North America

This category includes articles on North America related to global education, including online education, the e-learning community, and education technology. This initiative is a collection of original content pieces led by E-learn magazine, a community openness initiative by Blackboard Inc., a United States based company. Through worldwide community engagement, E-Learn brings together contributions by the education community, which include interviews, research pieces, roundtables, and special topics from university educators, community colleges, teachers and other leaders in education. E-Learn offers the latest in education trends and technology to higher education professionals and anyone in the education community interested in the most current topics in education, including best practices, perspectives and insights on personalized learning, with the objective of achieving student academic success through virtual learning and academic support. Blackboard also offers technology tools such as Moodlerooms, Blackboard Learn, Ally and Blackboard Collaborate, to aid innovative learning models and processes that address today’s educational challenges.

Success Stories

How Microlearning Improved the Alpha Gamma Delta Member Experience—Plus 4 Ways to Make It Work for You

The pandemic period threw a wrench in the works of many an ongoing strategy. But in the realm of learning, being forced to reflect and rework programs can sometimes be a blessing disguised as a curse. Discover how for the Alpha Gamma Delta learning team, this unexpected interruption allowed for a new emphasis on microlearning tactics and far greater engagement.

Stephanie Woor
Stephanie Woor
17/01/22
Interviews

Live Online Learning and the Future of Training: Insights From Arlo Training Management System CEO John Mitchell

Companies have adapted in the last two years to take their in-person training to virtual training sessions. Some organizations have allocated large sums to their online learning programs, while others have tested more cost-effective applications and programs to translate their face-to-face training programs to online. With learner engagement being a key focus, sometimes companies lack the resources or know-how to translate their eLearning vision and deliver effective training.

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E-Learn Team and John Mitchell
03/11/21
Interviews

Literacy for Kids: Instilling a Love of Reading in the Early Years Through eLearning

Encouraging a love of reading and writing in children can be a challenging task for teachers and parents alike. And while education institutions aim to create interesting and robust learning curriculums to encourage strong literacy rates among children, some kids still lag behind. Literacy for Kids, an online learning platform founded by a mother and former teacher, is proving to be the perfect supplemental eLearning space for kids to increase their literacy competencies from an early age.

Liliana Camacho and Tanya Grambower
16/10/21
Column

The Myth of the Pedagogically Neutral LMS

Having worked for almost two decades in higher education, I’ve been involved in the implementation of many different IT systems. Invariably there are a multitude of different factors at play when choosing a new system; the needs and profile of the end user, the budget available, the time frame for completion, the in-house expertise and so on. When it comes to systems directly related to teaching and learning, such as the Learning Management System (LMS) there is another, almost sacrosanct factor at play: the pedagogy or educational approach used. “It’s not about the technology, it’s the pedagogy that matters, the technology just enables us” is a commonly heard phrase. Similarly I once had someone tell me “Comparing two different LMS’s is like comparing Mercedes to BMW, they are different, but basically do the same thing – it’s all down to preference”.

Ian McNaught
Ian McNaught
02/10/21