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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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Students can communicate peer-to-peer and also engage instructors directly in text, voice, and video, recorded for later access or run immediately in real-time. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

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Britt: In my classes, I’m using strictly a Blackboard LMS and I’m using Twitter, which I felt was a less onerous use of social media for classroom conversations. I have seven-year-olds who are being shown videos of beheadings on YouTube because it wants to engage them and show them more and more extreme things.”.

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How One University is Working to ‘Humanize’ Online Teaching

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For those teaching online courses, professors at California State University at Channel Islands have some advice: don’t be a robot. I was teaching in Blackboard, teaching art history and art appreciation in a text-centered environment. One student made a video of him actually making a little camera obscura.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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Edtech programs that mirror video games were also brought in, building student confidence as learners won badges and advanced through the levels of the adaptive programs. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. We offer bilingual instruction and GED classes.

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Wednesday (Early) + Survey - What Should Students Learn in the 21st Century?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Robotics, Biotech) and describe their impact on jobs and society. Date : Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 Time : 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Creativity and innovation in particular will be explored and contrast man vs machine.

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WHAT’S NEW

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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