Client Spotlight: Collaboration Knows No Boundaries
Thousands of educational institutions from around the world rely on Blackboard Collaborate to reach their academic, administrative, and financial goals through more engaging, interactive, and cost-effective collaboration. We've turned the spotlight on six innovative clients to show you how they are building a better education experience.
The California Community Colleges System Saves Millions of Dollars while Increasing Student Grades and Retention Rates
Since the California Community Colleges System began using Blackboard Collaborate to hold live online classes in addition to virtual meetings, more than 800,000 users (staff, students, and faculty) have met or taken a class live online. Since live virtual classes are so engaging, the System has been able to annually retain more than 10,000 students who otherwise would have dropped out of less-engaging asynchronous online courses. In fact some online classes now regularly maintain a 90% retention rate.
Florida K-12 Schools Succeed with Blackboard Collaborate
Many K-12 schools and districts in Florida—both face-to-face and virtual—are on the leading edge when it comes to effectively using instructional technologies. As a result, Pinellas County Public Schools, Cobb County School District, and Florida Virtual School are improving learning outcomes, saving significant time and money, and fostering more meaningful connections between students. Looks like Florida and Blackboard Collaborate are onto something
Southern Cross University Saves Money While Reducing Carbon Emissions
To re-engineer its whole approach to student learning delivery and support, Southern Cross University wanted to integrate its 6,400 external students with those on campus. By holding 26 virtual course-review meetings via Blackboard Collaborate, the University saved $41,000 AUD on fuel and associated costs and also eliminated 6.1 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
North Carolina Virtual Public School Improves Student Outcomes and Saves Money
How can a 700-square-foot office make an enormous positive impact on the entire K-12 educational system of North Carolina? Just ask Bryan Setser of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), who, through an aggressive distance learning program featuring Blackboard Collaborate, has helped improve student achievement throughout the state while also saving the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
South Carolina Saves Money and Improves Student Success via Blackboard Collaborate
If a school reported a 75% success rate (the percentage of students that pass their courses) in a state whose average success rate hovers around the 65% mark, that should be considered a success, right? Well, what if another school had a success rate of 88.8%? That would sound almost too good to be true. But in this case, fantasy is a reality as the South Carolina Virtual School Program (SCVSP) has far exceeded state averages, thanks in large part to a full curriculum of highly-engaging and effective online courses powered by Blackboard Collaborate.
Blackboard Collaborate Powers Virtual Open Days at University of Derby
Since 2009, over 600 enquirers from more than 30 countries have attended the University’s Virtual Open Days via Blackboard Collaborate. In fact, these Virtual Open Days have been so successful that the primary call-to-action in all of the University’s advertising is to invite prospective students to participate. It has become the key way in which the University converts enquirers through to students.