Blackboard Inc. and OnlineLearning.net Develop New Training Program for Faculty Teaching Online; Courses Target Blackboard Software Instruction and Online Pedagogy.Business Editors & High Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001 As more and more instructors turn to the Web to enhance their classroom environments or to teach classes entirely online, a growing demand to instruct in·struct v. in·struct·ed, in·struct·ing, in·structs v.tr. 1. To provide with knowledge, especially in a methodical way. See Synonyms at teach. 2. To give orders to; direct. v. the instructors has emerged in the e-Education industry. 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. Inc., the leading e-Education Internet infrastructure software company, and OnlineLearning.net, the chief provider of continuing adult education courses online, today announced that they have expanded their partnership to offer the only two Blackboard-endorsed online training courses for instructors. The courses are geared to faculty who are developing both Web-enhanced and fully online courses using Blackboard 5(TM), Blackboard's comprehensive, flexible e-Education software solution. In addition to offering instruction on how to use the Blackboard platform, the new OnlineLearning.net courses will provide training on online teaching and learning pedagogy and how to effectively set up an online class. By training instructors and faculty in effective online teaching, both Blackboard and OnlineLearning.net hope to raise the quality of instructor-led online education. Introduction to Teaching with Blackboard simulates an online classroom, allowing participants to master the basics of the Blackboard platform while giving them first-hand experience as online learners. Teaching Online with Blackboard is geared toward individuals with prior Blackboard software experience. This course explores the teaching issues and the classroom management aspects of using Blackboard's course management tools, including approaches to effectively organizing student activities online. The courses last for four-weeks, are led by an instructor and are taught completely online. They will run monthly beginning in May. Registration is available now. Instructors who are interested in learning more about these courses or in signing up can go to http://resources.blackboard.com/scholar/general/pages/olnclasses/ OLNClasses.htm. (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) "Our experience shows that the sooner instructors gain a level of comfort using the software and more importantly, rethink re·think tr. & intr.v. re·thought , re·think·ing, re·thinks To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration. re what they normally do in the context of an online environment, the faster the university can adopt and truly integrate the Blackboard platform into their classes," said Dr. Susan Ko, director of online curriculum and instructor development at OnlineLearning.net and co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor n. A collaborating or joint author. tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . of "Teaching Online: A Practical Guide." Dr. Ko drew on her years of experience teaching online and working with OnlineLearning.net to design the customized courses for current and potential Blackboard customers. The courses are aimed at enhancing Blackboard's face-to-face software training program offered through the company's Learning Services department and Blackboard Days events. "With its endorsement as a partner of the National Education Association and the fact that more than 250 fully online courses are offered each quarter, OnlineLearning.net has become one of the leading companies offering online courses today," said Matthew Pittinsky, chairman of Blackboard Inc. "We have enjoyed working with OnlineLearning.net and by expanding our partnership, we can increase our exposure in the higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. sector and raise the bar for quality in the online education community." About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. was founded to transform the Internet 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 services and integration of Web-enabled student services and back office systems. Blackboard's two major lines of business, Course & Portal Solutions and Commerce & Access Solutions, 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 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. , Europe and Asia. Please visit www.blackboard.com for more information. About OnlineLearning.net OnlineLearning.net is the leading online supplier of continuing adult education and holds the exclusive worldwide electronic rights to classes developed by the renowned UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Extension for online delivery. Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. courses are offered in Business & Management, Computers & Information Systems, Education, General Interest and Writing. OnlineLearning.net has enrolled over 18,000 students in 50 states and 80 U.S. territories and foreign countries in more than 1,500 online courses. OnlineLearning.net offers other instructor-led courses from the University of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the California CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. Education Foundation, and curriculum materials publisher Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers . By combining technological innovation with extraordinary customer service, OnlineLearning.net is committed to helping adult learners Adult learner is a term used to describe any person socially accepted as an adult who is in a learning process, whether it is formal education, informal learning, or corporate-sponsored learning. around the world access the best in educational resources -- anytime, anywhere, at any stage in life. |
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