From ISACA JOHN DE SANTIS, PAST CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF HYTRUST, WILL SERVE AS BOARD CHAIR Schaumburg, IL, USA—Global digital trust association ISACA introduced its 2023-2024 Board of Directors today. Bringing deep tech, finance and business expertise and a strong global perspective, the board—including three new directors and ISACA CEO Erik Prusch—will be helmed by […]
Going green at school isn’t just about student involvement. Teachers can learn how to make eco-conscious choices in the teacher’s lounge and when designing lesson plans, too.
How did Blackboard help build #dctech? These original team members’ founding journeys explain. “We’re not the PayPal mafia, we didn’t go found Tesla after or anything like that, but I think that the network of the ex-Blackboard people that have gone on and done some pretty interesting things is large,” said Full Measure Education (and
It’s time for another company profile and Brief History of Blackboard merger and Acquisitions. For this post, we want to paint the picture of one of the first LMS companies: Blackboard. Once the leading company in this product category, Blackboard diversified its corporate assets to curb the decline of revenues and to explore new business
Brief History of Blackboard Mergers and Acquisitions Read More »
While most Cornell seniors are stressing over resumes and graduate school applications, Daniel Cane ’98 and Stephen Gilfus are concentrating on their company’s first academic marketing conference at the end of next month. Cane and Gilfus are founders of CourseInfo, a Cornell student and alumni company based in Ithaca. It produces academic software that helps
Senior’s company helps to produce Web pages for college courses Read More »
Everybody in tech knows (and often deifies) the PayPal mafia, the group that sold PayPal and turned their initial success into seven “unicorn” companies worth more than $1B each. In founding these companies and investing in others, they changed Silicon Valley forever. Well, the same concept applies to other companies (albeit on a smaller scale).
The Business of Ed-Tech Once a popular edTech Blogger this post written by Audrey Waters first appeared on Hack Education on December 23, 2013. Part 10 of my Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2013 series. “Education is broken, and someone should fix it.” It’s not a new narrative. Nor is the pressure for schools to
By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed Syndicated News A one-hour phone conversation between officials at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a regional accreditor was necessary for the creation of one of the biggest developments in the MOOC craze. Whether that discussion was a regulatory burden or a courtesy call depends on whom you ask.
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved a proposal to spend $113 million to implement new learning standards, an issue that became surprisingly controversial and contributed to the resignation of the district’s No. 2 administrator. The plan for the money launched a protracted discussion that spanned three meetings and three weeks. The purpose
L.A. school board approves $113M budget for training in new Common Core curriculum Read More »
Business executives from a variety of fields continued a high-profile push to support the Common Core State Standards at an event in Washington today hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, stressing the importance of the standards to students’ ability to transition from school to the labor market and to improving the country’s
Business Executives Push Common Core Hard: Is it Moving? Read More »
Bill Flook Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal Syndicated Article Blackboard Inc. carried out a round of layoffs last week as part of a broader reorganization by CEO Jay Bhatt, the latest in a string of actions aimed at revitalizing the 16-year-old ed-tech behemoth. Bhatt, in an interview Tuesday evening, confirmed the job cuts, which he
Kris Kesiak Photography August 13, 2013 12:17 PM John Koetsier Add a Comment inShare22 Twitter announced a new internal learning initiative today, Twitter University, to give its employees better skills. And the fast-growing social network bought a company to help make it happen. “We want Twitter to be the best place in the world for
Twitter launches Twitter University to build better employees, buys company to help Read More »
The PreK-12 publishing market is in the midst of a transition as schools invest more in a digital future and instructional software providers embrace new opportunities with the rising appeal in digital courseware. The PreK-12 market shows signs of strong growth for digital courseware, which generated sales of $1.2 billion, and captured market share of
August 16, 2013 By Lauren Ingeno Students who rent textbooks through Amazon.com’s Warehouse Deals, Inc. may be unknowingly agreeing to an unusual condition: They are not permitted to cross state borders with their books. According to the Textbook Rental Terms and Conditions page on Amazon.com, when renting through Warehouse Deals, which is an Amazon subsidiary,
Amazon restricts students from bringing certain textbook rentals… Read More »
Posted: 08/06/2013 2:06 pm Among the many questions raised by Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the Washington Post newspaper is: What will become of the rest of the old Washington Post Company, publicly traded and run by the Graham family? The fact is that the Post Company was already dominated, in several respects, by its lucrative
Bezos’ Purchase of the Post Leaves Graham With Kaplan For-Profit College Read More »
Annie Murphy Paul | August 6, 2013 | Thinkstock “Is it good to tell a first-grader, ‘You might be a dropout?’” The obvious answer would seem to be: Uh, no. But when Thomas C. West posed this question recently to Education Week reporter Sarah D. Sparks, he had a genuine dilemma in mind. West,
What Are the Risks in Using Data to Predict Student Outcome? Read More »
August 5, 2013 By Paul Fain The shuttering of Ivy Bridge College could dump cold water on the online aspirations of some colleges, particularly ones that prefer to play it safe with their regional accreditor. A growing number of colleges are teaming up with outside firms to ramp up their online offerings. Those unaccredited partners
Setting Limits for Outsourcing Online – Accreditor shuts down Ivy Bridge College Read More »
My Twitterstream is abuzz over the boffo Washington Post deal in which Amazon founder/CEO/visionary Jeff Bezos grabbed the venerable newspaper for $250 million, or $180 million more than Red Sox owner John Henry paid for the venerable Boston Globe. (Go figure.) The myriad media pundits asked why, especially those from The Business Insider in which
By Greg Sandoval on August 5, 2013 04:34 pm Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world’s 19th-richest man, has acquired The Washington Post, long one of the country’s most influential and prestigious daily newspapers, for $250 million in cash, the company announced today. “The purchaser is an entity that belongs to Mr. Bezos
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post for $250 million Read More »
Added by Katie Lepi on 2013-07-25 Locally speaking, what our communities spend on education is a pretty everyday topic, especially if you either have kids in school or are a teacher, changes are that you keep an eye on the school budgets and voting options. But its also interesting to take a look at education
How 12 Countries Spend Education Money (And If It Makes A Difference) Read More »
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Jim Sulley/Barnes & Noble, via NewscastWilliam Lynch, Barnes & Noble’s chief executive, shows off the Nook tablet at a bookstore in Manhattan. Shares of Barnes & Noble skyrocketed in early trading on Thursday after a report said Microsoft was offering $1 billion for the digital assets of the bookseller’s
Barnes & Noble Shares Jump on Sign of Microsoft Interest in Nook Read More »
Collaboration brings together McGraw-Hill Networks’ trusted content and ePals’ Global Community for project-based learning with classrooms around the world NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — McGraw-Hill Education today announced that it has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and the world’s leading global learning network. The partnership pairs
April 4, 2013 – 3:00am By Paul Fain Adaptive learning is hot. The technology, loosely defined as data-driven tools that can help professors mold coursework around individual students’ abilities, is developing at a dizzying pace. And colleges have been hard-pressed to keep up with the mishmash of adaptive offerings from emerging firms. The Bill &
Allen Dunkle, Education Industry Executive Allen Dunkle is an experienced education executive with expertise in leveraging technology paired with world-class services. In 2012, Allen took on the role of Chief Learning Officer at one of the largest Healthcare IT Company in the U.S. where he was responsible for all learning and education initiatives, programs, and
Gilfus Advisors Network Adds Depth and Expertise Read More »
Dr. Jim Berry, Director of Technology Dr. Jim Berry has over twenty years of technology management experience in the corporate, federal government, scientific, and higher education environments. Dr. Berry has spent the past ten years focused on higher education applications, distance learning, and software development for a large, national university. Dr. Berry earned a bachelor’s
Paying for Proof January 9, 2013 – Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Coursera will offer a fee-based pathway with identity verification for students who want to earn a more meaningful certificate of completion, the company said today in an announcement that also sheds light on an emerging business model for the largest massive open
By Dian Schaffhauser 01/14/13 Online tutoring company Tutor.com has a new owner. IAC, the Barry Diller organization that owns About.com, Ask.com, Match.com, Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and Vimeo, among other well-known online brands, acquired Tutor.com for an undisclosed amount of money. The tutoring company was founded in 1998 and currently claims 2,500 “screened and
About.com Owner Acquires Online Tutoring Service, Tutor.com Read More »
Over the last few years the Gilfus Education Group has been leading global efforts in supporting the initiatives of many of the industries leading educational institutions, elearning organizations and the educational companies that serve them. We achieve this by providing insights and capabilities that allow organizations to make strategic decisions and implement practical change while
Gilfus Education Group brings Colleges/Universities/Schools into the Digital Era Read More »
Congratulations to the following Advisors who have recently been accepted to join the Network! Linda Briesacher – President, Focus-edu Linda brings thirty years of industry experience, a deep understanding of sales management, and an extensive network of connections in the education space to the Gilfus Advisors Network. In her current role at Focus-edu, Linda utilizes
Gilfus Advisors Network Welcomes Experts in 2013 Read More »
Nook Media, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that handles Nook e-readers and digital content, announced today that education publisher Pearson has invested $89.5 million, giving it a 5 percent stake in the company. Nook Media spun out from Barnes & Noble earlier this. B&N owns 78.2 percent , while Microsoft (which made a big investment aimed at
Nook Media Takes $89.5M From Pearson, Says Holiday Sales Fell Below Expectations Read More »
Jane Hatterer, Digital Media and Online Strategist Jane is leads teams at the cutting edge of operational and strategic development at education institutions and media organizations. She currently serves as a policy advisor to the iZone, a community of innovative New York City schools, where she, among other responsibilities, provides strategic counsel and researches policy
Floyd Saner, e-Learning Consultant Floyd Saner has more than forty years of work experience that spans the fields of engineering, teaching, and administration. Since 2003, his work has focused on educational technology and online learning in a variety of settings. Floyd’s background in technology and education enables him to address the full scope of online
e-Learning and Services Operations experts join the Gilfus Advisors Network Read More »
Market-leading LMS and World’s Leading Learning Companies Bring Seamless Transition Between Pearson’s MyLab & Mastering and Blackboard Learn to Global Markets By Blackboard Inc.; Pearson Published: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 – 8:54 am WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. and Pearson have expanded the availability of an integration for Pearson’s leading learning solution
Blackboard and Pearson Announce International Content Integration Partnership Read More »
McGraw-Hill’s education print revenues have been rapidly declining while the company has had great difficulties and political infighting about evolving to digital products and services. Essentially the education division needs a “change of control” to help get its act together. Can a change of control help? The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) (“the Company”) today announced
McGraw-Hill to Sell Education Business to Apollo for $2.5 Billion Read More »
Tommy White – Director of the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships Tommy White is the current Director and co-founder of the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3), a leading international adult continuing education provider of accredited (IACET and CPE) online and blended classroom courses for a diverse global, adult audience. Mr. White has over 25 years’ experience
Gilfus Advisors Network Welcomes Online Learning and Public-Private Partnership Experts Read More »
Massimo Gentili, International Market Development Executive Massimo Gentili is an entrepreneurial, target-driven International Sales & Business Development Senior Executive, with outstanding credentials and a proven record of accomplishments in new business development, start-up operations and market penetration. Massimo’s expertise and thorough understanding of the Computer Software/SaaS industry, along with his multi-language, networking abilities to liaise
Gilfus Advisors Adds International and Instructional Design Experts Read More »
When it comes to being “Free” in education it seems its always too good to be true! Free products and services typically means the company has yet to figure out its business model. See below. Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, Flat World Knowledge will no longer provide students free access to its web-hosted textbooks. “While free
Is this merger a sign of reduced support for both projects and the need to bring funding sources together to support future efforts? Early this year, Jasig, the parent organization for uPortal, CAS, Bedework and other open source software serving higher education, and the Sakai Foundation, which supports the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment, formed
Distance Education Pioneer Pursues North American Marketplace with Free Course Offerings. Armidale, Australia – November 1, 2012 – The University of New England (UNE) in Australia, a leader in online learning and distance education, announced that it will begin researching and pursuing North American partnerships for the deployment of free courses and highly scalable MOOCs.
the Gilfus Education Group would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend the “Education Innovation” showcase in Denver, Colorado on November 7th and 8th. The “Education Innovation” showcase is located at the Gilfus Education Group booth, #761.
EDUCAUSE 2012 Education Innovation Showcase Theater Schedule Read More »
Written by jtsai via CB Insights Education technology (or EdTech) has become a major focus area for venture capitalists with 235 companies building education-oriented tools & services raking in $1.37 billion between Q2’11 to Q2’12. Since 2010, CB Insights data shows an average of 53 venture capital financings per quarter to education focused startups Deal
Ed Tech Pulls in $1.37 Billion in Venture Capital Read More »
via Education Week By Nikhita Venugopal on October 30, 2012 12:25 PM Tablet computers have been expanding their presence K-12 classrooms over the past few years and the pace of the expansion appears to be quickening. The latest chapter in the rise of tablet computing in schools involves technology company Samsung, which announced a
Samsung and Khan Academy Launch Pilot Tablet Program Read More »
via techcrunch.com Rip Empson Instructure launched Canvas in 2011 to give educational institutions an alternative to the ubiquitous (but much criticized) software of educational giants like Blackboard. Rather than forcing schools to spend six months integrating and learning how to use inflexible and bloated learning management software, Canvas offers an open source and cloud-native system
Educators Visualize an Online Learning Experience that is Interactive, Relevant and Results Driven Rochester, NY (PRWEB) October 29, 2012 Adapt Courseware, the provider of comprehensive adaptive online curriculum resources that individualize the learning experience for each student, has been selected to present in the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase, which is being held during the
The education marketplace and its associated technologies are changing in a dynamic way. New concepts are being introduced for social learning, community, and open academic resources. New business models are being developed for digital content, SaaS, and cloud solutions will drive change and create economies of scale for educational institutions. These impacts are being felt
Blackboard, as its known today, was born from the merging of two small firms in the late 1990s. The result is a slew of co-founders who have left the company before Chasen in pursuit of new ventures.
Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen last of founders to depart firm Read More »
Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:48am (Reuters) – Barnes & Noble Inc said on Wednesday that customers who shopped at 63 of its stores as recently as last month may have had their credit or debit card information stolen in what the U.S. bookstore chain called a “sophisticated criminal effort.” The retailer, which operates a total
Barnes & Noble says thieves tampered with PIN pads Read More »
Troy Gorostiza – Principal, Knowledge Stream Troy is a consulting and learning solutions expert with over fourteen years of hands-on and management experience across multiple industries, specializing in solution consulting, Learning/Talent system selection and management, business development and custom development for ILT, eLearning, and performance support and mobile. He has significant experience leading web application
Gilfus Education Group Adds Three Learning Experts to the Advisors Network Read More »
Let’s face it: Higher Education needs a different business model. What we have now is what has been handed down to us from previous generations. This is a model based on reputation, based on the demand for the aspiring classes to be like the previously (and still) privileged classes. But this is snake oil in
MOOCs: An Alternative Business Model for Higher Education Read More »
<< State Bans Free Education The Washington Posts Nick Anderson Sorts it out.. By Nick Anderson Minnesotans, rest assured: Your state government believes you are entitled to free online higher education. This had been a point of controversy until, well, a few minutes ago. In an earlier post this afternoon, I noted that the free
Minnesota State swiftly reverses ban: Free online ed is OK Read More »
By Mark Schneider The United States has embarked on an effort to hold its institutions of higher education more accountable for the success of their students both while they are enrolled and after they graduate. We have made substantial progress on the first front, but efforts to measure the success of students in the labor
States Have an Opportunity to Inform Colleges and Students Read More »
Gregory Hubbell, CEO, Sound Reading Solutions Greg is the CEO for Sound Reading Solutions, an Ithaca-based education software company. The company has created proprietary reading therapy software that raises K-12 reading scores and works to cure dyslexia. Greg also frequently works with Cornell University, where he is involved with Change Management Initiatives of all types.
Gregory Hubbell, Adena Johnston, Dale Pike Admitted to the Gilfus Advisors Network Read More »
Challenges in cross-border e-learning requires institutions enrolling state residents in postsecondary courses to secure state approval. How is presence defined? State approvals create challenges for MOOC’s how will they overcome? How is learning validated and credentialed – certificates, badges – real academic credentials?
Free Online Courses Banned – Minnesota Gives Coursera the Boot, Citing a Decades-Old Law Read More »
Can a new breed of online megacourses finally offer a college education to more people for less money? By Amanda Ripley | October 18, 2012 Computer-Generated Image by Richard Kolker for TIME On Sept. 17, the Pakistani government shut down access to YouTube. The purported reason was to block the anti-Muslim film trailer that was inciting
MOOC’s Ivy League for the Masses?… College Is Dead. Long Live College! Read More »
2tor, Inc., an online education technology company that partners with top-tier universities to offer rigorous, selective, online degree programs to students around the world, announced today that it is changing its name to 2U, Inc. The new name more accurately reflects the role the company plays in supporting and collaborating with its university partners.
Education Technology Leader, 2tor, Changes Company Name to 2U Read More »
<< Blackboard CEO Resigns Apollo Group shuts half its campuses October 16, 2012 4:58 PM ET (Reuters) – Apollo Group Inc, owner of the largest for-profit college in the United States, said it will cut about 800 jobs and shut down half its campuses to save costs amid declining profit and lower student enrollments. The
Apollo Group to cut jobs, shut half its campuses Read More »
By Steve Kolowich So far the universities partnering with edX and Coursera on massive open online courses (MOOCs) have focused on the ideal of lowering the barriers to elite courses. But edX’s newest partner, the University of Texas System, has more pragmatic ambitions. It wants to use them to get more students through college more
<< Blackboard CEO Resigns Pearson is announcing today the acquisition of EmbanetCompass from an investor group led by Technology Crossover Ventures and Knowledge Universe, for $650m in cash. Will Ethridge, CEO of Pearson North America, said, “The acquisition of EmbanetCompass extends Pearson’s investment in two areas where we see great opportunities for growth and impact—online
Gilfus Education Television Network. An Education Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Education in Motion” presented by Cory Schmitt, Associate Director of Learning Technologies at Drexel University Online. Recorded at the annual ASCD Conference, Philadelphia. March 2012. Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel University is a top-ranked private university, universally
Drexel University Online – ASCD Education Industry Insight Presentation Read More »
Leader in Cloud-Based Learning Solutions Unveils New Brazil-Based Subsidiary and Charter Customers São Paulo, Brazil and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 15, 2012 Desire2Learn Incorporated, the leader in providing cloud-based learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and Fortune 1000 companies, today announced its expansion into Latin America with the formation of D2L Brasil. The organization will
Press Release: Desire2Learn Expands Into Latin America with D2L Brasil Read More »
October 15, 2012 – 3:00am By Steve Kolowich Blackboard has become the latest company to get into the business of helping colleges and universities build online programs. The company, which built its education technology empire on selling software and implementation support, has upped investment in its “online program management services” in an effort to compete
Gilfus Education Television Network. An Education Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Facets of Differentiation” presented by Andres Gorbea of Compass Learning. Recorded at the annual ASCD Conference, Philadelphia. March 2012. Empower Teachers, Engage Students, Ensure Success CompassLearning, the leading provider of personalized education technology solutions, helps students achieve success
Compass Learning – ASCD Education Industry Insight Presentation Read More »
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Code World: Lessons from Education to Corporate Learning” presented by Chris Smith of Brindle Waye. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. Brindle Waye is comprised of learning initiatives including information delivery with our e-learning platform
Brindle Waye – ASTD Training Industry Presentation Read More »
By: Jessica Sondgeroth University Business, September 2012 Despite Federal District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras’ ruling that negates a primary metric of the U.S. Department of Education’s “gainful employment” regulations, the DOE still has authority to regulate gainful employment programs and schools should continue to look for ways to promote the financial success of their students.
ASHINGTON — Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Tuesday for the nation to move as fast as possible away from printed textbooks and toward digital ones. “Over the next few years, textbooks should be
Arne Duncan Calls For Textbooks To Become Obsolete In Favor Of Digital Read More »
Written by: Bianca Da Silva on Oct 10, 2012 at 12:58pm EDT MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are quickly become extremely popular within the world of online education. One of the biggest forces behind this trend is Coursera, which may have met some resistance in the beginning but is now proud to announce that
Coursera Welcomes Ohio State University as its Newest Partner Read More »
Joan is a digital analytics and market research professional with a decade of combined experience in customer-facing roles in the market research, technical support, and customer service industries. Joan also has experience in delivering strategic recommendations for MBA programs, with a focus on career services, degree value, and competitive analysis. Joan earned a Bachelor’s degree
Candace brings over a decade of experience in the design and implementation of online educational services in higher education, corporate, medical, government, and the public school arena. She has extensive knowledge of distance learning, telecommunication based instructional strategies, computer-assisted learning, professional development, technological literacy, and systemic educational reform. Candace is expertly skilled in application of
Longitudinal Data Systems Design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use individual student data
eLearning Intelligence Emanating from the origins of Learning Management Systems the Gilfus Analytics team focuses on developing sound strategies for organizational analytics and eLearning Intelligence solutions. Our most standard strategic architecture is characterized below and leverages a conceptual technology Framework. With intimate knowledge on most every Learning Management System the Gilfus Analytics elite team can
Denise Spencer, Senior Instructional Designer Denise is Principal and Senior Instructional Designer at Training Solutions Plus. She has over twenty years of experience designing and developing training courses and holds expertise in adult learning principles, course conversions, instructional design and technology applications. Denise is skilled in the ISD methodology including its application of Section 508
Gilfus Education Television Network. An Education Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Planning for the Technology Components of Common Core” presented by Jeffrey Roth of Atomic Learning . Recorded at the annual ASCD Conference, Philadelphia. March 2012. Founded in 2000 by a group of technology educators, Atomic Learning was created
Atomic Learning Common Core Presentation – ASCD Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
Gov. Jerry Brown today signed legislation to give students access to free online textbooks for common undergraduate courses at California’s public colleges and universities. Senate Bills 1052 and 1053, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, call for the establishment of an online library of digital textbooks for 50 of the most widely taken
Jerry Brown signs laws to provide free digital college textbooks Read More »
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Critical Thinking in the 21st Century” presented by Breanne Harris of Pearson TalentLens. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. TalentLens, a Pearson business, publishes scientific assessments that are used globally to hire and develop the
Pearson TalentLens – ASTD Training Industry Presentation Read More »
Dr. Kenneth E. Hartman, Former President of Drexel eLearning, Inc. Dr. Hartman was Chief Executive of Drexel eLearning, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Drexel University, from April 2005-August 2012. He was responsible for overall operational and fiscal performance of the subsidiary that provided over 100 fully online degree programs to nearly 8,000 adult learners. Dr.
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Learner on the Move” presented by Vinay Nilakantan, Director of Product Development and Research at Meridian Knowledge Solutions. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. Meridian Knowledge Solutions is the number one ranked human capital management
Meridian Knowledge Solutions – ASTD Training Industry Presentation Read More »
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “The New Territory of Learning and Development presented by Jake White, President & CEO at Torch LMS. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. It has been said that an organization’s ability to learn faster than
August 13, 2012 – by Tom Vander Ark The Department of Education recently released final guidelines for the Race to the Top district program. Unlike the open-ended i3 program, RttT Districts is focused on personalized learning—an appropriate topic given the introduction of the Common Core, preparation for online assessment, and the shift to digital learning.
RttT District: Awarding Personalization & Track Record Read More »
View the original Article. Written by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. June 16, 2012 at 3:26 pm If you have been following my blog series on The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture, you know that I am using this opportunity, given all the press on flipped classroom, to discuss a model of teaching and learning based on
The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture for Tinkering and Maker Education Read More »
Educational technology market development strategy:An innovative adaptive learning company gains a foothold in higher education Abstract A start-up educational technology company needed assistance launching its innovative adaptive learning platform to the higher education market. Despite the attention web-based technologies have received from the education community, the process for selecting and integrating those tools into academic
Adaptive Learning Platform and Curriculum – Active Client Case Study Read More »
Coming to America: A growing multinational company navigates the United States K-12 market Abstract An international publisher of educational materials wanted to expand into the United States after reaching saturation in its existing Asian markets. Dramatic differences in educational policy, curriculum standards, and institutional buying processes, however, left the company unsure of how to introduce
Common Core and K12 Adaptive Curriculum – Active Client Case Study Read More »
Redefining market position: A learning management system provider re-launches its product portfolio Abstract An LMS service provider wanted help with its market development strategy. After an important merger among its key competitors, the company needed to establish a strong market position in a volatile industry. Through a comprehensive overhaul of the company’s product portfolio and
Business Restructuring & Branding – moodlerooms Case Study Read More »
Market insights into Higher Education: An eTextbook publisher establishes strategic partnerships Abstract CourseSmart has assembled the largest selection of eTextbooks in North American Higher Education. Founded in 2007 through a joint venture of leading textbook publishers, the company is well known as a first mover in the eTextbook industry. While students recognize the benefits and
Facilitating eTextbook Adoption – CourseSmart Case Study Read More »
K12 Association Case Study: Learning Platform Selection for Professional Development Abstract The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) needed assistance in selecting an appropriate professional development platform that would help the organization leverage its resources and achieve its eLearning goals. With over 100 vendors to choose from and each offering a wide diversity of
K12 Learning Platform (LMS) Selection for PD – ASCD Case Study Read More »
Todd Rodgers, Principal at Rodgers Research Group Todd founded Rodgers Research Group, a CTO consultancy, and focuses on delivering internet solutions, development and design staffing, hosting, and expert advice. He brings a decade of management experience at the VP Engineering/CTO level. More recently, Todd served as the VP of Engineering for Avenue100 Media Solutions, a
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent The University of London’s international section is joining a rapidly expanding US-based online university project. It is part of the latest wave of new partners for the Coursera online platform – alongside universities in Hong Kong, Australia and the US. There are now more than 30 universities offering
London joins US-based online university Coursera Read More »
Melissa Scott, Technology Integration Specialist at Flint Hill School Melissa is a technology specialist who is experienced in the planning and implementing of new technologies and web 2.0 tools within school communities. Melissa received a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education from Bloomsburg University and a Master’s of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, from George Mason
Congratulations to Melissa Scott, the newest member of the Gilfus Advisors Network! Read More »
September 16, 2012 | Filed under: Academics,News,Top News | Posted by: Cozette Jenkins By Cozette Jenkins September 16, 2012. Canvas had a security breach allowing 3 Weber State University students to go in and change their grades. Three Weber State University students attempted to alter course data during a statewide Canvas update Tuesday that inadvertently
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Building Your mLearning Success Roadmap” presented by Chris Van Wingerden, VP Learning Solutions dominKnow Learning Systems. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. Chris Van Wingerden has been involved with eLearning and mLearning content design and
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Connecting your LMS to your CRM” presented by Blackboard. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. Know More. Sell More. Blackboard joined forces with salesforce.com to dramatically impact the way businesses train and educate their sales
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Knowledge Portals” by Cullen Angus, of Aptera. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012. Aptara helps global enterprises gain a competitive advantage through its capabilities in digital media innovation and world-class content production and publishing. Taking
Aptara’s Knowledge Portal Presentation – ASTD Training Industry Presentation Read More »
George Tamas, CEO Governet George is the Chief Executive Officer of Governet, a leader in Web-based curriculum management for colleges and universities and specializing in statewide system deployments. He received his Bachelor’s in Mathematics from UCLA and went on to teach Mathematics and Computer Science for several years. George has since assumed leadership roles at
Congratulations to George and Sherrell on Admission to the Gilfus Advisors Network! Read More »
Google Unveils Open Source Online Education Software By Adario Strange September 12, 2012 09:35am EST Online education startups such as the Khan Academy, as well as new efforts by MIT, Stanford, and Harvard have helped spur interest and add legitimacy to the notion of remote learning. Now Google is lending its brainpower to the rapidly
Google Unveils Open Source Online Education Software Read More »
Dr. Nofal is a higher education consultant with a geographic focus in the UAE and Middle East. In 2001, Hisham earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Texas Tech University. Dr. Nofal has helped international higher education providers establish a presence in Dubai and the UAE free zones and has experience on both the academic
Gilfus Education Television Network. A Training Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: “Let’s Personlize Learning!” by Marten de Prez, Owner and Managing Director at aNewSpring. Recorded at the annual ASTD Conference, Denver. May 2012 About Marten de Prez As director and owner of A New Spring I am responsible for
aNewSpring – ASTD Training Industry Presentation Read More »
The Gilfus Advisors Network is the Education Industry’s primary source for business, technology, and education consulting. Elite and distinguished members of the Gilfus Advisors Network have been supporting education institutions, businesses, governments, and investors since 1997. During the past week, the following distinguished professionals have been admitted to the Network: Dr. Hisham Nofal – Senior
Gilfus Advisors reaches 175th member on Sept 10th, 2012! Read More »
An Insightful conversation with Trina Trimm, COO, VSCHOOLZ. Recorded at the annual ISTE Conference, San Diego, June 2012. As COO, Trina’s specialties include Virtual Education, Virtual School Management, K-12 Blended Learning, Digital Courseware Development, Online Schools, eLearning, and technology consulting. The VSCHOOLZ mission is to provide opportunities for clients to experience and to deliver a
VSCHOOLZ – Trina Trimm, COO – ISTE Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
September 11, 2012 By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released its annual Education at a Glance report today, a 565-pager with statistics on a wide range of education topics, from early childhood to higher education. The report tracks trends across the OECD member countries, which are predominantly wealthy
SSI Investments II Limited Announces Skillsoft Agreement to Acquire ThirdForce Group plc (MindLeaders) MindLeaders to Complement Skillsoft’s Capabilities for Serving Global Compliance and Certification Markets DUBLIN & NASHUA, N.H., Sep 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — SSI Investments II Limited (“SSI II”), a parent company of Skillsoft Limited (formerly Skillsoft PLC), a provider of cloud based
by Richard on September 10, 2012 Skillsoft Limited, a provider of cloud based learning solutions for customers worldwide, today announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by its indirect subsidiary, Skillsoft Ireland Limited, for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of ThirdForce
Gilfus Education Television Network. An Education Industry Insight presentation at the Gilfus Education Group’s Innovation Showcase Theater: MindTap featuring MindLinks, the New Face of Interactive Content Delivery, presented by Cengage Learning. Recorded at the annual Educause Conference, Philadelphia, November 2011.
