{"id":88200,"date":"2023-08-09T11:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=88200"},"modified":"2023-08-12T22:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T02:41:40","slug":"hill-morgan-wiseman-summarize-instructurecon-anthology-blackboard-d2l-fusion-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/08\/09\/hill-morgan-wiseman-summarize-instructurecon-anthology-blackboard-d2l-fusion-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Hill, Morgan, & Wiseman summarize InstructureCon, Anthology (Blackboard), & D2L Fusion Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"

InstructureCon 23 Conference Notes<\/strong><\/a> — from onedtech.beehiiv.com by Phil Hill<\/p>\n

The company is increasingly emphasizing its portfolio of products built around the Canvas LMS, what they call the Instructure Unified Learning Platform. Perhaps the strongest change in message is the increased emphasis on the\u00a0EdTech Collective, Instructure\u2019s partner ecosystem. In fact, two of the three conference press releases were on the ecosystem – describing the\u00a0850 partners\u00a0as \u201ca larger partner community than any other LMS provider\u201d and\u00a0announcing a partnership\u00a0with Khan Academy with its Khanmigo AI-based tutoring and teaching assistant tool (more on generative AI approach below).<\/p>\n

Anthology Together 23 Conference Notes<\/strong><\/a> — from philhillaa.com by Glenda Morgan<\/p>\n

The Anthology conference, held from July 17-19, marked the second gathering since Blackboard ceased operating as a standalone company and transformed into a brand for a product line.<\/p>\n

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What stood out was not just the number of added features but the extent to which these enhancements were driven by customer input. There has been a noticeable shift in how Anthology listens to clients, which had been a historical weakness for Blackboard. This positive change was emphasized not only by Anthology executives, but more importantly by customers themselves, even during unscripted side conversations.<\/p>\n

D2L Fusion 23 Conference Notes<\/strong><\/a> — from onedtech.beehiiv.com<\/p>\n

D2L is a slow burn company, and in the past eight years in a good way. The company started working on its move to the cloud, tied to its user experience redesign as Brightspace,\u00a0in 2014. Five years later, the company\u2019s LMS was essentially all cloud (with one or two client exceptions). More importantly, D2L Brightspace in this time period became fully competitive with Instructure Canvas, winning head-to-head competitions not just due to specialized features but more broadly in terms of general system usability and intuitive design. That multi-year transformation is significant, particularly for a founder-led company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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