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A Class You'll Be Excited To Take. #ETMOOC

The Web20Classroom

My entire Masters degree was done online back in 2009 and 2010 and that wasn''t all that traditional at the time. Sessions take place in Blackboard Collaborate and are archived and repeated if you can''t make the time. It''s been a few years since I last took a formal "class." Now it is almost the norm.

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

Ask a Tech Teacher

According to statistics published by Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman, only 4% of the school and education system was interested in cloud computing in 2009. Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

For a long time, arguably Blackboard was one of the major ed-tech villains. Blackboard, however, really upset folks in 2006 when it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its competitor Desire2Learn (D2L), one day after receiving the patent for "Internet-based education support system and methods. But guess who's back?

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

When I started my first edtech business in 1998, our competitor Blackboard had less than 10 employees and customers. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before. OPMs topped the cycle in 2015.

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Michael Fullan on "Motion Leadership" and Significant School System Improvement

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Actually held Thursday, March 28th, 2013 Time : 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Live Tuesday April 9th - Jenifer Fox on a Strengths-Based School

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is the author of the bestselling education book, Your Child''s Strengths (Viking 2008; Penguin, 2009), Stories of Excellence: Case Studies of Exemplary Teaching and Learning with Technology. The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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Thursday Interview - Creating Personal Student Brands

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Thursday, June 7th, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].