Learning Management Systems
The UK LMS Market is Changing
Since the early 2000s, the learning management system market has fast evolved everywhere in the world. When looking at the historical LMS implementations in Canada, we notice that this product category has seen the dominance of a Canadian company (WebCT) for almost the first decade of the century. Despite having several LMS companies from the ... The UK LMS Market is Changing Read More
Cyber Attack Towards Blackbaud: Class Actions Have Been Filed
Over the course of May, June, and July 2020, Blackbaud suffered a ransomware cyber-attack. At this time, the hacker was able to access personal information in the company database: names, titles, gender, dates of birth, student numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses as well as LinkedIn profile URLs. From what the company has said, the ... Cyber Attack Towards Blackbaud: Class Actions Have Been Filed Read More
Evolution of Cloud Hosting in Education
The evolution of cloud hosting as a percentage of total active implementations.
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Preview of our Data
The two most common questions we get are ‘How Do You Get Your Data?’ and ‘How Much Data Do You Have?’. The answer to the first question can be found after the graph. To help answer the second question, we have created a new dashboard that contains most of the product categories in our database. ... Preview of our Data Read More
The Most Common Pairings of Systems Used in Higher Education
Ever wonder what types of technology are used together? I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the most common pairings of systems used by higher education institutions. To do so, I examined tech stacks, defined as the set of technologies an institution has implemented, and is using it simultaneously. The graph ... The Most Common Pairings of Systems Used in Higher Education Read More
Are Cooperative Contracts Being Used by its Members?
In January, I was invited to NJEdge’s Conference to be part of a group discussion. It was a fun conference with great people. One of the discussions was surrounding NJEdge’s negotiated contract agreements for educational products. Being curious, I wondered how many members were using these negotiated or preferred pricing? This got me thinking about all ... Are Cooperative Contracts Being Used by its Members? Read More
How Canadian HigherEd Moved to Distance Learning
In just under three weeks, almost all Canadian institutions have decided to select distance learning as their unique mode of delivery
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Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Year-End 2019 Edition
We believe the market is entering a new phase, with new competitive dynamics.
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