An Insightful Education Industry conversation with the Promethean staff at ASCD. Take a virtual tour on the Promethean Bus and learn more about the products and offerings. Recorded at the annual ASCD Conference, Philadelphia, March 2012. Promethean’s roots began in education. Over the years we have grown into a leading education solutions provider, guiding and
Promethean Bus Tour – ASCD Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
An Insightful Education Industry conversation with Dr. Justin Cunningham, Superintendent Bonsall Union School District, CA. Recorded at the annual ISTE Conference, San Diego, June 2012.
An Insightful Education Industry conversation with David Williams, K-12 Software Developer from Utah. Recorded at the annual ISTE Conference, San Diego, June 2012.
David Williams – ISTE Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
An Insightful Education Industry conversation with Nathan Williamson and Angie Teed of Center Grove Schools, Greenwood, Indiana. Recorded at the annual ISTE Conference, San Diego, June 2012.
Center Grove Schools Indiana – ISTE Education Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
the Gilfus Education Group launched its new web presence today. President and CEO of the Gilfus Education Group, Stephen Gilfus, stated, “Over the past few months, we have been working on updating our website to reflect the latest in technology, enhancing the site’s representation of Gilfus Education Group activities, and expanding our Education Industry Insights
Gilfus Education Group Launches New Web Presence Read More »
An Insightful Education Industry conversation with Jim Winter. Recorded at the annual ASCD Conference, Philadelphia, March 2012. Winter, B.A., M.A., is a former high school English teacher, staff developer, and corporate trainer. Winter realized the connections between great improvisers and great teachers while studying improvisation at the Players Workshop of Second City. In 1980, he
Gilfus Education – Jim Winter – ASCD Education Industry Insights Interview Read More »
Desire2Learn, one of the largest and fastest growing cloud learning platforms for the education industry. The $80 million financing is the first ever for the company and is one of the largest investments we’ve made out of our new $2.6 billion fund. Over $1 trillion is spent on K-12 and higher education globally, and schools are in the midst of a technology renaissance that is reinventing the classroom as we know it.
$80 Million Invested – Desire2Learn: Leading the Renaissance in Education Read More »
Captain Planet Foundation Education Grants Read more by eSchool News Staff The foundation supports projects that: 1) Promote understanding of environmental issues; 2) Focus on hands-on involvement; 3) Involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through high school); 4) Promote interaction and cooperation within the group; 5) Help young people develop planning and problem solving
Matt Levinson talks about some great iPad classroom tips in this Mindshift article. He stresses right from the beginning not to just dive in—there’s plenty of time for that further on down the road. What’s important in the early stages of any ed tech implementation are proper orientation, outlining effective guidelines for usage, and encouraging
By Nadia Damouni and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK | Wed Aug 1, 2012 7:21am EDT (Reuters) – EmbanetCompass Group Inc, a provider of online higher education services backed by one-time “junk bond king” Michael Milken, has kicked off a sale of the company, asking prospective buyers to submit bids next week, people familiar with the
Exclusive: EmbanetCompass kicks off sale process – sources Read More »
the Gilfus Education Group would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend the “Education Innovation Showcase” at booth 1517 at the NACUBO Conference in Washington. The Education Innovation showcase brings together a prestigious group of Education Leaders, Company Executives and Higher Education Innovators in one unique location. Some of our esteemed guests include:
July 11, 2012 – by Staff Writer, EdCetera “A Brief Guide to Tech Training for Faculty” by Jennifer Funk was first seen on the Edcetera blog. Licensed Under CCSA/UC Davis College of Engineering Educators deal with a reality that most tech users do not: responsibility to their students. And, students can be a tricky sort,
Attending the first BNAP Online Interactive Training System administrative train-the-trainer course are, first row, l. to r., E-Learning Group specialist Ken Rogers, BNAP class controller Tiffany Mellott, BNAP office manager Barbara Dunham, E-Learning specialist Tom Winterstein, and WSJAC coordinator Collin Keisling. Second row, BNAP National Coordinator Marty Spencer, L-502 coordinator Dale Mason, L-28 apprentice coordinator
BNAP hosts administrative train-the-trainer course for new system Read More »
BNAP staff members work on story-boarding a video segment of the BNAP Online Interactive Training System. L. to r., trainer Dave Vallacqua, lead instructor John Standish, BNAP National Coordinator Marty Spencer (standing), trainer Terry Collins, and trainer Mark Branscum. Internet-based instruction offers big advantages BOILERMAKER APPRENTICES will soon gain a whole new training experience through
PaidContent reports that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will jointly announce the launch of the Kindle Mobile Learning Initiative on Wednesday, June 20th at 11 a.m. Eastern time at the State Department in Washington, DC. From the State Department’s press release: “This public-private partnership with Amazon.com and the U.S. government
The Cisco Networking Academy is the largest education program in the world you’ve probably never heard of. The Academy, which is Cisco System’s largest and longest-running corporate responsibility program, partners with over 10,000 universities, community colleges, and high schools to teach students networking and ICT skills, preparing them for jobs and higher ed programs in
Cisco Teams Up With Instructure To Move The World’s Largest IT Classroom To The Cloud Read More »
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 18 (UPI) — Venture capitalists will put $16 million into an interactive online learning system developed by two California scientists, their company announced Wednesday. Coursera said its funding will come from two premier Silicon Valley firms, Kleiner Perkins, Caulfield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates. In addition to the funding, the
Adaptive and Interactive Learning gets a $16 million Boost Read More »
Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8. The companies said Monday that they are exploring separating those businesses entirely. That could mean a stock offering, sale, or other deal could happen.
On April 18, 2012, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘B+’ issue level rating (one notch higher than the corporate credit rating) to Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard Inc.’s proposed $60 million incremental term loan with a recovery rating of ‘2’,indicating substantial (70%-90%) recovery of principal in the event of a payment default.
Instructure raises $8 million in Series B funding
Instructure raises $8 million in Series B funding Read More »
Dear Clients and Community: Today we are making some big announcements that we know will catch the attention of many members of the education community. Taken together, they speak to a broader shift in our strategy for serving education institutions so we are taking a moment to share some thoughts about our approach. The
Blackboard letter to the Education Community about recent Acquisitions and Services Read More »
The recent combination of two education technology leaders, Datatel and SunGard Higher Education, has a new name: Ellucian™.
Blackboard Inc. today updated its plan for supporting clients using the ANGEL learning management platform, extending support for the platform beyond its previously scheduled end date in 2014.
Blackboard Announces Continued Support for ANGEL Read More »
Blackboard Inc. today announced the launch of Blackboard Education Open Source Services, a new effort to support clients using open source education technologies. With the announcement, the company will continue to focus on its flagship Blackboard Learn ™ platform as well as ANGEL and Edline, while also helping institutions successfully manage open source learning management systems (LMS) including Moodle and Sakai.
Blackboard Inc. today announced the appointment of Charles Severance, a longtime leader and one of the founders of the Sakai community, to a senior role to lead the company’s initiative on the Sakai open source learning management system (LMS).
Blackboard Inc. announced a major investment in open source today with news that it has acquired Moodlerooms and NetSpot, two leading providers of open source online learning solutions to the education industry. Both organizations will continue to operate independently to support their clients.
ASCD Annual Conference – Philadelphia, PA | March 24-26, 2012 PDF Link – ASCD 2012 – Gilfus Education Group Innovation Showcase Theater Schedule
ASCD 2012 Conference – Gilfus Education Innovation Showcase Schedule Read More »
The EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference is the one event that brings together colleagues from around the Southeast to share knowledge, explore solutions, and expand professional networking. This conference provides a diverse, content rich program f…
Southeast Regional Conference Identifies the Way Forward Read More »
This free hour-long session, “The Rise of Big Data in Higher Education,” will explore the fine-grained information about customer experiences, organizational processes, and emergent trends generated as customers conduct normal business. Th…
Tune In March 22 — The Rise of Big Data in Higher Education* Read More »
Why Is This One Education Stock Taking Off? James Marshall Crotty Contributor As of 12:30 PM EST Monday, Archipelago (NASDAQ:ARCL), a subscription-based provider of education software-as-a-service, was up 22% in extremely high volume. Against a backdrop of tiring broader indexes and a malaise in other education stocks, all of which are far off their 52-week
FORBES: Archipelago on the Rise – Gilfus Education Comments Read More »
Solving Problems, Navigating Change, Fostering Education Innovation. Learning is our most enduring activity. Throughout our lives, as we go to school, learn to play a musical instrument, master a discipline or enhance our professional skills, we’re all perpetual students. Continuing education and lifelong learning are critical for success in the ‘flat’ world of the 21st
By Natalie DiBlasio, Special for USA TODAY Updated 2/14/2012 12:32 AM The Occupy movement is starting to set up camp in university course catalogs, syllabuses and classrooms. There are new course offerings and a new focus in older ones. Oregon State University philosophy professors Joseph Orosco, left, and Tony Vogt lead a discussion during a
Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom Read More »
India Based LoudCloud Systems, providers of the LoudCloud Learning Management Ecosystems for Higher Education and K12, believes that “One Size Does Not Fit All” when it comes to providing solutions faced by 21st century administrators, educators and learners. Supported by two new technologies, the Adaptive Reader Technology (ART) and the Behavioral Analytics Reporting System (BARS), LoudCloud’s Learning Management Ecosystems are fully adaptive and can be configured to meet specific academic and technology needs of today’s institutions, universities, and schools for a personalized learning and teaching experience.
Oracle said Thursday that it was acquiring Taleo, an on-demand talent management software company, for US$1.9B. Taleo is a competitor to SuccessFactors, which happened to be acquired by Oracle rival SAP.
By QUENTIN HARDY Oracle’s planned purchase of Taleo is the biggest sign yet of how things are changing because of cloud-based computing technology. The effects will be felt in the workplace, on Wall Street, and not least within Oracle itself. Early Thursday February 9th, Oracle announced that it would pay $1.9 billion for Taleo, a provider of talent
Oracle to Buy Taleo, Speeding the Shift to the Cloud Read More »
Acquisition Will Address Growing Market Demand for Social Learning, Mobile Learning, Learning Content Management, and the integration of Learning Management and Talent Management Kenexa (NYSE:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with privately-held OutStart, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) e-learning solutions
Datatel and SunGard Higher Education have combined businesses and are now one company focused exclusively on serving global education. The strategic combination brings together two education industry specialists into one company with increased breadth and scale to meet the needs of institutions worldwide
Datatel and SunGard Higher Education combine and operate as one company. Read More »
In 2012, higher education institutions will look to improve the learning experience through analytics and personalized learning environments, while reducing costs with digital resources and cloud technologies. Washington, DC-based Gilfus Education Group has released its annual list of the top five trends in education innovation for 2012, which included three focused on higher education technologies:
5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012 – Campus Technology Read More »
Open CourseWare will publish 20 OCW Scholar courses in the next three years, all focused on introductory college-level science, mathematics, engineering and other foundational subjects. The first OCW Scholar courses to be released will be: 8.01SC Physics I, 8.02SC Physics II, 18.01SC Calculus I, 18.02SC Calculus II and 3.091SC Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. These courses are OCW’s first attempt at this new approach, and OCW will actively seek user feedback on each of them.
MIT OpenCourseWare introduces courses designed for independent learners Read More »
See which schools are tops for online bachelor’s and master’s degrees. By Kelsey Sheehy January 10, 2012 RSS Feed Print Online course enrollment in the United States hit an all-time high in 2010 with more than 6.1 million students, and the trend shows no signs of leveling off, according to a 2011 report by the
– Maureen Downey for the AJC Get Schooled blog From the board of Regents on proposed consolidations of eight campuses, which are bound to spark political battles, turf wars and naming feuds: University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby is recommending to the Board of Regents that eight of the System’s 35 colleges and universities be
By Amelia Naidoo, Campus Notes EditorPublished: 00:00 November 27, 2011 To become innovation-driven institutions, universities need to understand what a country’s government, communities and business needs are and respond accordingly, Dr Kamiel Gabriel, Research Division Manager at Abu Dhabi Education Council, stressed to academics and business leaders recently. He was speaking on ‘Innovation in Higher
Alexander Street Press, LLCDigital Content Providerwww.alexanderstreet.com Alfresco Software, Inc.Web Content Managementwww.alfresco.com Amazon.com, Inc.Mobile Content, Distribution & Deliverywww.amazon.com AOL, Inc.Digital Content Providerwww.aol.com Apple, Inc.Mobile Content, Distribution & Delivery www.apple.com AttributorContent Commerce https://attributor.com Atypon Systems, Inc.Distribution & Delivery, Content Commercewww.atypon.com Automattic, Inc.Content Creationhttps://automattic.com Barnes & Noble, Inc.Mobile Content, Distribution & Deliverywww.barnesandnoble.com bitlyDistribution & Deliverywww.bit.ly Bloomberg L.P.Digital
The 100 Top Companies in the Digital Content Industry: The 2011-2012 EContent 100 Read More »
November 1, 2011: 8:59 AM ET The education industry’s top firms are rushing to secure their future, even if it means partnering with a startup that it would have acquired outright in the past. The latest deal between Pearson and startup Knewton is a case in point. By Scott Olster, editor, FORTUNE FORTUNE — Selling
The 1-to-1 iPad programs at our schools are not identical; however, we share many similarities and have constantly collaborated throughout the entirety of our launches. Based on our experiences, we suggest that schools interested in iPad 1-to-1 programs must consider six critical areas for a successful iPad 1-to-1 implementation: leadership, cost, network function, security, philosophical frameworks, and pedagogy.
Hobsons, the leader in recruitment, communication, and student success solutions for colleges and universities, today announced its acquisition of Intelliworks, a leading provider of relationship management solutions for higher education. The acquisition adds expertise in key market segments to Hobsons’ successful enrollment management solutions and positions the company for accelerated expansion in both traditional and non-traditional higher education environments.
