Blackboard & Welocalize to offer Globalization Services Customized to the Award Winning Blackboard 5: Learning System.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2002 Development Effort to Support Rapid Adoption by 415 Institutions Responding to the rapid global adoption of its e-Learning software, Blackboard (1) See Blackboard Learning System. (2) The traditional classroom presentation board that is written on with chalk and erased with a felt pad. Although originally black, "white" boards and colored chalks are also used. today announced an expansive partnership with Welocalize to offer globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation services related to the Blackboard 5: Learning System(TM). Focused on further empowering Blackboard's clients, partners and Building Block application developers, the partnership will enhance how e-Education is deployed and offered around the world. This new service offering, that allows educational institutions abroad to tailor the e-Learning process to their local pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic also ped·a·gog·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy. 2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner. approaches, has been created in response to high client demand from Blackboard's growing family of international clients and partners around the world. With over 415 institutions and a growth rate over 200% outside North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Blackboard is responding to increased market demand by working with Welocalize to help clients globalize glob·al·ize tr.v. glob·al·ized, glob·al·iz·ing, glob·al·iz·es To make global or worldwide in scope or application. glob their e-Learning software and offerings. Blackboard has been working with Welocalize for several months and has selected the company as its long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. partner in the full globalization of the Blackboard: Learning System. "Blackboard selected Welocalize because of its excellent reputation and the experience of its core team in providing globalization services to sophisticated software companies offering mission critical systems. We are confident that Welocalize has the expertise in e-Learning to offer robust, time sensitive solutions to the international demands that arise with global enterprise technologies. This will be a tremendous benefit to our entire client-base that increasingly requires enterprise technology and customizable applications that can cross all borders," said Andrew H. Rosen, General Manager of Blackboard's international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. . "This partnership represents an excellent long-term opportunity for Welocalize to support Blackboard and the entire e-Learning market in the development and delivery of outstanding international products," said E. Smith Yewell, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Welocalize. "Our expertise in combination with Blackboard's leading software offering will be an excellent solution for those clients seeking a native product." In contrast to current approaches to translate learning environments, Blackboard's approach to the globalization of its Learning System promises to set a new standard for academic institutions in the process of implementing e-Learning programs. "The University of Innsbruck It is currently the largest education facility in the Austrian Bundesland of Tirol and third largest in Austria according to student population, behind Vienna University and Graz University. has used the English version of Blackboard for its e-Campus since the beginning of 2000," said Georg J. Anker, Abteilung fur Neue Medien, Universitat Innsbruck. "The Blackboard Learning System A widely used education system from Blackboard Inc., Washington, D.C. (www.blackboard.com). Part of the company's Blackboard Academic Suite, it includes course management, content authoring, collaborative discussions, virtual classrooms, as well as testing and grading. has been widely adopted and the number of users and courses increases tremendously every semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . The forthcoming international version of Blackboard will surely further the systems acceptance on our own campus as well as throughout the German market. More importantly, it will enable us to establish the e-Campus in the region outside the traditional university and to offer one platform for a number of other learning institutions." About Blackboard Blackboard Inc. was founded to transform the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the into a powerful environment for teaching and learning. The company offers a complete suite of enterprise software products and services that power a total "e-Education Infrastructure" for schools, colleges, universities and other education providers. Blackboard solutions deliver the promise of the Internet for online teaching and learning, campus communities, auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. services and integration of Web-enabled student services and back office systems. The Blackboard Learning, Community Portal, and Transaction Systems are consistently ranked by industry analysts as the market share and customer satisfaction leaders for thousands of academic institutions and a leading number of the Internet's most popular consumer education sites. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices and staff across North America, Europe and Asia. Please visit www.blackboard.com for more information. About Welocalize Welocalize specializes in globalization services for the e-Learning industry and offers Integrated Globalization Services for faster international time-to-market. We enable our clients to sell more product globally - faster, and we do it at a fixed cost within a guaranteed timeframe. The integration of the Welocalize XTEND Globalization Management Suite and globalization services offering into the development environment allows companies to accelerate international time-to-market and streamlines international release cycles. The company is headquartered in Frederick, MD and maintains a European headquarters in Saarbrucken, Germany. Please visit www.welocalize.com for more information. |
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