Facebook and Blackboard?

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Are you interested in reading about the newest technology coming to online learning? Liberty University uses blackboard as their vehicle of choice for delivering course content to distance learning  students.  In June 2008, Liberty will be upgrading to blackboard 7.3, so the Blackboard SYNC  will work with this upgrade. 

As the Executive Director for the Liberty University distance learning program, I am very interested in this solution of facebook and blackboard in the very near future. Here in the distance learning industry, we are always looking for new ways to increase the student experience and find new ways to connect distance learning students with each other from afar.  Creating that community with students is a key ingredient to retention and overall student satisfaction with the program.  The new application is called Blackboard SYNC, click to read more.

Click Here to read the complete article from the “Inside Higher Ed” website

May 14, 2008 · Filed Under Distance Learning, Misc

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