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Blackboard Launches Facebook Application

Started by Nick O'Neill · 3 months ago

Last year I raved about the potential of a possible Blackboard application. If you don’t already know, Blackboard is the educational tool that is ubiquitous across college institutions within the United States. The company sells a platform which helps educational institutions bui ... Continue reading »

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  • Wow, nice move Blackboard.. with Web CT under them too, this will be a boon for distance education students and teachers.

    But it also has another potential application: getting more working, older adults onto Facebook. How? Because Blackboard/Web Ct is used by millions of working adults doing adult education in hundreds of schools... Smart educators will see a natural link here in communication and smart administrators will see how integrating with social media in this way will help cultivate alumni connections and get them and their students (soon to be graduates) on the right side of the wall.
  • @dbrowell, couldn't agree more. Smart move for both parties and an even bigger win for Higher Education here in the States. Nice!

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