SAP tracks performance data on all levels, SuccessFactors tracks talent performance. This combination could be the Holy Grail CEOs have been looking for, as SAP will inevitably make it possible to combine SuccessFactors data with their enterprise performance data. Perhaps this is the real reason (or at least an additional reason) SAP acquired SuccessFactors?
In September of 2011 the US Department of Education under Aneesh Chopra’s guidance had a convening of 15 top Education Innovator’s including Stephen Gilfus, President and CEO, of the Gilfus Education Group to gain insights on what the market requires to meet the needs you characterize above. During this session it was clear that Aneesh’s pure goal is to
Datatel Inc., the software company owned by Hellman & Friedman LLC, set the interest rate on $1.195 billion of loans it’s seeking to finance its acquisition of SunGard Higher Education, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. A $1.07 billion term loan B due in 2018, will pay 5 percentage points more than the London interbank offered rate, said the person, who declined to be identified because the terms are private. Libor, a rate banks charge to lend to each other, will have a 1.25 percent floor.
Datatel Sets Rate on $1.195 Billion of Acquisition Loans Read More »
Hellman & Friedman, Datatel, SunGard Data Systems and SunGard Higher Education today announced that the proposed combination of Datatel and SunGard Higher Education has cleared Department of Justice review and the companies are preparing to close the transaction in the first quarter of 2012. As a result of this combination, over 3,000 employees will be dedicated exclusively to delivering solutions to education institutions in 40 countries.
Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination Clears Regulatory Review Read More »
Datatel Inc., the software company owned by Hellman & Freidman LLC, is seeking $1.195 billion in loans to finance its acquisition of SunGard Higher Education, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction.
Datatel Said to Seek $1.2 Billion in Loans for SunGard Deal Read More »
College tuition prices appear to be an overarching concern: “The cost of college has nearly tripled over the past three decades, forcing students to take out more loans and rack up more debt in pursuit of the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a twenty-first century economy,” Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, wrote in the invitation to the event. But only one president comes from an expensive private institution, indicating that the president is not focusing on the nation’s the priciest colleges in what has been described as a roundtable discussion.
By Lyndsey Layton and Emma Brown, Published: November 26, 2011 WashingtonPost.com A Virginia company leading a national movement to replace classrooms with computers — in which children as young as 5 can learn at home at taxpayer expense — is facing a backlash from critics who are questioning its funding, quality and oversight. K12 Inc.
Virtual schools are multiplying, but some question their educational value Read More »
“I sincerely believe that we have now entered the dawn of ‘dot edu’ era which will stimulate and transform students, instructors, institutions and the global economy to reach new horizons.”, “For the first time academic institutions are takeing precise control of their web presence and student experiences as online competitiveness increases.”
By Jeffrey R. Young – October 20, 2011 Chronicle of Higher Education Philadelphia—When Pearson officials talk about their new learning-management system, OpenClass, they like to mention Google. They note that the software is distributed through Google’s App marketplace, and say that it was inspired by Google’s popular e-mail and Web services platform. Pearson drops the company’s
Google Says Pearson’s New Learning System Is ‘Not a Shared Product’ Read More »
the Gilfus Education Group announced its annual education predictions today, foreshadowing emerging concepts for encompassing information technology and digital content throughout academic and administrative education applications. As an independent education consulting organization based in Washington, DC the Gilfus Education Group predicts the following top five trends in education innovation for 2011-2012
Gilfus Education Group Predicts Top Five Education Innovation Trends for 2011 and 2012 Read More »
One of the world’s biggest education publishers has joined with one of the most dominant and iconic software companies on the planet to bring colleges a new—and free—learning-management system with the hopes of upending services that affect just about every instructor, student, and college in the country
Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System Read More »
By Dian Schaffhauser 10/05/11 A day after its acquisition of Blackboard was completed, Providence Equity Partners has begun leveraging its multiple investments in education technology. Two of its companies–Blackboard and Edline–have announced an immediate merging. Edline will become another division in Blackboard’s portfolio. Both companies sell learning management and mass notification products to the K-12
Blackboard Absorbs Edline, Keeps Product Line Intact Read More »
Changing an ERP to SaaS is a large investment in time and cost for any vendor to address. Therefore the challenge for the vendors is how to get the ERP, with its slow development and implementation cycles, to provide the solutions to the new needs of the institution.
Like Edline, Blackboard can also be used by parents to keep track of what’s going on in the school and the classroom. Depending on how well teachers embrace the technology, Blackboard and Edline can do a lot more than help parents keep track of whether their kids are turning in homework.
Blackboard and Edline combined – make the Grade! Read More »
— Blackboard stockholders to receive $45.00 per share in cash — Transaction valued at approximately $1.64 billion in enterprise value — Blackboard to become a privately held company WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity
Providence Equity Partners Completes Acquisition of Blackboard Inc. Read More »
While your school’s Learning Management System (e.g. eCollege, Moodle, Blackboard) may provide some assistance with these tasks, you will also find a wide variety of tools available to help you work together online.
Smith has been a higher education innovator, helping to found the statewide Community College of Vermont in 1970 and serving for 10 years as founding president of California State University’s Monterey Bay campus, beginning in 1995. Peter Smith, an Education Visionary and Global Academic Leader has created a dynamic and insightful series on Using IT to Increase Educational Effectiveness. An insightful series from a seasoned education innovator.
September 15, 2011. Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is announcing today the acquisition of Connections Education from an investor group led by Apollo Management, L.P. Through its Connections Academy business, the company operates online or ‘virtual’ public schools in 21 states in the US—serving more than 40,000 students in the current school year. These virtual charter schools are accredited and funded by the relevant state and are free to parents and students who choose a virtual school in place of a traditional public institution or other schooling options.
Blackboard is expected to be merged with Edline LLC, another educational software firm. Providence purchased Edline in 2009.
Standard & Poor’s cut its corporate credit rating on Blackboard, to B+ from BB-, after the acquisition was announced.
Blackboard increases credit line for Edline merger/acquisition Read More »
Despite actively marketing Blackboard 9.1, many university technology administrators view Blackboard as having skimped on research and development to focus on growth via acquiring LMS competitors like WebCT and Angel at the expense of expanding and refining their products. (There is also a mounting body of snafus that has given momentum to an anti-Blackboard movement on the Internet and among university technology staffers.)
During a key portion of the webinar an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck near Washington, D.C., the U.S.Geological Survey said. The epicenter was in Virginia. The quake was felt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York, and on Martha’s Vineyard where President Barack Obama is vacationing. Cell phone service has been disrupted in New York City where parts of Manhattan have been evacuated. “Everybody was told to take the stairs,” Wolf Blitzer said, speaking live at 2 p.m. E.T. from CNN’s D.C. bureau.
Gilfus Education Group Announces Webinar on Developing a Productive Workforce from 2011 to 2020 “Workforce Development: Transitioning from 2011 to 2020” Washington, DC (Thursday, August 11th, 2011) — Gilfus Education Group announced today that it will offer a webinar titled Workforce Development: Transitioning from 2011 to 2020. Attendees will be provided with an overview
Workforce Development Transitioning from 2011 to 2020 Read More »
Gilfus Education Group Announces Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar “Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar” Washington, DC (Wednesday August 10th, 2011) – Gilfus Education Group announced today that it will offer a webinar on Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content. eLearning and online training products and services are one of the most rapidly
Strategic Online Learning and SCORM Content Webinar Read More »
WASHINGTON – The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit pending under the False Claims Act against Education Management Corp. (EDMC) and several affiliated entities, the Justice Department announced today. In its complaint, the government alleges that EDMC falsely certified compliance with provisions of federal law that prohibit a
Today the Gilfus Education Group officially announced the launch of the “Education Industry Insights” a new services designed to provide clients with company and market due diligence, investment transaction assistance, and seasoned market insights.“the Gilfus Education Group is the new Gartner of Education, their insights and experience in the space is more in depth than any I have come across, they are deeply intimate with the challenges and opportunities that exist within today’s education environments”. The goal of Education Industry Insights is to provide clients with timely and tangible market insights to mitigate market, challenges, provide reliable market data and strategic best practices to ensure that clients are well-informed regarding important decisions in the education industry.
Center advances concepts for education innovation to allow colleges, universities, schools and school districts to deliver more effective teaching and learning FAIRFAX, VA (Wednesday, July 5th, 2011) – Today the Gilfus Education Group officially announced the opening of its new Education Research Center located at George Mason University. The goal of the Center is to
By Jim Tice – Staff writer https://www.armytimes.com The eArmyU civilian education option that has provided distance learning support services to 64,000 soldiers over the past decade will be shuttered next year. The 1,429 soldiers enrolled in the program today may continue to register for eArmyU courses until March 31, 2012 even if a course runs past the shutdown
By Jeff Young – The Chronicle of Higher Education Two of the largest software companies in higher education, SunGard and Datatel, today announced plans to merge, after the private-equity firm that owns Datatel signaled plans to buy SunGard Higher Education for $1.775-billion. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, and officials of the two companies
Education-Technology Giants, SunGard and Datatel, Announce Merger Read More »
SunGard Data Systems Inc. will sell its SunGard Higher Education business for $1.78 billion in cash to affiliates of private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC . Hellman will combine it with Datatel, a developer of software for colleges and universities that it already owns.
SunGard Higher Education to merge with Datatel in $1.7B deal, no word on jobs impact Read More »
This morning, Datatel, Inc. and SunGard Higher Education announced that the companies have entered into definitive agreements to combine businesses and form one company. I am confident that this combination will deliver great benefit to Datatel customers and to the education community world-wide. Together, over 3,000 employees will be dedicated to delivering solutions to meet our mutual clients’ future needs.
FAIRFAX, Va., MALVERN, Pa. and WAYNE, Pa. August 4, 2011 — Datatel and SunGard Higher Education announced today that they have signed definitive agreements to combine businesses and operate as one company focused exclusively on serving education institutions. This strategic combination brings together two education industry specialists into one company with increased breadth and scale to meet
The strategic combination will bring together two education specialists to meet the needs of institutions world-wide. CEO Announcement & Briefing (Ron Lang and John Speer) Press Release Frequently Asked Questions John Speer’s Letter to Clients Mark Jones’ Blog
Datatel and Sungard Higher Education Sign Agreement for Proposed Business Combination Read More »
Does the ORACLE know what lies ahead?
Can a big ERP merger truly deliver more value to Higher Education?
Could this be a stepping stone to even larger consolidation?
Will there be more writing on the Blackboard?
Is an Enterprise Education Platform far behind?
Do recent investor transaction activities signal the “Dawn of the .EDU Era?”
Datatel and SunGard Higher Education announced today that they have signed definitive agreements to combine businesses and operate as one.
Strategic Combination of Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Read More »
By Josh Keller The Apollo Group, which runs the University of Phoenix, announced on Tuesday that it plans to pay $75-million to purchase Carnegie Learning, which develops interactive math instruction that adapts to the needs of individual students. The purchase is a major endorsement of the prospects for adaptive learning by the operator of the
Apollo to Buy Adaptive-Learning Company for $75-Million Read More »
Monday, August 1, 2011 BY JOHN A. GAVIN STAFF WRITER The Record Print | E-mail HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — When eighth-graders take their first year of algebra next month, they will solve equations and plot linear graphs with a popular and intriguing tool — an iPad2. JOHN GAVIN/STAFF Buy this photo Hannah Christensen, left, and Rachel
Gilfus Education Group Launches New Education Research Center at George Mason University Enterprise Center Center advances concepts for education innovation to allow colleges, universities, schools and school districts to deliver more effective teaching and learning FAIRFAX, VA (Wednesday, July 6th, 2011) – Today the Gilfus Education Group officially announced the opening of its new Education
A new bill advocates for wider technology access and use in education. Educational technology stakeholders are applauding the U.S. Senate’s introduction of a bill called the Achievement Through Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Act and note that, if passed, the legislation will work to bolster technology literacy and will increase access to educational opportunities through
Education groups applaud new ed-tech legislation Read More »
Reactions about the Blackboard acquisition from students and recent graduates at the Gilfus Education Group’s Education Research Center at George Mason University were mostly positive. Lauren Heimburg, a recent graduate with bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and psychology from the University of Virginia provided the following insights: “I think Blackboard’s acquisition will cause UVA to intensify its focus on online learning initiatives in order to remain competitive in coming years. Enterprise Education Platforms can improve colleges and universities by enabling them to provide more efficient systems and facilities to their students and faculty and by simplifying their internal operations.”
The acquisition could result in a single provider of academic and administrative systems for the Higher Education Market and has the potential to bring to life the Gilfus Education Group prediction and elements of a Gilfus Education Group strategic whitepaper called: “Intelligence Emerges from an Enterprise Education Platform” and proposes a reduction in cost of technology fragmentation.
By Douglas MacMillan – Jul 1, 2011 8:15 AM ET Providence Equity Partners Inc. agreed to buy Blackboard Inc. (BBBB), a maker of online educational software, for $1.64 billion. Providence will pay $45 a share in cash for Washington- based Blackboard, the companies said in a statement today. The price represents a 21 percent premium
Providence to Buy Blackboard for $1.64 Billion, Gain Educational Software Read More »
the Gilfus Education Group, a prominent education consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is inviting education decision makers and thought leaders to assist in conducting research on new advances in K12 Online Learning Technology. Ideal research participants are superintendents, school and district administrators, principals, faculty members, CIOs and instructional designers from innovative institutions dedicated to
the Gilfus Education Group, an independent consulting research and analyst firm focused on education, is reaching out to leaders in Higher Education to gain insights into the challenges and needs of mobile technology within Higher Education. Weekend in DC – One participant who completes the survey will be randomly selected to receive airfare for two and a three day, two night stay at a hotel in National Harbor, a multi-use waterfront resort destination on the shores of the Potomac River just outside of Washington, DC.
National Survey on Mobile Technology in Higher Education win a weekend in DC Read More »
Blackboard Inc. (BBBB), a maker of online educational courseware, may lure buyout offers of as much as $65 a share from strategic bidders seeking to expand in Internet publishing, analysts at Stifel Nicolas said in a report today. Education publishers News Corp. (NWSA), Pearson Plc (PSON) and McGraw- Hill Cos. may consider making offers for
Blackboard May Lure Bid as High as $65 a Share, Stifel Says Read More »
In November, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation made its first foray into the US education space with the $360m (£228m) purchase of Wireless Generation. Dame Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive of Pearson, was not fazed. On discovering that Mr Murdoch could become a rival to another of her businesses (News Corp’s Harper Collins is already a
Pearson buys Schoolnet for $230m: Schoolnet, which was founded in 1998, offers a system for allowing teachers to deliver personalised learning for students and serves more than 5 million US pupils through partnerships with states and districts.
SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF), the global leader in business execution cloud-based SaaS software, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning management system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS- Content as a Service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with SuccessFactors’ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok.
The developer of Canvas, a cloud-based learning management system used by more than 30 educational institutions as an alternative to Blackboard, has raised a second round of funding from OpenView Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, TomorrowVentures and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, peHUB reports. Infrastructure was founded in 2008 at Brigham Young University. Instructure makes
Instructure brings in $8M for online education system Read More »
Technology Crossover Ventures to Invest $125M in K12 Inc.
Technology Crossover Ventures to Invest $125M in K12 Inc. to Accelerate Expansion Read More »
D.C.-based education software company Blackboard Inc. says it has received unsolicited takeover offers and says it’s considering them. Its stock rallied as much as 35 percent in Tuesday trading. Blackboard has hired Barclays Capital as its financial adviser and says it is evaluating the offers as well as other strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.
Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB) today announced that it has retained Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in response to receiving unsolicited, non-binding proposals to acquire the company.
Blackboard Retains Barclays Capital in Response to Unsolicited, Non-binding Offers Read More »
The Campus Technology Summit April 3-5, 2011 | Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Resort & Spa | Fort Lauderdale, FL 90+ Higher Education CIO’s gather for Strategic Market Insights and Academic Discussions. The Campus Technology Summit is a private, invitation-only event developed specifically for senior administrators who are responsible for overseeing the information technology strategy at the nation’s leading
Campus Technology CIO Summit sponsored by the Gilfus Education Group Read More »
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus – more on WordPress.org: Post Formats
A Utah-based company has fired a warning shot across the bow of learning management system (LMS) companies, including market leader Blackboard, with the announcement that it’s turning its new LMS into open source. Instructure has publicly released the source code to its Canvas learning management system, which was launched in 2010. Currently, 26 institutions have
Cengage Learning recently unveiled MindTap™, a program of digital products and services, including Cengage content, that engages students through interactivity and offers instructors choice in content, platforms, devices and learning tools. Beyond an eBook, course delivery platform or Learning Management System, MindTap is the first in a new category of Personal Learning Experiences (PLEs). MindTap
Cengage Unveils MindTap, an interactive learning program Read More »
Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus. Aenean leo ligula, porttitor eu, consequat vitae, eleifend ac, enim. Aliquam lor Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem.
Postformat Gallery: Multiple images with different sizes Read More »
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem.
Foreword Lifelong learning is quickly becoming a cornerstone to our nations education system. Providing new capabilities to power the work force while meeting the dynamic needs of today’s 21st century student. By leveraging competencies refined from within distance learning and continuing education organizations traditional institutions can transform themselves in a way that not only meets
Lifelong Learning The New Normal for Higher Education Read More »
Foreword the Gilfus Education Group predicts that over the next few years, educators will make great progress in achieving institutional efficiency and accountability hand-in-hand with improved academic performance, predictive analytics and overall student success. Converging technologies can mitigate many existing challenges while providing greater capabilities to education institutions, especially improving the ability to generate and
The Enterprise Education and Intelligent Learning Platform Read More »
We’re writing to share some important news: that Presidium and Blackboard have decided to join together. On December 30, Presidium was formally acquired by Blackboard, and together we hope to take a significant step forward in supporting the full lifecycle of student engagement in education. With this combination we have a unique opportunity to help
Presidium is Becoming Blackboard Student Services Read More »
iStrategy Solutions and Blackboard have decided to join forces. Last week, iStrategy was formally acquired by Blackboard. Together we hope to take a significant step forward in serving the data-driven decision making and analytics needs of education.
Blackboard and iStrategy Join Forces – From the Trenches Read More »
January 3, 2011 By Lev S. Gonick It’s difficult to make sense of changes and dynamics beyond our control. There are seismic shifts under way and many of them have various impacts on the university campus, teaching and learning, the research agenda, and yes, information technology. While many university CIOs share collective angst and various
However renewing a license with a commercial LMS provider can be an expensive, long term commitment. IT consolidation efforts are another opportunity to review an LMS strategy and are almost always initiated at a high level in an institution. Read the LMS Whitepaper
Blackboard historically has been synonymous with learning management technology. While the company in recent years has lost some clients in that market to competitors, it still provides the learning management platform for more than half of nonprofit institutions. But in the growing for-profit market for learning management, Blackboard is not king. That crown belongs to
Attendees of Educause 2010 can witness tangible evidence of Emerging Education Technology and Digital Content Trends Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2010: The Gilfus Education Group announced its annual education industry predictions today. The Gilfus Education Group is led by Stephen Gilfus a founder of Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) and President and CEO of the
Gilfus Education Group Predicts Top Five Education Innovation Trends for 2010 and 2011 Read More »
Tuesday was kickoff day at EDUCAUSE, and we used the occasion to talk with a number of analytics leaders who have perspectives on new developments today and in the future. Their full interviews will be posted and linked to our site, as will white papers, case studies, and applications briefs. Keep following the posts over
October 13, 2010, 9:05 pm By Jeff Young Anaheim, Calif.—Blackboard announced today that it is teaming up with a for-profit education provider, K12 Inc., to sell online courses to colleges that want to outsource their remedial offerings. The companies say their plan will offer a new way for students who lack basic skills to get
Blackboard to Sell Online Courses Through New Partnership Read More »
In an effort ambitiously dubbed the “Learning Genome Project,” the for-profit powerhouse says it is building a new learning interface that gets to know each of its 400,000 students personally and adapts to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of their “learning DNA.” Unlike analog forms of student profiling—such as surveys, which are only as effective as the
New Learning Platform from the University of Phoenix Read More »
Attendees of Educause 2010 can witness tangible evidence of Emerging Education Technology and Digital Content Trends Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2010 The Gilfus Education Group announced its annual education industry predictions today, foreshadowing major concepts on the horizon for technology and digital content in academic and administrative education applications. “Over the past several years
Gilfus Education Group Predicts Top Five Education Innovation Trends for 2010 and 2011 Read More »
NACUBO Annual Meeting Tampa, July 9–12, 2011 The Call for Presentations is now open! You’re invited! Here is your chance to submit a proposal to present new approaches relevant to business officers at colleges and universities. This is an opportunity for you to showcase your solutions, strategies, and initiate provocative discussions to 1,500 business officers. NACUBO’s 2011 Annual
Authors: Stephen Gilfus Foreword the Gilfus Education Group predicts that over the next few years, educators will make great progress in combining existing technology capabilities with the practices and theories of learning communities to develop a vigorous community learning platform which enables a richer set of educational experiences and facilitates the positive effects characterized by
Today, Barnes & Noble announced its next move, launching NookStudy, a software solution that gives students access to eTextbooks and other digital content and organizational tools for learning. The company also launched a textbook rental service. Barnes & Noble claims it is now the first and only major online retailer giving college students textbooks in new, used, rental, and digital formats.
Barnes & Noble Launches “NookStudy” for Students Read More »
CourseSmart, the world’s largest digital course materials provider, today announced the first group of colleges and universities that have been selected to participate in the company’s Faculty Instant Access program. The program provides instructors with convenient, instant access to more than 90% of core higher education textbooks as eTextbooks from within the campus systems they use every day. The select higher education institutions, which are widely-regarded as innovators, span a diverse array of public, private, four-year, two-year, large and small institutions across the U.S. including Arizona State University, Auburn University, Case Western Reserve University, LeTourneau University, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Savannah College of Art and Design, Texas A&M University, the University of Central Florida and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
LinkedIn Stephen Gilfus has sent you a message. Date: 8/03/2010 Subject: LinkedIn Group: Gilfus Education Group I am a member of this group, and I think you would enjoy it too. -Stephen Go to Group
Continue the Discussion – Join our LinkedIn Group Read More »
NOOKstudy, announced July 12, is Barnes & Noble’s (BN) bold new effort to gain a foothold in the nascent etextbook market. The product was pre-released to a small group of college campuses this summer. BN expects the general release of the product for free, open use in August-to coincide with the beginning of the new school year. The software application promises to enable students “to manage all their digital content-etextbooks, class materials, and notes-on the computing device they rely on most, their PC or Mac.”
NOOKstudy—Barnes & Noble Breaks into the Lucrative Elearning Textbook Market Read More »
—– In an effort to track the eTextbook marketplace the Gilfus education Group will be providing continuous updates –—— Barnes & Noble announces NOOKstudy eTextbook college program Regular readers know that the Barnes & Noble Nook is my preferred ebook reader device for a number of reasons I have written about in various articles. One
eTextbook Trends: Barnes and Noble and Nookstudy. Read More »
—- the Gilfus Education Group is tracking progress in the eTextbook marketplace and will be posting updates as various vendors make headway in providing education institutions with new capabilities. —– CourseSmart Partners with Select Higher Education Institutions to Provide Instant Access to eTextbooks — Faculty at Universities Across the Country Will Have Direct Access to
What is IV&V Independent Software Verification and Validation (IV&V) is a system engineering discipline which helps the development organization build quality into the software during the software life cycle. The purpose of Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is to provide an objective review of a software product under development by an independent third party that
jim Washington, DC — Blackboard, the DC-based provider of software and services to educational institutions, said that it will pay $116 million cash to acquire Calgary-based Elluminate and New York-based Wimba, both developers of virtual classroom technology. The acquired companies will form the backbone of Blackboard Collaborate, a new, standalone platform that will allow educational
DC-Based Blackboard to Pay $116 Million for Elluminate, Wimba Read More »
(RTTNews) – Blackboard Inc. (BBBB: News ) said it agreed to acquire both Elluminate Inc. and Wimba Inc., two of the leading providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of about $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. These leading teams and solutions
ERP Selection and Design: Mitigating Risk through Industry Experience the Gilfus Education Group is the world’s leading independent strategy, research, and advisory firm for education and training organizations and businesses. The team partners with today’s organizational and industry leaders to develop effective and lasting improvements and provides independent advisory, strategic consulting, technical implementation, and industry
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced the Next Gen Learning Challenges which will provide grants to innovators, build evidence of what works, and foster an engaged community of professionals committed to helping students and young adults prepare for college and successfully complete their postsecondary educations. The Foundation has engaged several leading edge organizations
Gates Foundation Ventures into Next Gen Learning Challenges Read More »
Get the most out of your Enterprise Resource Planning, Student Information System and Learning Management system with Gilfus Education Group expert Analytics team members and explore our exclusive capabilities. the Gilfus Education Group provides consultative services that can leverage out-of-the-box technology to get the most out of your education systems. For Blackboard Analytics, Moodle Analytics,
Research Planning and Review Committee The ACRL Research, Planning and Review Committee, a component of the Research Coordinating Committee, is responsible for creating and updating a continuous and dynamic environmental scan for the association that encompasses trends in academic librarianship, higher education, and the broader environment. As a part of this effort, the committee develops
Analytics tools provide statistical evaluation of rich data sources to discern patterns that can help individuals at companies, educational institutions, or governments make more informed decisions. Colleges and universities can harness the power of analytics to develop student recruitment policies, adjust course catalog offerings, determine hiring needs, or make financial decisions. In a teaching and
7 Things You Should Know About Academic Analytics Read More »
By Tony Bates, on June 28th, 2010 It’s funny how reports on the same issue arrive from completely different directions. These four all deal with the issue of innovation and higher education. Baker, S. (2010) Hefce gives out extra places and takes back £20m from teaching funds Times Higher Education, June 25 Calhoun, T. (2010)
Innovate or die: a message for higher education institutions Read More »
Based on the Gilfus Education Group White Paper – The Enterprise Education Platform and the Intelligent Leanring Platform Datatle aunches combined ERP/LMS Aproach. Higher Education Administration Fuses with Teaching and Learning for Total Student View FAIRFAX, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE), June 23, 2010 – Ensuring student success at colleges and universities took a major step forward
Datatel Announces General Availability of Intelligent Learning Platform Read More »
Learn. Share. Connect. Integrated Leadership for a New Reality is the theme of the Society for College and University Plannings 45th annual, international conference and idea marketplace—an event where great minds come together to share best practices in integrated planning. In these challenging times, higher education leaders need to draw upon the best thinking of
Integrated Leadership for a New Reality – July 10-14th Read More »
San Jose, CA/Dartmouth, Jun 25, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) —-Ninety-five percent of colleges and universities use at least one form of social media to recruit prospective students. This was among the key findings of the study, “Social Media and College Admissions: Higher-Ed Beats Business in Adoption of New Tools for Third Year,” conducted by Dr.
More sophisticated educational dashboards may contain complimentary operational management and governance functionality as well, aiding in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act as well as other federal, local, and state mandates—from facilities management to attendance tracking. As education becomes more progressive, the lines between student management and school management are becoming blurred, creating
As social learning experts have proven again and again, learning can be more productive if there is clarity about which role models to emulate. This is analogous to being informed about which news sources can be trusted for their reliability and credibility. Moreover, tools are also needed to administer and deliver rewards and incentives whether they are compliments, stars, stickers, points or grades.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger advocate of dashboards in higher education than Arizona State University’s John Rome. Like many academic institutions ASU already had a load of data around campus. It simply needed a way to make it valuable to various constituents. ASU needed a flexible development tool and design principles to put the icing on the cake. John chose a dashboard tool which enabled his team to create education dashboards quickly by pulling academic analytics data from any system, including the data warehouse.
The Public Forum on Action Analytics and the Action Analytics Community of Practice are now available to higher education institutions and technology vendors worldwide via edu1world.org. Funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to support the Action Analytics Education Partnership (AAEP), these online communities
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
“At the end of every year, prior to Educause, we look to provide guidance to academic institutions, education industry investors and the content and technology companies that serve them, in an attempt to provide valuable insight towards meaningful engagement in new concepts and ideas.”, said Stephen Gilfus, “2010 has already proven to be an exceptional year for change as we enter the new .EDU era and the coming “Age of Intelligence”.
Blackboard and SunGard Higher Education Partner To Better Serve Joint Customers. Gilfus Education Group Convergence Prediction Make Progress. Currently, integration support will be for select SunGard Higher Education products with Blackboard Learn.
Blackboard and SunGard Higher Education Partner To Better Serve Joint Customers Read More »
12 Major Foundations Commit $500 Million to Education Innovation in Concert with U.S. Education Department’s $650 Million “Investing In Innovation” Fund
Private Foundations Also Launch Online Registry to Help Schools and Programs Access Funds
Education Innovation: 12 Major Foundations Commit $500 Million to Education Innovation Read More »
By Prof. Hacker [This is a guest post by David Parry, assistant professor of emerging media and communications at UT-Dallas, who last posted here on the iPad. Next week, Derek Bruff returns with a use case for WordPress as a Learning Management System.–JBJ] Given that I do so much stuff online for my classes, other
Join Datatel Chief Client Officer Liz Murphy on Tuesday, May 18 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EST) for an engaging discussion about the future of higher education’s technologies — The Enterprise Education Platform. By merging administrative and academic systems, you can decrease the redundancy of data, eliminate unnecessary technology expenditures, and see a unique view of a student’s complete educational experience from recruitment to endowment.
