Blackboard Blogs

Students Get a Second Chance at Graduation: Voices from K-12

In late September, I blogged about how online credit recovery programs help to increase graduation rates. As I mentioned, online credit recovery addresses different learning styles and paces, and helps students when they need it the most (see Credit Recovery eduviews publication).

Announcing Blackboard Mobile

Below is a letter from Michael Chasen to the client community about the recently announced Blackboard Mobile:

Dear client community,

I'm writing to provide an update on our progress in the mobile realm and to highlight the latest addition to our family of platform solutions, Blackboard Mobile^TM. 

As some of you may remember, back in July we added MobilEdu, a leading suite of campus life applications for mobile devices, to the family of Blackboard solutions. We were also fortunate to bring onboard the team of mobile development experts who built MobilEdu. Together we've been weaving this new solution into our organization and working to flesh out a vision for bringing more parts of the education experience together on the mobile devices we all increasingly rely on. 

Taking Professional Development Online: Voices from K-12

Many districts have begun to leverage online options for professional development to improve teacher effectiveness while controlling costs. Online learning enables districts to provide relevant, flexible and ongoing professional development whenever and wherever teachers need it. And, in some cases, it’s starting to have a real impact.