Blackboard Names Six New Exemplary Course Project Winners; Blackboard Announces Expansion Plans for Exemplary Course Project 2007.CHICAGO -- Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BBBB BBBB bilateral bundle branch block. ) today named six winners of the seventh annual WebCT Exemplary Course Project (ECP (Enhanced Capabilities Port) See IEEE 1284. 1. ECP - Engineering Change Proposal. 2. ECP - Enhanced Capabilities Port. 3. ECP - Extended Capabilities Port. 4. ECP - Extended Concurrent Prolog. ), a prominent and long-running honor for online learning faculty achievement. Project sponsor Blackboard Inc. recently merged with WebCT, Inc., and the combined company continues to provide and support the full range of each organization's product lines to education institutions around the world. WebCT's Exemplary Course Project singles out online courses for displaying best practices in course design, interaction/collaboration, assessment/evaluation, meaningful technology use and learner support. Blackboard will expand the 2007 Exemplary Course Program by opening it up to the broader Blackboard(R) and WebCT(R) community of more than 3,650 institutions. This year's ECP winners include: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Women, Culture and Economic Development Format: Online; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--CE Enterprise Ltd License Irma Alonso Professor of Economics Florida International University ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Literacy and Research Skills Format: Online; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--Vista Enterprise License Veanne Jones Part-Time Instructor for Digital Literacy and Research Skills Georgia Perimeter College ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to Online Learning Format: Online; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--CE Enterprise Ltd License Bonnie Correia Adjunct Faculty Governors State University, Ill. Jan Engle, M.A., M.H.S., M.S.Ed. Center for Online Teaching and Learning Governors State University ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Learning About Learning Online: A Faculty Institute Format: Blended; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--Vista Enterprise License Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D Senior Instructional Designer, Academic Technology Simmons College, Massachusetts Lynn Foord-May, P.T., Ph.D., M.Ed. Director, Division of Online Teaching and Learning, School for Health Studies Simmons College ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Management for IT Professionals Format: Online; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--Vista Enterprise License Stacey Clawson Principal Learning Architect, Team Lead, Learning Strategies, Capella University Liz Frame Course Designer, Next Generation Learning, Capella University ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to Research in Education Format: Online; Blackboard Learning System(TM)--CE Enterprise Ltd License Dr. Colla J. MacDonald Professor, University of Ottawa Dr. Emma J. Stodel, Post Doctoral Fellow University of Ottawa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Courses will be demonstrated Thursday night from 5 to 6:15 p.m. in the !MPACT MPACT Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Plan 2006 Exhibit Hall. The Exemplary Course Project evaluation was conducted for WebCT by: Dr. David Graf, director of technology support services at the Fischler Graduate School of Education & Human Services at Nova Southeastern University History Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences. ; and Maisie Caines, WebCT faculty development specialist at the College of the North Atlantic's Clarenville Campus. The following WebCT Institutions also participated in the evaluation process: College of the North Atlantic The College of the North Atlantic is the technical college of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The college was formed in 1997 through an amalgamation of the province's community colleges which had been administered and operated independently. , Coventry University, Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. , Marshall University, Purdue University, University of Alberta, University of Alberta, University of, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1906, opened 1908. It has faculties of arts, engineering, medicine, agriculture, law, dentistry, education, pharmacy and pharmaceutical science, science, graduate Connecticut, University of Connecticut, University of, mainly at Storrs; coeducational; land grant and state supported; chartered and opened 1881 as Storrs Agricultural School. It became a college in 1893 and a university in 1939. Georgia, University of Georgia, University of, at Athens, Ga.; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1785 as the first state-supported university in the United States, opened 1801. Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, University of, at Iowa City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1847, opened 1855. It has a noted program in the creative arts, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prestigious U.S. North Carolina, University of North Carolina, University of, main campus at Chapel Hill; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1789, opened 1795, the first state college to open as a university. North Texas, University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. and Villanova University. "The Exemplary Course Project represents a powerful combination of factors which contribute to successful e-Learning-unique teaching and learning possibilities, dynamic interaction with multimedia content, and significant economic efficiencies," said Michael Chasen, Blackboard president and chief executive officer. "The combined company is delighted to shepherd the project into our new era, and we look forward to many more shining examples of online learning's potential in future project years." For more information and to view the winning courses, please visit: http://www.webct.com/exemplary. The courses will be online for public viewing in August. About Blackboard Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry. Founded in 1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. Blackboard solutions are used by millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. WebCT is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Educate. Innovate. 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