Think about what your business is today. Write down your top 10 keywords that you think define who you are. Go in all the different search engines. Put it in and see what comes up. Go in yahoo groups and see what comes up; and then, just join whatever you can and in a crazy, very extrovert – thankfully, it’s the internet so we can be introverts and do this; just start talking and putting in and building a presence; because, as people enjoy what you’re talking about within those communities they will, in many cases, be curious and follow you to the mothership if you will. You need to reach out. You need to put tentacles out, because there is no way — otherwise, the mothership stands alone without a sign. And if you’re just a website on the internet, then that’s it. You don’t exist, yeah.
Why Education Dashboards are becoming essential in Higher Education Most educational institutions have had some sort of visual reporting tool in use for about the last 10 years. Different departments have relied on these visual reports to consolidate and view their data. Institutions that had the foresight to develop a tool internally were especially ahead
Education Dashboards and Academic Anlaytics are becoming essential in Higher Education Read More »
If you are attending the HEUG conference in San Antonio the week of March 1st. Stephen Gilfus, of the Gilfus Education Group,would like to invite you to our booth to meet or new team. The Gilfus Education Group maintains unmatched capabilities to the industry.
Gilfus Education Group presents Shared Services at HEUG Conference Read More »
the Gilfus Education Group is a sponsor at the HEUG in 2010 and presenting on Shared Service Models in Education & Government. If you are going to be there feel free to visit our booth (number 346)
During the Webinar you will learn how a new paradigm of community, context and content can fulfill the greater promise of community learning through increasing student engagement and academic achievement. The robust capabilities made possible by a Community Platform for Education could supersede and altogether displace the very notion of an LMS.
Attending Datatel’s inaugural Partner Summit will give you access to Datatel’s executive leadership, product managers, and sales force and provide your company with the necessary tools to make the most of your partnership with us.
The administration wants to help an additional 1 million college students by increasing the Pell Grant tuition program by $17 billion, to just under $35 billion. Pell Grants are the main form of college aid to the poor. The maximum grant would increase by $160 to $5,710.
Obama is seeking an increase in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a $3 billion jump to $28 billion. There could be $1 billion more if Congress agrees to some major changes in the law.
President Barack Obama’s multi-trillion-dollar budget Read More »
On February 3 – 5, 2010 the Gilfus Education Group will be attending Microsoft Global Education Summit (GEPS) in Redmond, WA. GEPS is an invite-only event held in the headquarters of Microsoft Corporation. It recognizes the Microsoft partners who provide innovative capabilities for educational market all over the world. If you have any questions about
Gilfus Education Group attends Microsoft Global Education Summit Read More »
Microsoft GEPS is an invite-only event held in the headquarters of Microsoft Corporation. It recognizes the Microsoft partners who provide innovative capabilities for educational market all over the world.
Microsoft Global Education Partner Summit (GEPS) Read More »
Secretary Duncan joined other Cabinet members in the House chamber to hear the President’s remarks and had this reaction afterward, “The President said ‘when’ we reauthorize not ‘if.’ He clearly wants to moves forward on reauthorization and that’s what we’re doing.
President Calls for Greater Investment in Education Read More »
From the Kuali Student perspective, the changes at the Mellon Foundation will have no impact on the project. The original $2.5 million grant provided to the project has been fully received. Furthermore, Kuali Student is designed to be financially self-sustainable with seven institutions committing $5 million each. Kuali Student will also be seeking to expand partnerships with other institutions as critical milestones are reached.
Mellon Foundation awarded a $2.38 million grant to Indiana University Read More »
Title: Institutional Effectiveness Executive DayLocation: Redmond, WashingtonDescription: Gilfus Education Group presents the Educational Technology Framework to 35 Provosts, Vice Provosts and CIO’s in Redmond Washington. For more information contact us at: corporate@gilfusdev.wpengine.comDate: 2010/02/02
Academic analytics is the process of analyzing institutional data captured university enterprise systems for decision making and reporting purposes (Campbell & Oblinger, 2007). Higher education is entering into a new era of heightened scrutiny as governments, accrediting agencies, staff, students and parents call for new ways of monitoring and improving student success (Campbell & Oblinger, 2007). The Bradley review into higher education in Australia specifically mentions benchmarking activities in areas like student engagement as indicators of institutional quality (Commonwealth Government of Australia, 2008).
Academic Analytics: Data rich, information poor. Read More »
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he’ll ask Congress for $1.35 billion to extend an education grant program for states, saying that getting schools right “will shape our future as a nation.”
Important Update: Stephen Gilfus, Founder of Blackboard, speaking at Business Breakfast About Education Industry Forum Breakfast Briefings This platform for education operators, investors and the community of specialists that bring quality to education businesses continues to give members of the for-profit education industry the opportunity to receive current information and stay in contact with a
Stephen Gilfus to Speak at NYC Education Business Breakfast Read More »
“Getting technology tools into the hands of every student and family should be standard practice. It isn’t now,” said the U.S. under secretary of education, Martha J. Kanter, addressing a mix of technologists and educators at the HigherEd Tech Summit here, part of the giant salute to gadgetry known as the Consumer Electronics Show.
Colleges Lag in Technology and Teaching Quality, a Top Education Official Says Read More »
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities provides critical guidance for 2010 State Policy Issues, providing perspectives on change and Education Innovation.”
– Stephen Gilfus, Gilfus Education Group
Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2010 – January 2010 Read More »
In one of the most insightful reviews of the year to come, Lev Gonick shares his top trends for higher education for 2010. Combined with Gilfus Education Group predictions from EDUCAUSE we CHALK 2010 up as a year of continued Education Innovation.”
– Stephen Gilfus, Gilfus Education Group
2010 Lev Gonick Predictions – The Year Ahead for IT in Higher Education Read More »
by Marc Parry The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is closing a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects, leaving some worried about a vacuum of support for open-source ventures. Mellon’s decade-old Research in Information Technology program, or RIT, helped bankroll a catalog of freely available software that includes Sakai, a course-management
In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program Read More »
On October 27, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued final regulations relating to accreditation, covering key topics such as distance education, transfer of credit, accreditor disclosures to ED, substantive change, accreditors’ monitoring of institutions and programs, and due process. 74 Fed. Reg. 55,414. The final regulations implement Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) provisions pertinent
U.S. Department of Education Issues Final Rules on Accreditation. Read More »
“Developing Strategic Initiatives in Education and building educational institutions around the world is a cornerstone program for the Gilfus Education Group”, said Stephen Gilfus, Principal at the Gilfus Education Group, “Our team looks forward to working with various countries in developing their educational initiatives and institutions and bringing them into the 21st century.”
The free guidebook is designed to help parents when talking with children about safety and the Internet. Topics include safe use of social networking web sites, cyberbullying, and protecting computers from viruses and other malicious software. It is available at…..
Online Safety Guidebook for Parents – Safe use of Social Networking Read More »
Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) and Desire2Learn Incorporated (Desire2Learn) announced today that the companies have reached an agreement to license each other’s worldwide e-learning patent portfolios and settle all outstanding litigation between them.
Datatel, Inc., the industry’s most experienced provider of higher education software, services, and insight, announced today that affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC have completed their purchase of Datatel. The planned acquisition from Thoma Bravo and its co-investors, including Trident Capital, HarbourVest Partners and JP Morgan Asset Management, first was announced on November 9, 2009.
LMS projects are brought to the attention of publishers and are invited to enter into partnerships by the leaders of these projects. Publishers views such invitations as opportunities to participate in leading edge research and/or development that may significantly evolve electronic learning and LMS systems.
$3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation’s lowest performing schools. The applications are now available at https://www.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html and are due into the Department of Education by Feb. 8, 2010.
President Obama has launched an “Educate to Innovate” campaign to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
by John Bowers, Julie Dent, and Kathleen Barnes Offering campus technology training online is an effective, sustainable alternative to live training workshops that saves space, time, equipment, and paper. Video tutorials are short, Flash-based animated sequences of screenshots with voiceover narration that can be combined with assessments for more comprehensive online workshops. Video tutorials for
Sustainable Methods for Campus Technology Training Read More »
“The president and I believe that ensuring our nation’s children are excelling in the STEM fields is essential for our nation’s prosperity, security, health and quality of life,” Secretary Duncan said. “All of us need to be engaged in task of improving STEM education. Business leaders and major donors are leading the way, and leaders from other sectors need to join them.”
Duncan Endorses Efforts to Improve STEM Education Read More »
This year-end conference will preview 2010 trends and outlooks from leading public and private companies in the education market. The conference will feature company presentations, one-on-one investor meetings and panels that will address key topics and emerging trends in the for-profit education market. Signal Hill 3rd Annual Education Preview Investor Conference Thursday, November 12, 2009
“The president said last week that Race to the Top will require states to take an all-hands-on-deck approach,” Duncan said. “We will award grants to the states that have led the way in reform and will show the way for the rest of the country to follow.”
U.S. Department of Education Opens Race to the Top Competition Read More »
For a more detailed discussion of these concepts and how they apply to your individual situation, contact Chris Curran or Mark DeFusco, managing directors, or Vivek Kamath or Adam Newman, directors, in the Berkery Noyes Education Group at 212.668.3022. Many companies are increasingly taking a more aggressive stance toward accessing new markets outside the United States and/or finding opportunities to deliver products and services into consumer channels.
BerkeryNoyes – RAPID CHANGES Drive EDUCATION MARKET M&A Read More »
Hellman & Friedman to acquire Datatel from Thoma Bravo and co-investors FAIRFAX, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE), November 09, 2009 – Datatel, the industry’s most experienced provider of higher education software, services and insight, announced today that they reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hellman & Friedman LLC. Hellman & Friedman and its affiliates, co-investor
Datatel acquired by Hellman & Friedman LLC and JMI Equity Read More »
Teachers and Schools Celebrate Success at 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Education Forum Microsoft Partners in Learning expands global network for educators. SALVADOR, Brazil — Nov. 4, 2009 — Today, at its fifth annual Worldwide Innovative Education Forum (IEF), Microsoft Corp. is celebrating the impressive work that teachers and school leaders from around the world are
Microsoft Partners in Learning expands global network for educators. Read More »
“ Today’s release of the ‘Enterprise Education Platform’ marks a milestone moment in redefining the current possibilities of transformational technologies for our educational institutions. The convergence of ERP and LMS technology into a single holistic platform can, and will, increase individual and organizational intelligence, reduce total operational costs and improve institutional outcomes and student success.”
The GoingOn Community Platform integrates the latest social networking, collaboration and publishing technologies to enable schools to create vibrant online communities and transform silos of information into an open social knowledge network.
GoingOn announces 1st Community Platform for Education at Educause Read More »
Datatel has embraced the Enterprise Education Platform concept and will provide details of how the company plans to fulfill this vision at its corporate presentation here at EDUCAUSE 2009 tomorrow from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM in the Korbel Ballroom 2C at the Colorado Convention Center. In her presentation, Social Learning that Won’t Break the Bank, Datatel Chief Client Officer Liz Murphy will explain how the company’s recent agreement with Moodlerooms will allow Datatel to provide higher education institutions with a fully integrated, tested, and supported Enterprise Education Platform that unites teaching and learning applications with administrative functions.
Datatel and Gilfus Education Group Reveal Drawbacks of Fragmented LMS/ERP Systems Read More »
Apple Education Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training Marc Prensky Blog M-Learning Org Mobile Learning thinking: Get on your skateboard to keep up! The Revolution No One Noticed: Mobile Phones and Multimobile Services in Higher Education Will at Work Learning Futures of Learning Cell Phones in Learning Mlearning World Mlearning Bibliography Kapp
The emergence of LMS’s oriented around analytics is one part of this process; LMS NextGen will be a critical component of the data that will aid and inform these efforts.
About a week into any class at Rio Salado College, officials can make a pretty good guess as to which students will succeed and which ones will not. The Arizona community college, where more than half of the 64,000 students pursue their degrees online, has devised a system of predictive modeling that officials believe can
Attendees of Educause 2009 can see tangible evidence of Administrative and Academic Application and Technology Trends
WASHINGTON, DC (Tuesday, October 27th, 2009) – the Gilfus Education Group announced its annual predictions today, foreshadowing major concepts on the horizon for administrative and academic applications, content and technologies.
Gilfus Education Group, Predicts Top Five Education Innovation Trends Read More »
CDC H1N1 Flu |CDC Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year
Intelligent Learning Platform concept from Gilfus Education Group core to Datatel and Moodlerooms Strategy. Read the white paper at: https://gilfuseducationgroup.com/white-papers/enterprise-education-platform
Datatel and Moodlerooms Partner for an Intelligent Learning Platform Read More »
Applying the principles of business intelligence analytics to academia promises to improve student success, retention, and graduation rates and demonstrate institutional accountability. The Signals project at Purdue University has delivered early successes in academic analytics, prompting additional projects and new strategies. Significant challenges remain before the predictive nature of academic analytics meets its full potential.
Moodlerooms, Inc., leading provider of a secure and scalable enterprise learning management platform (LMP) with open-source Moodle at its core, announced today its partnership with The Learning Edge North America, providers of award-winning digital repository EQUELLA.
EQUELLA® and Moodlerooms Partner to Provide Federated Content Management Solution Read More »
ASU Academic Analytics Background Dashboards–succinct graphical summaries of information that are commonly used in business to present data to executives and managers–are now cropping up in universities. Well at the forefront is the work being done at ASU under John Rome, who is associate vice president, University Technology Office. ASU is a large and rapidly
Education Dashboards through Academic Analytics at ASU Read More »
September 25th 2009
Secretary Arne Duncan spoke about the vital role that colleges and universities play in ensuring educational equity for all students at a breakfast celebrating the 5th anniversary of The Associated Colleges of Illinois’ (ACI) Center for Success in High Need Schools in Chicago today.
Secretary Duncan Praises Colleges and Educators for Ensuring Educational Equity Read More »
August 24, 2009
As announced by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today, the education and technology company Pearson has developed a “Continuity of Learning” plan to continue students’ education if school attendance is disrupted due to the H1N1 virus or other crisis events.
sustainability initiatives, including research and student activism as well as campus facilities-related efforts. Environmental conservation programs on campus include alternative transportation, energy audits of and improvements to campus buildings, green purchasing, use of renewable energy, a robust recycling program, and sustainable building standards.
