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International growth of Online program management (OPM)
The Online program management (OPM) market is growing in terms of the number of institutions using OPM providers and in the number of providers. The market is also showing signs of consolidation as the providers figure out how to position themselves in this competitive landscape. What we don’t hear much about is the international trend ... International growth of Online program management (OPM) Read More
Canada’s Higher Education Institutions are Moving to the Cloud
With last week’s announcement of Oracle setting up its own Canadian cloud service -this, following in the footsteps of Google (2018), AWS (2017), Azure (2016) and IBM (2015), it got me thinking how Canadian colleges and Universities have progressed in terms of moving their systems to the cloud. In the past, we have heard stories ... Canada’s Higher Education Institutions are Moving to the Cloud Read More
Contrasting LMS Adoption Patterns in Four English-Speaking Countries
The article is cross-posted at e-Literate One of the trends we have been covering is the gradual consolidation of global LMS markets in higher education around “the Big Four”, Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, and D2L Brightspace. While there are marked similarities in terms of this consolidation along with the broader move to the cloud, it would be ... Contrasting LMS Adoption Patterns in Four English-Speaking Countries Read More
Small Institutions are First to Move to Cloud-Based SIS
The article is Cross-posted at Moran Technology Consulting By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH In previous posts, I’ve discussed that the downward trend in new SIS implementations. We’ve also examined how the institutions that are implementing new SIS products are largely moving to cloud-based systems. In this ... Small Institutions are First to Move to Cloud-Based SIS Read More
Data Centers? We don’t need no stinking data centers!
The article is Cross-posted at Moran Technology Consulting By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH In a previous blog post, we discussed a multi-year downward trend of new Student Information System (SIS) implementations. Despite this downtrend, there are still many institutions upgrading and buying new SIS suites. In ... Data Centers? We don’t need no stinking data centers! Read More
Who implements ePortfolios?
An electronic portfolio (also called eportfolio, e-portfolio, digital portfolio, or online portfolio) is a collection of electronic documents assembled and managed by a user. At LISTedTECH, we just started to follow e-Portfolios. Today, we present you with some interesting data about this new group of systems. We divided institutions by enrollment size in order to create ... Who implements ePortfolios? Read More
Current Trends in the Higher Ed SIS Market 2010 – 2018
The article is Cross-posted at Moran Technology Consulting By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH Key points: New Student Information System (SIS) implementations have been plummeting since 2011 Small to medium-sized institutions with less than 10,000 students are more likely than larger institutions to install a new product ... Current Trends in the Higher Ed SIS Market 2010 – 2018 Read More
Grants Systems Part 2
Our post on grant management systems from a few weeks ago generated a lot of interest. Software companies selling grant systems not only confirmed our findings but also told us that our estimated 19% of them being homegrown is probably too low a number. The reason cited is that we have been counting financial add-ons ... Grants Systems Part 2 Read More
1 in 5 Grant Management Systems are Homegrown
Why would an institution choose to build a homegrown system? And why would that answer be different for one specific product within the realm of higher education systems? Let’s delve into that conundrum for a moment. So a need is established within the institution which the latter wishes to address. It is deemed essential enough ... 1 in 5 Grant Management Systems are Homegrown Read More
LMS Coverage – Two-year anniversary!!!
We have been offering the LMS Subscription with the e-Literate team for almost two years. We initially started covering the North American market, expanded with Europe and Oceania markets and will soon release the Latin America market report. We are constantly expanding our coverage and we are proud of it. We hit a small milestone last week having accumulated the data of over ... LMS Coverage – Two-year anniversary!!! Read More
