Balancing learning management systems with student experience

Nicolaas Matthijs, a vice president at Anthology, joins the Cutting EDge to talk about how the rapidly growing team behind the company's Blackboard Learn Ultra learning management system is working to shape learning experiences through the next generation of the software. Matt Bemis, an associate registrar with the University of Southern California, shares how a years-long partnership with software company CollegeSource benefits the transfer approval process, and the reasoning behind selecting a cloud-based product for the step. In the news this week: Antioch University and Otterbein University are teaming up to form a national system for graduate and career-prep level courses. https://edscoop.com/antioch-otterbein-social-justice-course-catalogue/ The University of Georgia is investing more than $2 million in high-performance computing to support data-heavy work from current researchers and 50 new hires. https://edscoop.com/university-georgia-invests-2m-expand-high-performance-computing-center/ Mobile student ID vendor Transact announced plans to acquire Hangry, which builds apps for campus dining and shopping. https://edscoop.com/hangry-transact-acquisition-campus-tech/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast/