July 30, 2019: The day the OPM market changed
The zeitgeist of online education, at least of the OPM market, changed today as the market leader “recalibrated” their business.
Entries by Phil Hill
Postscript on D2L Fusion and LMS Market Slowdown
Despite some wins for D2L this summer, we maintain our view that the LMS market has slowed down since last year with fewer competitive bids available.
InstructureCon 2019: A study in contrasts
Instructure is going through changes, with contrasting views apparent between 2015 and 2019 and between executives and staff.
Pearson’s Digital-First Textbook Initiative and Student Choice
This morning Pearson announced a bold move into a digital-first world for textbook publishing, as described by Inside Higher Ed: Pearson, like many publishers in higher education, has long signaled its intent to move from print textbooks to digital courseware. But today the company went farther than anyone else — announcing that all of its […]
2019: The year that Blackboard Learn Ultra is fully in production
As I was planning my conference time for this summer’s LMS user conferences, something struck me with the BbWorld19 agenda that needs to be stated publicly and explicitly. Our five-year journey of Learn Ultra is coming / Learn Ultra is late / when will it be ready is finally over. 2019 is the year where […]
Update on Academic LMS Market Slowdown
The trend continues for the academic LMS market – slower than last year – and we’re about to find out if this trend will reverse.
Postscript on College Scorecard, OPMs, and Simmons University
The answer to questions on initial program-level data is not firm conclusions (yet) but an opportunity to share more information.
