| Title: | Welcome to the New Blackboard – Blackboard 2.0 | |
| Description: | The merger between WebCT and Blackboard has set the stage for the next wave of e-learning. The growing, global client community of educational practitioners has a powerful voice in leading the next generation of innovative e-learning initiatives around the world. Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky, co-founders of Blackboard, will share news on how Blackboard and its products are evolving to best support clients’ needs — including new releases, exciting product developments on the horizon, and major partnership initiatives aimed at helping clients “Educate. Innovate. Everywhere.” Learn about innovations and collaborations from the past year that have elevated e-learning for students, faculty, and administrators across the broad community of WebCT and Blackboard users. | |
| Presentation Format: | General Sessions | |
| Topic: | Deploying enterprise e-learning: Strategies for success | |
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, System Administrators, Senior Administrators, E-learning Managers, K-12 Educational Staff | |
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | |
| Abstract Text: | The merger between WebCT and Blackboard has set the stage for the next wave of e-learning. The growing, global client community of educational practitioners has a powerful voice in leading the next generation of innovative e-learning initiatives around the world. Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky, co-founders of Blackboard, will share news on how Blackboard and its products are evolving to best support clients' needs — including new releases, exciting product developments on the horizon, and major partnership initiatives aimed at helping clients “Educate. Innovate. Everywhere.” Learn about innovations and collaborations from the past year that have elevated e-learning for students, faculty, and administrators across the broad community of WebCT and Blackboard users. | |
| Co-Presenter | Matthew Pittinsky Blackboard, Inc. | |
| Session Leader | Michael Chasen Blackboard | |