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Understanding the Competitive Landscape for Educational Technology (Technology Focus)

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: September 2007
Product Code: R313-25978
Description
Introduction

In response to increasingly strident demands for external accountability, education institutions are turning to educational technology as a strategy to improve instructional effectiveness.

Scope
  • Identifies the key drivers and inhibitors to the expanded adoption of educational technology
  • Suggests what features institutions will find attractive in LMS and lecture capture solutions
  • Identifies the key market leaders in the LMS and lecture capture solution areas
Highlights

Important factors influence the adoption of education technology.

While relatively mature and widely adopted, online learning continues to evolve.

Lecture capture solutions are an emerging solution area in higher education.

Reasons to Purchase
  • Gain insight into what is driving education institutions to invest in educational technology
  • Understand what solution features and functionality will be most important to education institutions
  • Identify important competitors or potential partners in the LMS and lecture capture solutions market
Table of Contents
DATAMONITOR VIEW
CATALYST
SUMMARY
METHODOLOGY
ANALYSIS
Important factors influence the adoption of educational technology
A complex set of forces drives the uptake of educational technology
There are considerable hurdles to the more substantive adoption of educational technology
The competitive landscape for educational technology represents an appealing opportunity for vendors
While a relatively mature and widely adopted, online learning continues to evolve
Online learning is supported by a diverse set of applications
LMS solutions are increasingly used as powerful pedagogical tools
Portfolios in LMS solutions
Performance reporting
A few players dominate the competitive landscape for LMS solutions
ANGEL Learning
Blackboard
Desire2Learn
eCollege
Open source applications are an important alternative to commercial solutions
Lecture capture applications are an emerging solution area in higher education
Lecture capture solutions offer a pedagogically attractive extension to traditional and online courses
Students use lecture capture solutions in potentially unexpected ways
There are few obstacles to the more widespread adoption of lecture capture solutions
Innovative vendors are taking an early lead in the higher education market
Anystream
Lectopia
Sonic Foundry
Tegrity
ACTIONS
The competitive landscape is not monolithic and considerable opportunities remain
Reporting and analytics functionality represents an attractive area for growth
Lecture capture solutions will become an important extension of the LMS
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