Online Education Leaders From Around the World to Meet in Washington, D.C, March 20-21 for Second Annual Blackboard Summit.Business, Online & Education Editors Blackboard's Summit 2000 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2000 Speakers include Rep. Johnny Isakson and Arthur Levine, President of Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, Columbia University (sometimes referred to simply as Teachers College; also referred to as Teachers College of Columbia University or the Columbia University Graduate School of Education More than 350 of the world's opinion leaders and experts in the use of the Internet to expand the power of education will meet in Washington, D.C., March 20-21, to discuss ways that higher education institutions can ramp up their efforts to adopt online learning quickly, efficiently and economically. Blackboard Summit 2000 -- "Realizing the Vision: Scaling Online Education from the Classroom to the Institution," will bring together educators, industry experts and policymakers - some from as far away as Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and The Netherlands as well as Canada. Topics will include: the overall impact of the Internet on education, integrating online and campus learning, e-commerce in education, and course marketing. Speakers will include Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), a member of both the House Education Committee and the Congressional Web-based Education Commission; Arthur Levine, president and professor of education of Teachers College at Columbia University; and Scott Jaschik, editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education. "The Blackboard Summit is a unique and important forum in education," said Lou Pugliese, 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 Blackboard Inc. "It has been recognized as an industry greenhouse of discovery and innovation, designed specifically so leading experts in Internet-based teaching and learning solutions can meet and share their ideas. For many of them, the Blackboard Internet infrastructure has been the organizing principle for online learning." Jeshua Pacifica at Virginia Tech, who participated in 1999, said, "Last year's Blackboard Summit was a milestone event in the growth of online teaching and learning. You get a lot of perspectives on issues because we all bring to the event strengths in different areas. I can tell you, it had a significant impact on our operations." More than 300 people participated in last year's Blackboard Summit. The keynote speaker was FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Chairman William E. Kennard. This has been a pivotal year for online education. The use of the Internet in higher education, as a supplement to the classroom and for distance learning, has blossomed throughout the world. The worldwide higher education market exceeds $700 billion and the growth of the Internet is having a strong impact on its development. Among the scores of institutions represented at the event will be: The American University, Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. , Boston University, Dartmouth, Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. , Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , Maricopa Community College District and Dallas County Community College District The Dallas County Community College District (or DCCCD for short) is a network of seven community colleges in Dallas County, Texas (USA). The district was founded in 1965 and the first school, El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, was established in 1966. (two of the nation's largest systems), Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. , Temple University, Princeton, the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
The Summit is co-sponsored by a number of organizations. The platinum sponsor is PeopleSoft and gold sponsors are Microsoft and Oracle. Other sponsors include Dell Computer, Pearson Education, NextEd, Converge magazine and HorizonLive. Blackboard's Summit 2000 - "Realizing the Vision: Scaling Online Education from the Classroom to the Institution" March 20-21, 2000 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. NOTE: ALL MEDIA ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. PLEASE CALL FOR EARLY REGISTRATION AND DETAILS: Fran Lucivero, PepperCom for Blackboard, 212-931-6129 About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard is the leading online education company. Its software products and Web services power the online teaching and learning environments at nearly 3,000 colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other organizations in every state and in more than 70 countries. More than 2.1 million people worldwide teach and learn in online education environments powered by Blackboard. Blackboard education partners include Academic Systems Corp., Archipelago, HorizonLive.com, Houghton Mifflin, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen LLP, Learnware, Microsoft, NextEd, Norton Publishing, Oracle, Pearson Inc., PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, Sylvan Learning Systems and The TLT Group. Additional information about Blackboard can be found at http://www.blackboard.com |
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