Benchmarking Blackboard– From Champions To Transformers
by Cathy Ellis
‘Champions’, ‘pioneers’ .. the words convey something of the frontier spirit that has symbolised the growth of eLearning. In the UK the government’s ‘Information and Learning Technology (ILT) champions ’initiative proved very successful in raising the awareness of the role that ICT could play in teaching and learning.
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ILT: Inspection and Blackboard
by Shelagh Wright
Middlesbrough College were inspected in November 2003 and the report was published in March 2004. In November 2003 the college was just getting into its stride with its first year on Blackboard. We had about 350 active courses, a large Learning Resources 'course site' and a Student Services 'course site'.
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Interview with a College Principal
by Ian Todd
City of Sunderland College became a Blackboard user in December 2000. In this interview Ian Todd, Principal of the College, discusses some of the strategic considerations of implementing a VLE.
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