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Blackboard’s product strategy has moved from that of a course management platform to a suite of integrated, enterprise systems that span a range of institution-wide services from communications to ecommerce. And Blackboard leadership--including Blackboard Learn CEO Ray Henderson--has placed a new emphasis on client support and openness. Trent Batson spoke with Henderson about the company’s new direction. More
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The Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning will hold its 2011 annual conference July 25-28, co-located with Campus Technology 2011 in Boston. A Call For Proposals for the AAEEBL event is open through Jan. 28. MoreResearchers at the University of California, San Diego said they're planning to broaden their research after they provided evidence earlier this month that Web sites and the advertisers on them can easily retain a history of the other sites you've recently visited--without your permission. MoreAlthough room scheduling software in use at colleges and universities typically provides the ability for people to reserve space for their events on campus, only a third of them use a Web-based service to do so, the same percentage as those who call in their reservations. MoreA Missouri company is looking to crack into the education market with a "social learning platform" that lets students search for academic resources and interact, collaborate, and share with each other outside of traditional learning management systems. The University of Missouri is piloting the use of Xplana from MBS Service Co. More
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