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SIS and LMS Used in School Districts
Have you ever asked yourself: which SIS is used with a given LMS? When an institution considers replacing its learning management system, it may want to know what is the most implemented LMS with its current SIS. At ListEdTech, this type of question fuels our creativity as we like to better understand the data we ... SIS and LMS Used in School Districts Read More
The Educause Post Got Traction
Last week’s post got lots of coverage. Some bloggers played with the data to build alternative versions of some graphs, while others commented on the post and generated many remarks on reposts. I would like to thank everyone who shared the Educause post or commented on it. It’s good to see that the edtech community ... The Educause Post Got Traction Read More
Details on the K-12 SIS Update
Following our K-12 SIS historical implementation update, we received a few questions and comments that we want to address in this post’s update. This post will help our readers better understand how we created this post and what data was used. One of the questions we got concerns the market share and what it meant. ... Details on the K-12 SIS Update Read More
Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update
This week, it’s Educause annual conference with its second in-person participation after the online-only pandemic year. After the 2021 conference, we wrote about the floor plan possibly reflecting the market trend. Will this year’s floor plan show the same results? Research Methodology I first retrieved all floor plans and exhibitors’ lists since 2012 (except for ... Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update Read More
What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal?
This is a question that I’ve been thinking about for nearly two decades: “What is your institution’s most challenging edtech deal?” Before I created the Student Affairs and Technology blog for Inside Higher Ed, I was blogging. I was a graduate student when I started using WordPress. My posts were frequently about how technology could be ... What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal? Read More
Update on the K-12 LMS Historical Market
In June 2021, we published an update on the K-12 learning management systems. At the time, we had not noticed that some numbers did not adequately represent the market. Having adjusted our scrapers at the end of 2021, we then published an update. This post presents the most recent data we amassed on K-12 LMS ... Update on the K-12 LMS Historical Market Read More
Chatbots in Higher Education are Reaching Millions of Students
It’s not every day that you see a higher ed chatbot company raising $117 million. However, that was announced last week by Ocelot, a texting and chatbot company focusing on higher education. I’ve written a lot about chatbots. In 2016, I wrote a post on chatbot/SMS messaging that featured AdmitHub, now known as Mainstay, and its ... Chatbots in Higher Education are Reaching Millions of Students Read More
Shifting Enrollments in US Colleges During the Pandemic: Going Online
With the late August release of IPEDS enrollment data, we have new, important views into the enrolment shifts that have occurred across US higher education. Specifically, another year of 12-month enrollment data was released- allowing for more segmented measurements of how the impact of the pandemic has been playing out in terms of shifting enrollments ... Shifting Enrollments in US Colleges During the Pandemic: Going Online Read More
itslearning Exits the US Market
Last week, we found a document that said: “During the 2021-2022 school year, itsLearing [sic] announced it was ending service to all of North America.” At first, we were surprised but tried to understand the announcement. We contacted Phil Hill to get his input on the itslearning move. “[I] knew they were exploring options but ... itslearning Exits the US Market Read More
New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live
At ListEdTech, our goal is to help institutions and companies have access to more data to make better decisions. In mid-August of 2022, we made the Portals product category available for HigherEd. Today, we are happy to announce that the K-12 Portal subgroup is now accessible on our portal. Even though we are still working ... New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live Read More
Is ZeeMee the Next Facebook?
It’s been nearly two decades since many of us started using Facebook. Using a social network (or any website) for that amount of time is pretty astonishing. Known collectively as Meta, the world’s most used social network conglomerate now includes Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Workplace. The arc of Facebook’s dominance started off as a ... Is ZeeMee the Next Facebook? Read More
