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Desire2Learn Learning Suite Updates Mobile, Access Tools

Update primarily includes new analytics functionality targeted specifically to higher ed.

Desire2Learn Learning Suite Updates Mobile, Accessibility Tools, D. Schaffhauser, The Journal

Wiggio Bought by Desire2Learn, Terms Undisclosed

Co built “anti-SharePoint,” provides schools social & collaboration network for school groups.

Wiggio Bought by Desire2Learn, Terms Undisclosed, Lunden & Empson, TechCrunch

The Billion-Dollar Bet on an Adaptive Learning Platform

Adaptive learning & data analytics will kill the standardized curriculum dominant in higher ed.

The Billion-Dollar Bet on an Adaptive Learning Platform, Phil Hill, eLiterate

Schoology Launches SIS Integration Platform

Schoology is a cloud-based, collaborative learning platform for K-12 & higher ed classrooms.

Schoology Launches SIS Integration Platform, Leila Meyer, THE Journal

DegreeCompass Bought by Desire2Learn

DegreeCompass, a "virtual guidance counselor," was developed w Gates Foundation funds.

Desire2Learn Buys DegreeCompass, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

2013 EdTech Predictions: An Interview with Phil Hill

Question 1. What will be the big surprises of 2013 in Higher Ed tech?

2013 EdTech Predictions from Phill Hill, Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

How Profits Come from "Free" Courses

Here are 8+ possible monitization strategies for MOOC and LMS providers.

Coursera Will Profit From Free Courses, Competition Heats Up, Giftus Education Group

Cold Water Bath for Proponents of Big Data in Academe

Survey: few campus IT leaders think their institutions are investing smartly in “Big Data."

Business as Usual, Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed

Top 20 LMS for Education

LMS market has grown into a billion dollar industry with 100s of offerings.  Here's the top 20.

Top 20 LMS for Education, [Infographic] edtechdigest

Desire2Learn Raises $80 Million in First VC Funding

Deal is 5th largest North American series A VC deal & largest ever for a Canadian software co.

Desire2Learn Raises $80 Million in !st Time VC Funding, Phil Hill, e-Literate

LMS? SIS? SIF? LTI? Alphabet Soup of Blended Learning

What do teachers and students really need from systems supporting blended and e-learning?

The Alphabet Soup of Blended Learning, Chris Dawson, ZDNet

The Ed Tech Trend of Piazza

Ed tech is going from LMS to a learner platform market; Piazza is one example.

Piazza- a Free Learning Tool Targeted at Faculty/Student Adoption, Phill Hill, eLiterate

LMS, ePortolios, and the New Culture of Learning

"The CMS became the IMS became the LMS became…"

The Wait is Over: LMS Merges with ePortfolios, Trent Batson, Campus Technology

What is Meant by 'Learning Analytics?'

Can big data transform our education institutions?

Learning Analytics: the Future is Now, Deb Everhart, edtech digest

Schoology Raises $6 Million from FirstMark Capital

K-12 Cloud-based LMS provider, Schoology, brings total funding now to $9.3 million.

Schoology Grabs $6M to Take on Blackboard, Moodle, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

From Enterprise LMS to Learning Platform

2011 will stand out as the year when the LMS market passed the point of no return.

Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform, Phil Hill, e-Literate

5 Ed Tech Trends in K-12 for 2012

What's ahead for educators and learners in 2012?

5 K-12 Ed TEch Trends for 2012, by D.A. Barber, THE Journal

Pearson, Google Provide Free Learning Management System

Pearson, Google upend services that affect nealy every instructor, student, and college in US.

A Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System, Josh Fischman, Wired Campus