Despite the fact that private equity firms usually lay off lots of people, Thoma Bravo, the new expected owner, has promised that it won’t reduce Instructure’s staff on the new path to profitability. That plan was never realistic and likely misstated by company management. Today, Instructure has implemented a new, even larger round of layoffs, this […]
Out: more than 150 people and satellite offices; In: PE-mandated cultural change
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It’s a Hybrid World in Higher Ed for Fall 2020, with “Mostly Online” options as part of mix. No one is going to fully reopen. #MindWiresOnline
I would assume that over the next week or two, we’re going to start seeing a lot more news out of higher education on how schools are choosing to plan for the fall. And hopefully they’ll be more definitive than what we’ve seen in many cases so far. And that is already happening. There is […]
Ignore the false dichotomy – what we are really seeing is higher ed going hybrid #MindWiresHybrid
Despite the false dichotomy often presented in news reports and opinion articles of online vs. face-to-face, or online OR face-to-face, what we are often seeing in reality with Fall 2020 planning is a variety of methods to combine face-to-face and virtual models into a hybrid offering for Fall 2020. This hybridization of higher ed will likely continue […]
Simmons and 2U use a little trust to rapidly plan for online fall for undergrads #MindWiresOnline
Simmons and 2U move into online undergrad market #MindWiresOnline
New episode for COVID Transitions, and a new podcast Blog Readings of PhilOnEdTech #MindWires
Recursive loop detected – podcast of blog referring to podcast #MindWires
