Blackboard Blogs

Gaming and Narration: Fact or Fiction?

 
From Chris Bigenho, Director of Educational Technology, Greenhill School and Rhonda Blackburn, PhD, Associate Provost, Educational Enhancement, The University of Texas at Dallas

It is hard to believe that BbWorld ‘09 is next week. Rhonda and I are both excited about what this year will have to offer. We have been attending these conferences for several years now and each year brings new ideas and possibilities. While I am always interested in learning about the direction of the Blackboard platforms, I personally enjoy making connections with other educators who are looking at creative and powerful ways of changing the face of learning and making teaching and learning more relevant.

A Method to Our Madness

From David Robinson, LMS Administrator - Georgia Gwinnett College

What were we thinking? Why would a brand new college in the throes of creating a college culture, constructing a campus, and preparing for accreditation decide to pilot a still-in-beta product with live courses in an untested integration? When I put it that way, maybe we are crazy, or maybe as was said of Hamlet, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.”

Cost-Saving ECM Advice from the Experts

From Jim Till, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing at Xythos

Jim Till, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing at Xythos (a Blackboard Company) has spent the last 15 years working together with customers and partners in the content management, collaboration and data storage areas. Last year, Jim began blogging about his work at Just Sharing, which is an entertaining and insightful read on key trends and developments in enterprise content management (ECM), collaboration, Software as a Service (SaaS) and online storage and security.