Analyst Report on Edublogs
An ETEC 522 Assignment* by Dan Tinaburri
Edublogs is an educational blogging platform powered by WordPress, the open source software that powers much of the Internet's blogs. As the current leader in educational blogging, Edublogs offers teachers and students a robust blogging platform, the tools they need to create a secure and authentic blogging / learning environment, and unparalleled customer support.
Based in Australia, Edublogs is a project run by Incsub, a company actively involved in WordPress plugin and theme development. Since 2005, Edublogs has become the world's largest educational blogging network (Edublogs, n.d.) powering some 4.48 million blogs and the second largest WordPress site in the world (Incsub, n.d.). |
Market Analysis
Educational blogging is a fast growing segment of the educational technology market.
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Competitive Advantages
Edublogs is the leading educational blogging platform in the marketplace.
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Recommendation
Blogging has become an accepted and mature technology. Educational blogging is poised to do the same.
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* This is an analytical assignment for ETEC 522, a course in UBC's MET program.