Green Education IT Best Practices at the University of Michigan Read More »
NACUBO invites you to submit a proposal presenting new approaches relevant to business officers at colleges and universities. The NACUBO Annual Meeting brings together 1,500 business officers and offers an opportunity for you to showcase solutions, initiate provocative discussions, and share effective strategies to the many challenges facing campus administrators.
NACUBO – Call for Presentations for “Building Bridges” July 24-27, 2010 Read More »
Department of Education study shows that students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The study is a meta-analysis of the research, and it is accompanied with the warning that the findings apply primarily to adults. Researchers were surprised to discover how few research studies of the effectiveness of online learning
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning Read More »
Excitement is building for our 31st annual conference in the breathtaking city of Denver! We’ve set our sights even higher this year, building off our amazing conference in Washington, DC, in June 2009. Plan now to keep ISTE 2010 in your sights and budget. ARRA/stimulus monies, including formula and competitive grant monies, can be used
Register Now for ISTE 2010 in Denver, Colorado, June 27–30 Read More »
5 billion in Title I funding is being made available early to districts for schools that serve high concentrations of students from families that live in poverty. These funds are available to support innovative strategies in Title I schools that improve education for at-risk students, close achievement gaps, and stimulate local economies. Likewise, $6.1 billion in early IDEA funding provides states, school districts and early intervention service providers with additional support for innovative strategies to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, children and youths with disabilities while stimulating the economy.
Title I, Early Release, ARRA Funding Announcements Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education encourages students of all ages, teachers, and administrators to participate in this historic moment by watching the president deliver the address, which will be broadcast live on the White House Web site (https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/) and on C-SPAN at 12:00 p.m., ET.
President Barack Obama to Make Historic Speech to America’s Students Read More »
By: Erica Jacobs Examiner Columnist September 1, 2009 Projections for the swine flu epidemic have ranged from modest (no greater risk than any flu season), to the alarming (up to half the population at risk.) Schools in many communities will be centers for mass inoculations, but as they get ready for a possible flu
Erica Jacobs: Bracing for swine flu in the classroom Read More »
Title: Educause 2009 Location: Colorado Convention Center • 700 14th Street • Denver, Colorado Link out: Click here Description: We are living in challenging times, when the need for uncommon thinking is unprecedented. You have told us you look to EDUCAUSE for insight, thought leadership, and community interaction. One event delivers all this, and more:
August 19th, 2009
A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom Read More »
Blackboard Inc. was formed on the joining of two companies. CourseInfo LLC, founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and Blackboard LLC, founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Meade
Edline LLC (“Edline”) has been acquired by an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners. MHT acted as the exclusive advisor to Edline.
August 14th, 2009
While on the exhibit floor at NECC 2009 (The National Education Computing Conference) in late June in Washington, DC, I overheard an intriguing conversation about “social learning.” A very distinguished looking university professor was talking with a small group of graduate students. The professor pointed out to her younger colleagues that scores of exhibitors were promoting solutions for “social learning,” but that the vendors were misappropriating a term that had been established in the education field for a very long time.
She complained that today’s technology companies were simply cobbling together social networking tools such as blogs, wikis and bookmarking tools, pawning them off as “social learning” innovation. As an
e-learning innovator with over a decade of experience in the education sector, this conversation reminded me that several core educational principles were not being thoughtfully considered.
Posted on August 21, 2009 by barrydahl During this academic year I will be working on a project called Action Analytics with the Office of the Chancellor at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). I will still retain my position at Lake Superior College, but part of my time will be devoted to this
Every year the Gilfus Education Group assists dozens of academic institutions in evaluating their existing LMS. In addition, many academic institutions embark on their own projects to understand which LMS is the best for them. For various reasons each academic institution selects a specific application, be it open source or proprietary or because of ease of use, costs or, functional and pedagogical reasons. The following are a few examples of independent evaluations done by academic institutions and gathered from their appropriate sites in order to make it easier to compare and contrast each process and the identified results.
August 3rd, 2009
Stephen Gilfus, a former founder of Blackboard inc, and a well known figure in the eLearning industry, today, that the Gilfus Education Group is sponsoring the “Social Technology and Education Conference”,
August 14th @ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
August 2nd, 2009
NACUBO and ACE are hosting a higher education policy webinar at 2 pm EDT on Friday, August 7, 2009. Featured guests include Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Under Secretary Martha Kanter, and Deputy Under Secretary Robert Shireman. The group plans to focus on the Obama Administration’s higher education agenda, and will allow for a Q&A session. If you are interested in participating in this special opportunity, you must register for the event beforehand.
Secretary Arne Duncan Participates in Higher Education Policy Webinar on August 2009 Read More »
June 26, 2009
Providing further evidence of the tremendous opportunity to use technology to improve teaching and learning, the U.S. Department of Education today released an analysis of controlled studies comparing online and face-to-face instruction.
U.S. Department of Ed Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology Read More »
Friday, July 24th, 2009
To every governor who aspires to be his state’s “education governor,” this is your moment. Today, President Obama is to announce the draft guidelines for applying for the $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund — by far the largest pot of discretionary funding for K-12 education reform in the history of the United States.
Evaluation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program: Final Report (2009). This study collected information about educational technology practices related to the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. The report is structured around the EETT program objectives and specific performance measures developed by the Department to meet the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. The program objectives and performance measures focus on teachers’ and students’ access to technology, technology-related professional development, technology integration, and student technology literacy. The study collected data from nationally representative samples of states, districts and teachers between school years 2002-03 and 2006-07.
Evaluation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program: Final Report Read More »
July 19th
Recent listing of all press releases on funds distributed to state agencies for Education Reform and to Save Teaching jobs.
April 5th, 2009
On April 1, 2009, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This funding will lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announces $44B Read More »
February 17, 2009
With the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009 the Gilfus Education Group is dedicated to providing the latest news on how this will affect the Health and Education industry. Here you will find a collection of the most pertinent information from the Act as it relates to research operations.
January 5th, 2008
Stephen Gilfus, a founder of Blackobard inc, serial entrepreneur, and a well known figure in the eLearning industry, today, announced the formation of the Gilfus Education Group, an organization focused on providing independent consulting, implementation and research services to educational institutions, industry investors and the educational companies that serve them.
The internet is not a private network. If you put pictures up from that sorority or fraternity party, people will see them. Actually, I say that because I think one of the biggest challenges and mistakes people make is they put too much of their personal lives online and one of the companies I’m involved in is a company that is around employing students and you’d be incredibly surprised how many students apply for a job and how many employers look on Facebook and go no frickin’ way because students don’t have a real comprehension and that generational
Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 – Panel – Using Social Networking in Building an Entrepreneurial Venture. This panel discussion is from the 2009 Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration event. This discussion was entitled, “Using Social Networking in Building an Entrepreneurial Venture”. Panelists included: Kirsten Barker, President and Co-Founder of Prendismo; Jay Fluegel, VP of Product Management
Looking for Educational Dashboards for Higher Ed or K12? the Gilfus Education Group provides capabilities to education organizations through Academic Analytics and Gilfus Analytics. Every kind of organization now employs a digital dashboard to keep track of the way the company is functioning and also in order to be able to plan for the future.
Implementing an academic analytics strategy holds the potential for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of programs and activities across campus. Such an undertaking, however, would not come without cost. Process reviews, increases in staffing, new training offerings, expanded communications, and software purchases to implement an academic analytics strategy will require resources.
Academic Analytics – Minnesota Commits to a Strategy Read More »
July 6, 2009
While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative side of the house has been almost entirely corporate. While some colleges use home-grown systems, the norm has been to use any of a number of vendors for systems that allow colleges to manage and report on budgets, billing and many other functions crucial to running a college. These administrative software systems cost millions of dollars to install and manage, and any malfunctions can be hugely frustrating to institutions.
May 7th, 2009
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity— it is a pre-requisite. The countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow.
—President Barack Obama, Feb. 24, 2009
May 1st, 2009
Gilfus Education Group attends First Annual Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009. Leading independent investment bank Berkery Noyes and Stanford University today announced the featured speakers at the inaugural Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009 .
April 22nd 2009
Despite education representing the second largest U.S. economic sector, entrepreneurs in the education market grapple with the gap between funding for nascent ventures and that available to later-stage businesses. In an attempt to reverse this trend, leading independent investment bank Berkery Noyes and Stanford University today announced the Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009, an inaugural meeting designed to connect early-stage capital with transformative education sector trends and innovative early-stage education companies. The Summit is scheduled for May 29, 2009 at the Schwab Center on the Stanford University campus.
First Annual Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009 Launches in May 2009 Read More »
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Stanford, CA (April 22, 2009) Despite education representing the second largest U.S. economic sector, entrepreneurs in the education market grapple with the gap between funding for nascent ventures and that available to later-stage businesses. In an attempt to reverse this trend, leading independent investment bank Berkery Noyes and Stanford University today announced the Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009
First Annual Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009 Launches in May Read More »
Liferay Portal has proved itself as the world’s leading open source portal platform in open source web development. Because of its reliability, cost effectiveness and capability to support the development of innovative internet-based applications, Liferay portal is increasingly being used globally across industries for their most challenging information technologyneeds. Liferay Portal is the only open source
The Race to the Top Fund provides competitive grants to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform.
Race to the Top Fund competitive grants for education innovation and reform. Read More »
The social learning theory proposed by Albert Bandura has become perhaps the most influential theory of learning and development. While rooted in many of the basic concepts of traditional learning theory, Bandura believed that direct reinforcement could not account for all types of learning.
Social Learning Theory – An Overview of Bandura’s Social Learning Theory Read More »
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Today Stephen Gilfus of the Gilfus Education Group presented to a select panel of Venture Capitalists in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto) on the state of the education industry. Participants included individuals from Accel partners, Institutional venture Partners and several others.
March 1st, 2009
Created for the enterprise, Liferay Portal provides a virtual space where you can centralize, share and collaborate. Built with the end user in mind, Liferay Portal’s award winning user interface is easy enough to master by even the least technical of users.
Campus EAI – CEAI uses LifeRay Open Source Portal Solution Read More »
Gilfus Education Group develops Global Synergies for international education institutions and 21st century capabilities.. “Over the last few months we have seen increased collaboration in international and Global Collaboration.” said Stephen Gilfus, President and CEO of the Gilfus Education Group. “Over the last few months we have met with delegations from Australia, Egypt, India, Albania
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) (“FERPA”) imposes various requirements on educational institutions regarding the privacy of personally identifiable information contained in education records of students. On December 9, 2008, the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) published final rules amending the regulations that implement FERPA. Originally proposed
Department of Education Issues Final Regulations Amending FERPA Read More »
Dec 17th, 2008
This letter is to inform you that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) final regulations were published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2008. As you know, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) announcing proposed changes in the Federal Register on March 24, 2008
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Final Regulations Read More »
December 17th, 2008
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Read More »
Sept. 10th 2008
Open source software encourages learning, the exchange of knowledge and information, and project improvements that rely as much on its users, and its developers’ colleagues, as it does the developer. It’s not unlike education. Ideally, learning is a continuous cycle of taking in, processing, and giving back, with modifications.
Open Source Course Management Systems Get a Shot at Tenure Read More »
Monday, June 09, 2008
Have you been looking for a free hosted LMS or CMS to teach a course? Have you ever wanted to teach a little something online, even make a few bucks? It has been some time since I’ve searched for free course management systems and mostly I was familiar with those that have to be installed on a server (Moodle, ATutor, Sakai). I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon a growing number of applications that are hosted online.
May 6th, 2008
As corporate and government organizations embrace the Web for delivering more education and training programs, a wealth of free and open source e-learning applications will help lower the barrier to entry. TechWorld looks at the options.
In January 2008, Ed Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. This commits the university to creating a comprehensive action plan to move toward climate neutrality. Even before “sustainability” became one of the university’s overall goals, Information Services (IS) had already established a sustainability program through reusing (redeploying) and recycling computers. In line with this goal, the IS department at the university seeks to reduce costs and increase efficiency, with a special sensitivity for the environmental impact of the e-waste generated on campus.
Education Asset Management and Green Sustainability at the University of Richmond Read More »
December 15th 2007
Stephen Gilfus announced today that he will be leaving Blackboard Inc. at the beginning of the new Year in January 2008 to become an independent industry consultant. “Over the last decade I have had the opportunity to serve thousands of institutions with their educational technology needs through my involvement with Blackboard”, said Gilfus, “I am excited that I can now provide an independent perspective on many of the industries past developments while providing extended capabilites to academic insitutitons through agnostic decision making.”
January 08
Elliott Masie interviews the CEO of these key Learning Systems companies on 4 key questions:
Learning Management Systems Podcasts from Learning Systems ’08 Read More »
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Gilfus Education Group UPortal consulting services help in advising institutions on how to take full advantage of uPortal to meet their business objectives.
Our Sakai consulting services and expertise includes custom development and integration with campus portals, collaboration, learning, calendaring, and e-mail technologies in addition to othe LMS, ERP and Content Management systems.
With help from our experienced education consultants, you can assess your educational needs, quantify your desired results, and leverage direct assistance to achieve your goals. We work with customers of all sizes and industries to provide expert guidance, regardless of what solution you’ve implemented.
the Gilfus Education Group can help you assess options and put the right solution in place based on your budget, goals, software and infrastructure. We’ll get your PeopleSoft applications running quickly and smoothly, with an emphasis on and long-term maintainability…and on what’s affordable for you.
Our Liferay professional services consultants work alongside your team to create customized solutions that address every aspect of the application lifecycle for Liferay Implementations.
Contact the Gilfus Education Group to learn more on Moodle Consulting: Contact Us Moodle is what we do at and we have a wealth of expertise to help you get the most out of Moodle. We’ve been working with Moodle for a long time, if there’s something that we can’t provide from within our own
Capture the full value your Blackboard Learn™ implementation by leveraging the expertise of our Blackboard Consulting.
Dec 23,2007
* With about 1 in 4 Americans enrolled in educational institutions, educational services is the second largest industry, accounting for about 13.3 million jobs.
* Most teaching positions, which constitute almost half of all educational services jobs, require at least a bachelor’s degree, and some require a master’s or doctoral degree.
* Retirements in a number of education professions will create many job openings.
Buruea of labor Statistics: Career Guide to Industries: Educational Services Read More »
A brief history of Blackboard.
Blackboard LLC was founded in 1997 by two education advisors, Matthew Pittinsky and Michael Chasen, as a consulting firm to provide technical standards for online learning applications. Blackboard LLC was contracted to the IMS Global Learning Consortium, a worldwide non-profit organization within the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of Educause. Blackboard’s vision was to provide a user-friendly means by which college professors could put course information, including syllabi, reference sites, and study guides, on the Web. In 1998, Blackboard merged with CourseInfo LLC, a course management software provider and startup company at Cornell University by Stephen Gilfus and Dan Cane, and the merged company soon released their first software product for online learning. Blackboard’s continued growth and the expanding public profile was driven by acquisitions.
