EdBizWatch

Blackboard Seeks $3 Billion Sale

Owner Providence Equity Partners has hired Deutsche Bank and BoA to run an auction.

Blackboard Seeks $3 Billion Sale, Baker, Roumeliotis & Stone, Reuters

Instructure Raises $40M Led by Insight Venture Partners

Total capital behind co: $90 Million, will use funds to push company toward an IPO.

Instructure Raises $40 Million Led by Insight Venture Partners, J. Marino, Business Insider

20 Higher Ed Innovators

Platforms, programs & orgs leading the effort in making college possible for all students.

Smart List: 20 HigherEd Innovators, Getting Smart

Q&A with Instructure CEO, Josh Coates

For problem solvers like Coates, LMS was a classic innovator’s dilemma opportunity.

Q&A with Instructure CEO, Josh Coates, Tony Wan, edSurge

What's in Store for the $8 Billion LMS Market?

There may be a disconnect between end users and decision-makers.

What's in Store for the $8 Billion LMS Market? Tony Wan, edSurge

The Post-LMS LMS

Vendors are increasingly opening their systems to outside developers. 

The Post-LMS LMS, Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Education

The Sum of Desire2Learn's Acquisitions: Brightspace

“I dislike the term LMS because it only covers a small segment in what we do." John Baker

The Sum of Desire2Learn's Acquisitions: Brightspace, Tony Wan, edSurge

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up

A convergence of common core & technology have come together to create this demand.

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up, Jonathan Shiever, TechCrunch

Top 10 Ed-Tech Startups of 2013

"Ok. Ok. My top 3 ed tech startups."

Top 10 Ed-Tech Startups of 2013, Audrey Watters, Hack Education

5 Questions About Adaptive Learning Platforms

How many of you have actually spent quality time in an adaptive learning platform?

5 Questions About Adaptive Learning Platforms, Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

Adrenna Purchased by Gilfus Ventures

It's part of a plan to rival LMS powerhouses like Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Instructure.

Adrenna Purchased by Gilfus Ventures, Bill Flook, Business Journal (Washington)

Instructure Raises $30 Million led by Bessemer

Series D financing round to help the company move closer to an eventual public offering.

Instructure Raises $30 Million led by Bessemer, Ki Mae Heusser, GigaOm

Instructure Launches App Center

The App Center gives students and teachers a quick way to find, install, rate & review apps. 

Instructure Launches App Center, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

Who is Devlin Daley?

Co-founder and CTO of Instructure talks edtech products, obstacles and companies to watch.

Q&A with Instructure's Devlin Daley, EdTech Times

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

Everybody Wants to MOOC the World

Instructure CEO Josh Coates, “We don’t have to make up some weird business model.”

Everybody Wants to MOOC the World, Michael Feldstein, e-Literate

Blackboard, Instructure Challenge Udacity, Coursera

Blackboard’s CourseSites, Instructure's Canvas Network respond to the MOOC phenomenon. 

Course-Mgt Companies Challenge MOOC Providers, Alisha Azevedo, The Chronicle