Blackboard Launches Enterprise Learning Object Repository
17 Agosto 2004 - 5:34PM
PR Newswire (US)
Blackboard Launches Enterprise Learning Object Repository
Blackboard Content System Enables Faculty to Access Educationally
Rich Learning Materials WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) announced today that it has
released an enterprise Learning Object Catalog as part of the
newest release of its Blackboard Content System(TM) (Release 2.0).
The Blackboard Content System is part of the Blackboard Academic
Suite(TM), a comprehensive family of integrated applications for
teaching, learning, community-building and knowledge-sharing.
Educational institutions throughout the world are developing
educationally valuable "learning objects" -- often with great
investment -- and seek to share and re-use these resources among a
broader audience. Learning objects are instructionally useful
curriculum resources that can be experienced independently, or
combined to form a larger resource. For example, learning objects
can be individual pieces of content (such as documents, images or
multi-media assets), or standards-based self-paced learning modules
(such as SCORM objects). As part of Release 2.0 of the Blackboard
Content System, institutions can now store and describe learning
objects in a central open repository. Through the Blackboard
Learning Object Catalog, faculty will be able to locate and import
high quality education content for use across course sections,
departments and even institutions. Content developers can share
their Learning Objects with the public and institutions can share
learning objects with other institutions. With the release of the
Learning Object Catalog, Blackboard is introducing advanced
cataloging and workflow features to support a more automated and
scalable process for reviewing and publishing learning objects. "In
our traditional model of managing course content, our instructors
build courses using their own content," stated Terrence Verity, CIO
of Seneca College. "The Blackboard Content System expands this
model through the use of the Learning Objects Catalog. Now our
instructors can improve the quality of their courses by tapping
into the wealth of materials that their colleagues have created."
"I am excited to see Blackboard making significant headway toward
giving faculty an effective way to share the resources they have
developed into a repository where others can discover, review, and
reuse them," said Gerard Hanley, Executive Director of MERLOT, an
international consortium of higher education institutions that has
been building a shared digital library of learning objects since
1997. "With this new release of the Blackboard Content System,
Blackboard joins MERLOT in the vision of improving the
effectiveness of teaching and learning by increasing the number of
easily available, high quality learning resources." "Soon
Blackboard will be releasing a service that will enable our clients
to publish their learning objects to multiple search engines and
educational repositories as well as a centralized public Learning
Object Catalog hosted by Blackboard," said Michael Chasen,
President and CEO of Blackboard. "Our entire client base of more
than 2,000 institutions will be able to contribute to this
centralized repository, as well as identify valuable learning
content and easily import it into their online courses." About
Blackboard Inc. Blackboard is a leading provider of enterprise
software and services to the education industry. The Company's
product line consists of five software applications bundled in two
suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the Blackboard
Commerce Suite(TM). Blackboard's clients include colleges,
universities, schools and other education providers, as well as
textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve
education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered
in Washington, D.C., with offices and staff in North America,
Europe and Asia. Any statements in this press release about future
expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other
statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans,"
"expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors
stated in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent 10-Q filed
with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included
in this press release represent the Company's views as of August
17, 2004. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and
developments will cause the Company's views to change. However,
while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically
disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of
any date subsequent to August 17, 2004. DATASOURCE: Blackboard Inc.
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