History of Blackboard and the Blackboard Learning System Read More »
August 9, 2007
The world market for e-learning is expected to exceed $52.6 billion by 2010, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts.
Worldwide E-Learning To Draw Nearly $53 Billion By 2010 Read More »
Blackboard portfolio of products are termed the Networked Transaction Environment (NTE) and the Networked Learning Environment (NLE). [2,3] The NTE product is the Blackboard Commerce Suite which contains the Blackboard Transaction System, the Blackboard Community System and Bb One.
Networked Learning Environment – THE BLACKBOARD LEARNING SYSTEM – and Blackboard History Read More »
Enterprise applications come out of the back office to manage everything from business operations to student lifecycle relations. WHEN IT COMES TO ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. Just ask John Southard, chief technology officer for New York Law School.
Still paying back loans for college after all these years? Maybe you think the taxes you pay for public schools just aren’t giving your children high quality education. Whether if it’s been ages since you’ve been in a classroom or are still in school, you should know Blackboard Inc. (BBBB) is moving education into the
CourseInfo LLC CourseInfo, one of the two companies forming Blackboard Inc. was founded in 1997 by Dan Cane and Stephen Gilfus while at Cornell University. They joined together to officially form the partnership known as CourseInfo and developed the company into a small course management software provider. The product at the time was called the
A two-day symposium on Action Analytics was held in St. Paul on September 22-23, 2009. I took lots of notes via Twitter. I’ll copy and paste several of those tweets from day one and call it a blog post. Twitter hashtag #ActionAnalytics Symposium begins in 1 hour. First up: “Why action analytics for higher education?”
September 15, 2006
Learning Management Systems have emerged from an auxiliary role to a critical one in higher education. Current college students are technologically savvy and demand their faculty to use technology and Learning Management Systems.
Overview of Open Source Learning Management Systems Read More »
Purdue’s academic analytics correlate data from the course management and student information systems, to create predictive models that can support student retention strategies. IN A PROJECT begun in 2005, researchers at Purdue University (IN) are developing models to predict academic success: academic analytics that will eventually be used to create interventions for at-risk students. Their
Academic Analytics – Data Mining for Academic Success Read More »
Lifelong Learning is transforming higher education. With the rapid transformation of today’s economy and the requirement to keep skills current, the needs of lifelong learners have drastically changed. In response, higher education institutions must transform their processes and information systems to more effectively engage these learners in order to grow their programs and generate new revenues. Success
Lifelong Learning is transforming higher education. Read More »
December 16th, 2004
A robust list of java based Open Source Learning management Systems – By Carlos Perez at https://www.manageability.org/
Open Source Learning Management Systems (LMS) Written in Java Read More »
October 24th,2004
“E-learning is going to disappear as a [distinct] concept,” predicts Matthew Pittinsky, chairman of Blackboard Inc., whose course-management and other software served 15,000 students in 1998 and six years later reaches 12 million in 50 countries.
Bricks and Clicks – Brandon Hall and Elliot Maisie Read More »
October 1st, 2004
A Networked Learning Environment in the Internet age applies new technology to a very old con-cept—that learning is much more than classes and grades. It is about the learning that takes place in a vibrant community of people and resources. The Internet has removed the limits of time and proximity that once restricted this community. In a true Networked Learning Environment, any student, instructor or researcher can access any learning resource at anytime from anyplace.
October 1st 2004
Once again, technology potentially comes to the rescue with the Course Management System (CMS). A CMS or course management system is Internet-based software that manages student enrollment, tracks student performance, and creates and distributes course content. In this way, the Course Management System enables teachers to extend the classroom beyond its traditional boundaries of time and space.
Course Management Systems and the Reinvention of Instruction Read More »
September 15th,2004
The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments. This purpose can be accomplished by —
Title I — Improving The Academic Achievement Of The Disadvantaged Read More »
August 12th, 2004
You may read the original article at the NACADA web site. The following article will outline the disclosure requirements in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). First, I will define the educational records that are covered under FERPA, and set out the types of records that are not considered educational records.
JULY 20, 2004
Blackboard (BBBB ) entered the market on June 18 at $14 a share, then rose to $23.38 and finally closed the day at $20.01. With 5.5 million offered shares, representing 21.5% of the company, Blackboard raked in $77 million. IPO analyst Tom Taulli liked what he saw: “This IPO seemed to excite investors, and they seemed to go ahead and jump on the bandwagon,” he says.
April 23rd, 2004
The Gilfus model, based on Blackboard adoption in over 2000 institutions, is interesting as it attempts to define the emergence of a new curriculum paradigm. Teachers can be switched on to using ICT for a number of reasons but let’s not forget that a key catalyst to eLearning will be students themselves and their expectations that the technologies they take for granted in their everyday lives (instant messaging, mobile devices etc) should be available for them as learners.
Educational Technology Framework – (Gilfus Model) Read More »
‘Champions’, ‘pioneers’ .. the words convey something of the frontier spirit that has symbolised the growth of eLearning. In the UK the government’s ‘Information and Learning Technology (ILT) champions initiative proved very successful in raising the awareness of the role that ICT could play in teaching and learning. This work is being further developed by
Benchmarking Blackboard – From Champions To Transformers Read More »
May 7, 2003
A Blackboard client since 2000, NDU has consistently delivered innovative online education programs using the Blackboard platform. In late 2001, Blackboard and NDU developed a SCORM 1.2 compliant Building Block enabling the Blackboard Learning SystemTM to support educational content developed to this important industry standard.
National Defense University Recognized for Standards Based e-Education Initiative Read More »
September 18th, 2002
The Blackboard SCORM 1.2 Building Block was developed in collaboration with the National Defense University (NDU) and the ADL Co-Lab. The available technology allows the Blackboard Learning System to support educational content developed to the SCORM 1.2 specification. The National Defense University will be the first educational institution to deploy the new Building Block in support of SCORM developed content.
Blackboard Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Government e-Education Market Read More »
June 14th, 2002
As e-Education becomes an increasingly greater part of the fabric of educational institutions, interoperability of course components and content are crucial to decision-making, development and deployment. Industry standards impact total cost of ownership, usability/upgradeability, modularity, multi-vendor support and interoperability.
Blackboard Extends SCORM support with Building Blocks Read More »
October 29th, 2001
For academic institutions, the Building Blocks program addresses an oft-repeated request by clients who wish to extend Blackboard teaching, learning and commerce systems to meet the specific needs of their faculty, student and administrators.
4/24/2001 , Washington, D.C. – Microsoft Corp. and Blackboard Inc., the leading Internet infrastructure software company for e-education, today announced a global alliance to redefine and simplify the e-learning experience for students and faculty in higher education. Students and faculty using Blackboard~s learning platform, built on Microsoft® .NET technologies, will be able to more easily
November 3rd, 2000
Read the white Paper written by company co-founders Stephen Gilfus and Matthew Pittinsky. B2 is Blackboard’s roadmap for achieving an e-Learning platform whose ultimate value is not only in the learning tools it provides, such as discussion boards and quiz generators, but also in bringing to market a widely-supported technology foundation for assembling the best Blackboard-enabled tools and content by or for a particular instructor at a particular institution.
Blackboard Announces Blackboard “Building Blocks” Read More »
Get detailed information on Blackboard Inc. (BBBB) including quote performance, Real-Time ECN, technical chart analysis, key stats, insider transactions, and the latest company headlines. TechRadium Enteres Into Cross-License Notification Patents Deal With Blackboard – Quick Facts – RTT News 08/11/2009 2:30PM TechRadium Reaches Agreement With Blackboard Inc. to Cross-License Notification Patents – PR Newswire
June 31st, 2000
Peter Jovanovich, Chief Executive of Pearson Education, said, “Our goal is to respond to the rapidly growing but highly individualized online learning needs of the education community, and to make our company the leading global distributor of Internet-delivered educational content and services.”
Pearson and Blackboard Collaborate on Customized Software Platform for Publisher’s Read More »
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 25, 2000 Blackboard received the honor for its innovation in helping colleges and universities worldwide harness the power of the Internet for teaching and learning. “The Laureates in this year’s Collection are extending the boundaries of technology in some very exciting ways that are bringing about tangible benefits to society in so many
Authors: Ellen R. Cohn, University of Pittsburgh. Gary P. Stoehr, University of Pittsburgh Abstract Course management web-based software packages such as CourseInfo, (www.blackboard.net) promise benefits for institutions, instructors, and their students in the form of cost savings, (e.g., reduced departmental copying of handouts) and administrative efficiency, (e.g., the electronic “posting” of student grades). Course management
January 2nd, 2000
Higher education is experiencing a growing demand for access to technology-mediated or “online” learning. Reduced costs and increased functionality are allowing more and more academic decision makers to justify technology-mediated learning initiatives. One of the fastest growing areas in the technology-mediated educational arena is the use of the Internet by colleges and universities to supplement face-to-face courses with online components and to deliver some courses completely online.
Bio of Stephen Gilfus former founder of Blackboard Inc. now head of Gilfus Education Group As a Blackboard co-founder in 1997, Stephen guided the original vision, business strategy, product development and sales and marketing efforts for the company, providing value to Blackboard clients such as Yale University Medical School, Cornell University and the University of
May 18,1999
Stephen Gilfus, company co-founder and VP of Marketing and Sales and Head of Product Strategy and Development at Blackboard will discuss the CourseInfo package recently purchased by Maricopa and discuss features of their new enterprise product, Campus.
Stephen Gilfus Blackboard Founder to Present at Maricopa Community College System Read More »
Blackboard Campus is based on open, scalable technologies and reflects Blackboard’s design work with the Educause IMS standards project.
Blackboard Inc. today announced that more than 75 colleges and universities 2/4/1999 , Washington, D.C. – Blackboard Inc. today announced that more than 75 colleges and universities have selected Blackboard CourseInfo, developed at Cornell University, course management system to add an online component to their curriculum. Leading institutions such as Arizona State University, University of
January 21st,1999
The Faculty Focus Group consisted of 8 on-campus faculty members and 1 distant faculty member. The skill level ranged from advanced (current CMS users) to beginner (as in basic computer). We loaded demo copies of the software on our server and took the group through the process of creating the course with mock files and media. We spent two 4 hour days on each package.
University Tenessee Knoxville Shares Opinion on CMS Read More »
Publication: Business Wire Date: Tuesday, December 8 1998 SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 1998–IMS, a coalition of corporate, academic and government organizations dedicated to growing a robust distributed learning market through widespread adoption of standards for learning content and systems, today announced that it has obtained investment support from two additional countries-further broadening the reach of IMS’s
May 14th,1998
“Few people know IMS better than Blackboard” stated Michael Pettit, Blackboard’s Chief Systems Architect. “We think IMS will quickly become a viable architecture on which to build on-line education related systems, and a strong competitive advantage for Blackboard’s product line.”
Blackboard Announces Development of IMS-based Course Delivery Tools Read More »
4/29/1998 , Washington, D.C. – Blackboard Inc. today announced a major internal development effort to launch a full line of software products that will help university faculty deliver courses over the World Wide Web. The products are based on CourseInfo, a leading web-based course management system, and will utilize technologies developed by Blackboard on behalf
Blackboard Announces Development of IMS-based Course Delivery Tools Read More »
“Blackboard’s upcoming merger with CourseInfo gives us a fantastic opportunity to provide higher education with a web-based course management system that leverages our work with the Educom Instructional Management Systems project” said Blackboard Chairman and CEO Matthew Pittinsky. “As the primary technical contractor to IMS, Blackboard has long been a supporter of open standards for Internet-based education. All Blackboard products will be based on IMS in the short term and fully IMS compliant as the standard evolves.”
April 29th, 1998
Recent CourseInfo clients also include the Ithaca Unified School District and University of Pittsburgh, according to Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus who will also be joining Blackboard’s Board of Directors and Management Team pending the successful completion of a Blackboard/CourseInfo merger.
Febraury 10th, 1998
Please let me introduce myself, my name is Stephen Gilfus and I am Vice president and co-founder for a Web Course > Development Company called CourseInfo. CourseInfo has created an educational tool, Interactive Learning >Network, that allows instructors to manage course materials and students on-line without having to know HTML.
Business Description: Blackboard Inc. has developed sophisticated, proprietary technology that allows universities and corporations to host classes and training on the World Wide Web. Customers such as Cornell University, Yale University and the Mortgage Bankers Association use Blackboard’s products to reduce costs in delivering traditional classes and/or reach new markets of learners interested in their
January 1998
CourseInfo, one of the two companies forming Blackboard Inc. was founded in 1997 by Dan Cane and Stephen Gilfus while at Cornell University.
CourseInfo LLC History – Stephen Gilfus and Dan Cane Read More »
December 8th,1997
The idea of a home page for individual professors is scarcely new, nor is the concept of Web pages devoted specifically to individual courses. But the administration at UCLA believes that CLS is the first organization to require home pages for all courses across an entire term’s curriculum. Within that requirement, professors have almost complete freedom in the organization and amount of material in their courses’ home pages.
UCLA Taking A Leading Role In Mandating Cyberlearning Read More »
October 21st, 1997
For professors who have decided to do so, that new industry offers a dizzying array of tools for developing Web courses. Of the dozen or so leading software packages, some require the use of expensive servers and the support of an information-services department, while others are designed to let professors create on-line course materials with little or no support.
Colleges Sort Through Vast Store of Web Course Tools Read More »
October 16th, 1997
CourseInfo employs 11 Cornell undergraduates and one alumnus, making up the company’s three basic departments: finance, product development and sales and marketing. While nine of the employees major in the College of Engineering, three, including Cane, are agricultural, resource and managerial economics majors (ARME) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Senior’s company helps to produce Web pages for college courses Read More »
July 14th, 1997
CourseInfo is a young growing company that has been providing educational technologies to academic institutions for several years. CourseInfo’s initial product “The Teachers ToolBox” was adapted for use at Cornell University and many other institutions in order to evaluate uses of such a product. After months of research and evaluation CourseInfo developed the Interactive Learning Network. The Interactive Learning Network was designed to run on UNIX systems with a version for Win NT dated in the end of ’98 and provides instructors with technologies that allow them to create interactive teaching environments.
Five ERP Models to Know When evaluating future enterprise software directions, keep these four options in mind: TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Leaders: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, SunGard, numerous others Upside: Very reliable, predictable, and scalable Downside: Potentially high acquisition and customization costs; potentially high support costs HOSTED APPLICATIONS Leaders: Oracle, SunGard, Drexel University (Pa.), RightNow Technologies,
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it will hold a second round of public input meetings to listen to and learn from assessment experts and practitioners. To date the department has convened seven meetings in three cities (Boston, Atlanta and Denver). Thirty-seven States joined department leadership and nearly 700 members of the public