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Blackboard -
One step Solution to web based communication
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- by Richa Adhikari |

Founded in 1997, Bb is one-step powerful solution to
transform the Internet into the environment for teaching
and learning.
Almost 2200 institutions in about140 countries have
been successfully using Bb and Saginaw Valley State
University is proud to be one of them since summer 2000.
Students find Bb a learning tool and a powerful transaction
system to integrate. “It is the most useful tool for
a virtual classroom? quotes many students.
Our Bb expert, Daniel Tyger suggests, “Bb meets student’s
e-education needs cost effectively? “Connecting this
statement with hybrid classes that SVSU might
be interested to grow in a mass using Bb techniques
is a golden opportunity? Our administrator has already
started ITV system for nursing classes, since some time
now. It is a solution to education through Interactive
television session, supported by Bb again. It is a good
opportunity for more students to start their master
classes at their convenience with the introduction of
hybrid classes. As these graduate students are self-motivated
and are limited with their time spending in the traditional
classroom both the school and students can benefit equally.
With the support of Bb SVSU, can especially focus on
this to compete with other online colleges. Personally,
I feel all right as we can experience both the virtual
and traditional world of education.
However, here students are very focused and find Bb
flexible and a very advantageous tool since it reduces
their workload through more energetic
data management system.
Access?to quick email, calendar, contacts, links to
other homepages (external documents) are few direct
and convenient services provided at one click. Students
take full advantage of this support system.
Integration, in the classroom is important.
All of us are not good public speakers or not very good
communicator or shy to talk in public. But Bb solves
this problem through the use of electronic mails and
digital drop boxes. Survey showed that students are
more convenient talking through emails. They are open
to more ideas and they slowly become extrovert. By communicating
to the class anytime Bb has successfully been a collaborative
tool in extending personal environment and extending
it’s learning experience to the mass.
Bb is a complete
help menu for any class. It is the best example for our
new web technology.
or
instance, I come from Nepal, where education system
is still laid down and we still work with paper and
pencil. To me Bb is a very convenient medium and I wish
all my classes would be posted on it. This was a new
experience for me. I don’t have to take down any note,
which is wonderful. I can access to it anytime from
anywhere. I can post my assignments through it. I can
keep a track of my schedule too. I think it is amazing;
I can also link to other sites without having type those
long URLs. I really wish Nepal could develop real fast
to introduce such software in their schools.
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