CEO of Blackboard | Blackboard announced on Monday that William L. Ballhaus has been named chairman, president and CEO of the edtech company. Ballhaus replaces Jay Bhatt, who has served as Blackboard CEO since 2012. Ballhaus most recently served as CEO of SRA ... |
| 05.12.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 12/5/15 | Perion Networks acquired Undertone; Welltok bought Silverlink; iMapData merged with PlanetRisk
Perk.com, which provides a rewards platform targeting consumers by giving them rewards for their daily mobile and internet activities, agreed to ... |
| 10.11.2015 | Austin’s EduSync Is Aiming to Compete Against EdTech Giants Like Edmodo | Moving education in the modern technological era has been an ongoing task for school districts and administrators alike. With the ever-evolving education tools at hand, there are so many options from which to choose that paralysis by analys... |
| 29.10.2015 | It’s back to school for Facebook, and it’s personal | The Facebook legend has it that Mark Zuckerberg got his big social network idea from the school Year Books of the same name: “The Facebook”. But now he is going full-circle and returning to school with software to run the whole show.
The Pe... |
| 27.07.2015 | Y Combinator-backed Mimir speeds up feedback with automated grading for professors | In the academic world, there are at least a few things that are constant: You’ll attend class, have homework, and take an examination to test how much knowledge you’ve retained. But a major variable is how quickly you receive feedback about... |
| 08.07.2015 | GoodWorld raises $1.65 million to make hashtag donations a thing [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
GoodWorld, a 1776-based startup that facilitates hashtag-based charity giving, has raised $1.65 million, the Washington Post reports.
Rockville-based call center software company 3CLogic has raised $1.4 million from a ... |
| 28.02.2015 | The WebRTC Race Begins Today | Chip Wilcox Contributor
Editor’s note: Chip Wilcox is the CEO of Temasys.
As recently as 2012, it seemed that Web Real-Time Communication, or WebRTC, was so clandestine that the technology was a skunk works project, hidden in a back office ... |
| 18.02.2015 | On The Way To An IPO, Education Technology Startup Instructure Is Close To Raising A Big New Round | Education technology company Instructure has raised a big new round on its way to an initial public offering later this year, according to several sources familiar with the company’s plans.
We’ve heard rumors from multiple sources that the ... |
| 12.02.2015 | Blackboard Flirts with Buying Pearson’s PowerSchool | Blackboard has been on an acquisitions roll ever since CEO Jay Bhatt took over in 2012 and decided to go all-in to overhaul its product, brand and strategy. But the Washington, DC-based company may be about to make its biggest bet yet.
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| 11.02.2015 | TalkLocal reportedly moves to College Park [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
In the first equity crowdfunding endeavor approved by the District, EquityEats raised more than $80,000 and reached 40 percent of its goal within six days of launching, Elevation DC reports. The funds will go towards t... |
| 04.02.2015 | Ed-tech giant Blackboard acquires Schoolwires to help build school websites and apps for K-12 students | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ed-tech giant Blackboard has announced that it’s ... |
| 04.02.2015 | Ed-tech giant Blackboard acquires Schoolwires to help build school websites and apps for K-12 students | Ed-tech giant Blackboard has announced that it’s snapping up educational website specialists Schoolwires, for an undisclosed sum.
Schoolwires specializes in building and hosting K-12 school websites, and has done so for more than a decade. ... |
| 17.01.2015 | Why online learning needs to get serious about apps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Last month, New Oriental Education, China’s largest provider of private educational services, and Tencent, the leading texting provider... |
| 17.01.2015 | Why online learning needs to get serious about apps | Last month, New Oriental Education, China’s largest provider of private educational services, and Tencent, the leading texting provider in China with nearly 500 million users on its WeChat app, agreed to launch an integrated, chat-centric e... |
| 13.01.2015 | Building a Humble Brand for Your Startup | Brands can be difficult for startups, especially since the product you’re building will change often as you grow. To be sure, great products can overcome mediocre brands and great brands will certainly not overcome inadequate products. But ... |
| 22.10.2014 | A Blueprint for Personalized Professional Development by Teachers, for Teachers | I’m convinced that offering online courses led and constructed “by teachers, for teachers” will improve outcomes for all students. The Blueprint for Personalized Learning in Delaware includes stats on why the need for personalized learning ... |
| 18.09.2014 | Patient Capital Drives Change In Education | Matthew Pittinsky Contributor
Editor’s note: Matthew Pittinsky is the CEO of Parchment.
