By Michael Feldstein. In my first post-BbWorld blog post, I noted that the international market is hugely important for Blackboard and Moodle is hugely important for their international strategy. Nearly a quarter of the company’s revenue and much of their growth comes from their international business, where they seem to be way ahead of their main North American competition in many countries. Learn has some really large contracts—whole country contracts, in some cases—but Moodle has a lot of smaller contracts. In some countries, you just can’t get traction in the LMS space unless you have a Moodle offering. In my post, I predicted that we would see continuing investments in Moodle, based on what we heard from senior management. More...
Lessons From a For-Profit: SWOT Analyses
By Terry Rawls - Evolllution. In this series we’re exploring the lessons that traditional institutions and successful for-profit institutions can share with each other. I’ve had a few requests to take a closer look at a common tool called a SWOT, to see how it can be used in higher education. So here we go. More...