K-12 Teacher Explains what a Virtual Classroom Really Looks Like
31 Mar 2011 6:16pm GMT To reach the original blog posting by Lucy Hammel, click hereby Lucky HammelWhen I tell people that I am a teacher, or more specifically, an online teacher, I am often asked, “What does that look like?” or “How does that work?”Most people, teachers included, have a difficult time imagining how a teacher interacts with his or her students in cyber space. Three years ago, I too had trouble envisioning this process. Today, however, planning and teaching an online session...
University of Georgia Uses Bb Collaborate to Connect Students with Experts Worldwide
31 Mar 2011 6:12pm GMT To read the original press release by the University of Georgia Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS), click here Online program in food technology connects students with experts worldwideATHENS, Ga.— After a day in the food industry, perhaps as a food inspector, you get home in plenty of time to prepare for your evening class. Tonight you will be hearing a lecture from a food technology expert in England, or maybe China …...
Friday March 11 is Deadline for Call For Presentations for Connections Summit 2011
4 Mar 2011 6:08pm GMT The deadline for the Call For Presentations for Blackboard Collaborate Connections Summit 2011 is Friday March 11. Submit your presentation proposals here: http://www.connections-summit.blackboard.com/2011/content.asp?id=1898
Blackboard Helps Keep Learning Going Despite Weather Events, School Closures
15 Feb 2011 5:53pm GMT WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/—Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is helping schools keep teaching and learning going despite weather and pandemic events with collaboration solutions that have kept instructors and learners in touch through school delays and closures. By relying on Blackboard Collaborate(TM) solutions for real time collaboration, conferencing, messaging and more, schools have provided a unified learning experience that keeps communities connected and allows...
Registration Now Open for Blackboard Collaborate Connections Summit 2011
11 Feb 2011 7:39pm GMT Registration is now open for the Blackboard Collaborate™ Connections Summit 2011, our first-ever combined Wimba and Elluminate user conference. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your fellow Collaborati, share best practices, attend informative sessions, and learn more about our next-generation collaboration solution for education. Register here.Register before April 30 and save! * Wimba or Elluminate user conference alumni: $449 ($499 after April...