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Author: Timothy Harfield

In 2011, Long and Siemens famously announced that big data and analytics represented “the most dramatic factor shaping the future of higher education.” Now, five years later, conversations about the use of data and analytics in higher education are more mixed.

Education writer Anya Kamenetz contributed this introduction to competency-based education to the New York Times.

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Gain actionable insights on how Wichita State University successfully partnered with Blackboard’s Student Services team to determine and develop a path to achieve enrollment goals, and then replicated their success across other programs.

Author: Timothy Harfield

Researchers from Blackboard, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and VitalSource collaborated to test whether a predictive model of student achievement using IMS Caliper Analytics® (Caliper) events would benefit from combining data from multiple learning tools: Blackboard Learn and VitalSource. Their findings were incredibly promising.

When it comes to compliance, it's essential to ensure that your employees do more that tick boxes in a training course. See how you can limit liability and ensure they truly learn.

Download this case study to learn how Analytics can help close the online-on campus success gap.

Organizations across the world are seeing increasing employee expectations around accessibility, and as online training programs grow, organizations must provide both content and tools for employees with varying needs.

Families need updates from all their child’s teachers in one place. Teachers need to engage parents to help their students succeed. Administrators need oversight into school-to-home communication. Blackboard Teacher Communication helps meet all those needs with a collaborative teacher messaging platform.

Download this story to read how the district refreshed all their school and district websites with stunning responsive designs and trained their staff of 60+ teachers within eight short weeks.

Simplify digital transformation and inspire student engagement in every classroom with a simple, powerful and comprehensive digital learning environment, Blackboard Classroom. Erase all barriers to learning by arming students, teachers, district leaders and parents with everything they need to drive student success.

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Read how Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) provides quality education and training to prepare young and mature students for work and life, equipping them to be lifelong learners and to contribute to the technological, economic and social development of Singapore.