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> I am suspicious of any of the for-profits being able to sustain a business. Blackboard has been around a long time and seems to do okay. Instructure (makers
by extra88 5y ago
> I am suspicious of any of the for-profits being able to sustain a business.
Blackboard has been around a long time and seems to do okay. Instructure (makers of Canvas) has done very well. Both sell Learning Management Systems (LMSes), not educational content itself. Big textbook publishers, like Pearson, have been managing incorporating online educational materials.
But yeah, don't expect a unicorn to come around and "disrupt" education.
- cbozeman 5y ago> But yeah, don't expect a unicorn to come around and "disrupt" education. The easiest way to get a bright-eyed SV entrepreneur to try to take something on is to tell them, "That industry is non-disruptable."
- whimsicalism 5y agoWell people have been saying that for decades around education, so my intuition is that this represents decades of bright-eyed failure.
- tehjoker 5y agoThe people most in need of education have the least money. Monetize that. Education is a public good that requires social subsidy and personal interaction.
- whimsicalism 5y agoMonetize not having money? Pray tell your easy solution.
- realreality 5y agoCreate some sort of entity that hands out money to people who agree to pay the money back in the future, plus some percentage interest. If anybody figures out how to do this, they could make a lot of profit.
- tehjoker 5y agoThat quip was intended as sardonic. An obvious contradiction.
- whimsicalism 5y agoFair enough - can be hard to tell here, I've learned to not so easily assume a ridiculous comment is made in jest.
- majjgepolja 5y agoBlackboard isn't a good example here. They are mostly discussed for their questionable business practices and shit product.