In 2001, Arthur Levine, then president of Columbia University Teacher’s College, predicted that one day faculty members would become free agents, increa... |
| 27.08.2014 | Blackboard and Kaltura Expand Partnership in Australia and New Zealand | Sydney, 27 August 2014 – Blackboard and Kaltura, today announced a partnership expansion to help support the integration of Kaltura’s powerful video tools and capabilities in Blackboard’s market-leading teaching and learning environment in ... |
| 04.08.2014 | As Book Prices Drop, Big Publishers Push Into Software and Edtech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Don’t look now, but textbook publishers are trying to become software companies. And tech startups are trying to outmaneuver these giants to win the future of educational cont... |
| 20.06.2014 | Pearson Integrates PowerSchool With 100 Third Party Vendors | Even the world’s largest publisher can use help from the little guys every now and then. This much is clear when Pearson created its own edtech accelerator, Catalyst, to find and support edtech startups that could be potential partners. (He... |
| 02.06.2014 | Blackboard CEO Jay Bhatt on the Global Future of Edtech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
What does the head of one of the world’s biggest edtech companies, Blackboard, think about the future of education?
First, you should know a little about his background. Jay B... |
| 03.02.2014 | Getting Ready To Go Blended In North Texas | One of Texas’ largest charter networks, Uplift Education--with 28 K-12 schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex that serve 9,600 students--will be making a big investment in blended learning. Thanks to a $360,000 grant from the Morris Fou... |
| 16.01.2014 | Education Giant Blackboard Buys MyEdu To Help Refresh Its Brand And Reanimate Its User Experience | Over the years, Blackboard has become one of the most familiar brands in the world of education. Today, Blackboard’s learning management system (LMS) and educational tools are used in 75 percent of colleges and universities and more than ha... |
| 15.01.2014 | Blackboard acquires MyEdu to cut down on number of unemployed college grads | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A college degree just doesn’t mean what it used t... |
| 15.01.2014 | Blackboard acquires MyEdu to cut down on number of unemployed college grads | A college degree just doesn’t mean what it used to.
Ed-tech giant Blackboard has acquired MyEdu to help students get the most out of their college experience, and maybe even (dare to dream), land a job after graduation.
“Completion rates ar... |
| 08.10.2013 | Desire2Learn rolls out online education service to rival Coursera & Udacity | Canada’s Desire2Learn is the most well-funded education-technology company you’ve never heard of.
The company provides a full suite of software tools to K-12 schools in North America, and it competes with education giant Blackboard. Its tec... |
| 09.09.2013 | Desire2Learn acquires Knowillage to bring personalized learning to classrooms | Education technology startup Desire2Learn just acquired Knowillage for an undisclosed sum.
Desire2Learn has raised the second largest venture round for a Canadian startup, only recently beat by Hootsuite. What this means is that the company... |
| 09.09.2013 | Desire2Learn acquires Knowillage to bring personalized learning to classrooms | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Education technology startup Desire2Learn just ac... |
| 20.08.2013 | Blackboard Inc. co-founder’s specialty EMR company lands $14M to take on new markets | Already the three-year-old company has released tailored, iPad-based products for the dermatology, ophthalmology, optometry, orthopedics and plastic surgery markets. With the new financing, it will launch products in the GI, ENT and rheumat... |
| 14.08.2013 | DC-Based Speek Announces $1.1 Million in Funding | Today, DC-based conference call startup Speek announced $1.1 million in funding.
The investment came from a variety of angels, including Stewart Allen, CTO of AddThis; Michael Chasen, cofounder of Blackboard and founder of SocialRadar; Timo... |
| 11.08.2013 | It doesn’t always pay to be first | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This is a guest post by Erik Severinghaus, founde... |
| 08.08.2013 | Box brings cloud collaboration to schools and universities | Earlier this summer, Box announced it would push its cloud collaboration tools into a notoriously tricky sector, health care. Now, the Silicon Valley-based startup has announced it’s trying its luck in education.
Box believes it can help cr... |
| 06.08.2013 | StudyCloud Challenges the Conventions of Online Education Tools | During their college days, Andrew Lee, Tom Zheng, and Ravi Pilla were power users, like most college students these days, on the Blackboard education platform. Almost every school in America uses the system, but these three men found a flaw... |
| 22.07.2013 | 7 big mistakes K-12 education needs to avoid in 1:1 computing plans | After spending a number of years working in the educational tech sector, I can safely pinpoint the two camps that make up the meandering discussion about 1:1 computing plans for K-12 education today. On the one side, we have eager innovator... |
| 19.06.2013 | Blackboard Co-Founder Michael Chasen Raises $12.75M Series A For SocialRadar, A New Take On Location-Based People Discovery Apps | If you thought the “ambient location” craze has passed, prepare to be surprised. A company called SocialRadar is announcing today that it has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding from NEA, Grotech Ventures, and others including Steve C... |
| 19.06.2013 | Former Blackboard CEO raises $12.75M for SocialRadar to force serendipity | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
SocialRadar has raised $12.75 million to, well, build out your social radar.
Its application combines location-based mobile technology ... |
| 12.04.2013 | Instructure Launches App Center To Let Teachers, Students Install Third-Party Apps Across Learning Platforms | Props are owed to companies like Blackboard and Moodle for being early movers in the educational software space, particularly in helping catalyze innovation in learning management systems (LMS). The problem is, of course, they got their sta... |
