Desire2Learn Receives $80 Million in Funding


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Submitted by Kate Meersschaert on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 10:46am.

Competing with Blackboard, and founded in 1999, Desire2Learn, combines software-as-a-service (SaaS) learning platform with popular elements of CMS. Do you feel that cloud-based learning platforms are the future of content management in the classroom? Are there other options? What similar platforms are on the market? How do they compare to Desire2Learn?

Interesting features of Desire2Learn include:
-An open API
-Mobile integration
-Learning analytics (modeling and metrics)

Learn more in this TechCrunch article.

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