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United States No other communication medium is quite as powerful as video is today.  Just as we wondered years ago whether mobile phones would permeate society on a daily basis, video trends and usage have crowned it one of the…

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr. 3, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Sydney, Australia How can you teach creativity in the classroom? This is the main question that the Australian Film Television and Radio School has been…

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Mar 12, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Sydney, Australia Over 20 years ago, the Australian College of Ministries (ACOM) made the shift from being a campus-based college to a dynamic…

Quick Take: Few universities teach their students basic abilities for their future career, such as how to find a job before graduating. Thus, these abilities become purely empirical knowledge.

Quick Take: Jonathan Bergmann is a Pioneer in the flipped classroom model, which aims to ‘flip’ the classroom dynamic by turning students into active participants and teachers into observers and guides.

Quick Take: Dr. Jill Biden explains the importance of community colleges as an engine of American economy and as a source of improvement for US citizens’ skills.

Melbourne, Australia For Dr. Kulari Lokuge, associate director of eLearning at Monash College, the pedagogical approach taken by the Central eLearning Team (CeLT) has facilitated the team’s support in the delivery of high quality pre-university courses. With the creation of…

Helsinki, Finland As pedagogy and teaching methods are modernized over time, great opportunities open up for different sectors. An example of this is Finland’s ‘Autokoululiitto,’ a driving school association that has revolutionized the way driving is taught in the country.

Copenhaguen, Denmark The decision to adopt a digital platform as a new training method, promises to bring future graduates closer to the career they want. Copenhagen Business Academy is Denmark’s largest business academy. A few months ago, this academic institution…

Portland – OR, United States Online learning environments can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous online collaboration tools remove distance, whereas asynchronous collaboration minimizes both distance and time as barriers to working and learning together. Asynchronous learning can therefore provide…

Manila, Philippines The Internet might seem like something that has been around forever. How did people live without it? How did they communicate? How did students do their homework? Interestingly, in some remote provinces in the Philippines, the Internet is…

Sydney, Australia Open LMS is supporting Primary Health Care, one of Australia’s largest health care providers, to deliver ongoing education to its cohort of general practitioners and specialists. By offering unlimited access to courses and learning materials,Open LMS is helping…

Singapore, Singapore Today, more companies are becoming aware of the impact that effective human talent management can have on productivity levels. Staff that is duly motivated, well-trained and informed, will help sustain the momentum of any business. Sharp is one of…

London, England For over 50 years, The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) has been committed to cross-cultural exchange. Under the guidance of founder Sir Cyril Taylor, AIFS operates as a social enterprise based in Stamford, Connecticut. The organization maintains…

Baltimore, MD, United States Having 174 public schools in a single system can seem hard to handle, even more so when there is a worldwide transition into digital and blended learning. 174 is the number of schools, centers, and programs…

Salt Lake City, United States Utah’s premier online school is leading the way in terms of e-learning strategies. We talked to DeLaina Tonks, director of Mountain Heights Academy, about the main challenges and the great advantages of virtual education.

Spring Green, USA When you think of Spring Green, an old farming community in southern Wisconsin, high-tech education doesn’t really come to mind. However, amid the big open spaces, the cows and the towns with 1,000 people or fewer, River…

Bayer: a successful case of sales improvement through Learning effectiveness