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What Does It Mean to Deliver a ‘Black College Education’ Online?

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It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans. As an example, she mentions Blackboard, a course management system used at many colleges. None of them speak ‘Black space.’

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

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“It is treated as this extra piece that is not a central part of education,” said Amanda Seewald, president-elect of the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies, a legislative advocacy group. Americans, said Wilson, need a fresh attitude toward language learning.

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Worldwide Library 2.011 Conference - Call for Presentations

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

All sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate/Wimba). You can either be familiar with Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate, and the event platform), or we will have training sessions to help you become familiar if this is something you would like to do.

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Inside a Student’s Hunt for His Own Learning Data

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Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - "Reinventing the Classroom" Online Conference This Week - GlobalEdCon Call for Proposals - RSMiniCon This Weekend

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Never used Blackboard Collaborate before? For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Bev Fine, BrainPOP ESL’s Editorial Director, will be on hand to help you make complex material and vocabulary more accessible to all students. No problem!

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WHAT’S NEW

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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