Arctic Cat Leverages Blackboard Software to Reduce Dealer Training Costs and Increase Technician Expertise
The small town of Thief River Falls, located in northern Minnesota, normally would not come to mind as being a hub of online and distance learning. However, Arctic Cat® a local manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), has been using Blackboard® technology to help train technicians in a network of approximately 1,400 dealers worldwide. [more]
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President’s Welcome
Blackboard formed the Professional Education Solutions team earlier this year (which we informally call “ProEd”) to commit our resources and creative talent to meeting the e-Learning needs of corporations, the U.S. government, associations and for-profit education providers. [more]
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Questions for Analyst Josh Bersin: Trends in e-Learning
Josh Bersin has worked with hundreds of companies in the development, management and measurement of high impact learning programs. [more]
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Tips for Increasing Adoption of Your Blackboard Software Implementation
Members of the Blackboard users community report that after they implement the Blackboard Learning System™ or the Blackboard Academic Suite™, usage in their organizations sometimes peaks at a certain level. [more]
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Economist Steven Levitt to Address BbWorld ’07
BbWorld® ’07 will occur in Boston from July 7–12, and is the first global event to unite the best of the WebCT !mpact and BbWorld users conferences. Keynote addresses will be delivered by the renowned economist Steven D. Levitt, co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Freakonomics, and Forbes.com columnist and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, author of The Art of the Start. [more]
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A School without Borders: Blackboard and National Defense University Team to Provide Training Anywhere
Whether stationed in Washington or deployed in the Middle East, students at the National Defense University need class times that are flexible and courses that can be delivered anywhere. [more]
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