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Why blackboard
1.
2. About
0 Began in 1997 as education technology company
0 By 2001, serving over 1200 clients
0 International offerings, 2005
0 Merges with WebCT in 2006
0 Creation of Blackboard Mobile, 2009
0 Blackboard Mobile Apps downloaded almost 3 million
times by 2011
5. Points to Consider
0 Conferencing
0 Content sharing
0 Hosting
0 Operating system compatibility
0 Windows vs Mac OS vs Mobile computing
6. Conferencing
0 Teleconferencing as a best practice in distance
education
0 Supportive tool for online and hybrid learning
0 Function supported by Blackboard
0 Potential obstacle – accessibility to computer and/or
internet by all users
7. Hosting
0 Decision to host locally or remotely
0 Blackboard allows for either
0 Hosting locally allows for reusability & repository
functions
0 More ideal for content sharing
9. Equivalency
0 As we incorporate distance education into our
offerings, we need to ensure equivalency between
online and traditional learning environments
0 We are not replicating identical environments
0 Blackboard effectively supports traditional, online,
and hybrid learning
10. References
0 http://www.blackboard.com/
0 Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S.
(2012). Teaching and Learning at a Distance,
Foundations of Distance Education (5th ed.). Boston,
MA: Prentice Hall.