Blackboard Launches Instant Messaging in Blackboard Learn
Today, Blackboard announced an exciting new development: education-focused instant messaging within the Blackboard Learn platform and now available to the entire Blackboard client community. Through a new partnership with Wimba Inc., educators and learners at any of the education, government and professional organizations working with Blackboard worldwide can use instant messaging to enhance their teaching and learning experience safely and securely within Blackboard Learn.
What are peoples thoughts to this???? Should we allow this on our courses?
Friday 3 April 2009
Thursday 26 March 2009
Blackboard Release 9 - Due September
A major upgrade to Blackboard software is Blackboard Learn Release 9. Release 9 is built around an improved user interface and a Web 2.0 environment including social and collaborative learning tools such as blogs, notification features, and supports new opportunities to sync Blackboard course information with external online sites like Facebook and mobile devices like the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Look for the new Blackboard Learn 9 beginningThis version will be available in Hartlepool College from September, training for new version will commence May 2009, for details email chayton@hartlepoolfe.ac.uk
CourseFeed + Facebook = Social Learning
Students go to class to both socialise and learn. CourseFeed combines actual learning content from leading learning management systems with the leading social network - Facebook. CourseFeed introduces learning content into the already thriving social network making time on Facebook productive. Students love CourseFeed because they get instantly informed of all new course work via email alerts and a news feed. CourseFeed not only closes the communication gap between students and instructors, it makes learning social by providing classmates a way to connect, interact, and collaborate.
email me if you would like to trial your Blackboard course chayton@hartlepoolfe.ac.uk
For more information go to http://www.coursefeed.com/
Blackboard Sync
Blackboard Learn for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch is an application that lets users receive notifications of changes and updates to their Blackboard courses and organizations in their iPhone or iPod touch mobile device. These include updates on new Assignments, Course Content, Study Group updates, Community Discussions, even Grades. Currently this application is only available in English and is available for download through the Apple iTunes App Store as of March 26, 2009.
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