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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

Carl Sandburg College: Embracing Change and Ensuring Learning Continuity in Rural America

See how Carl Sandburg College in the United States grew their online course offering by 85% in 2020, plus their recommendations on how to approach eLearning. Take a look!

E-Learn Team, Robert Stevens and Cindy K. Arthur
08/02/21
Research

Creator-Centric Video: The New Normal for Work and Academia?

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…

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Instilled by PeopleFluent
05/01/21
Roundtables

5 Global Perspectives on the Future of Digital Learning

Quick Take: How has COVID-19 changed the way we teach and assess students? See what education professionals from around the world have to say about how they’ve adapted and what they anticipate for the future.

Abbey Smith - Author
Abbey Smith, Katja Laingui, Hiroto Shibayama, Andrea Wood, Kristin Harrison and Carmenza Montañez
06/10/20
Success Stories

Simmons University: Empowering Women Through Education

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Apr 1st, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Boston, MA, United States To be the global expert in educating women for their own empowerment and leadership: this vision couldn’t be more…

María Triviño
01/04/19
Infographics

Six Drop Out Causes and Solutions to Keep Higher Ed Students in School

Quick Take: Keeping students from dropping out depends on a retention strategy that is based on understanding why they are choosing to leave school in the first place.

Leonardo Tissot
Leonardo Tissot
31/07/18
Research

What Skills Will We Need for the Jobs of the Future?

Quick take: As markets, jobs and activities evolve, new skills become needed. Companies will have to work in collaboration with individuals and education institutions in order to develop these capabilities.

Priscila Zigunovas
08/05/18
Cartoon

Learning Methods

E-Learn Team
10/04/18
Cartoon

Demystifying Learning Analytics

E-Learn Team
03/04/18
Research

Everyone Can Learn Better with Universal Design for Learning

Quick Take: Do you know about UDL? Universal Design for Learning is an approach to curriculum that gives students equal opportunities to learn and succeed.

Leonardo Tissot
Leonardo Tissot
13/03/18
Cartoon

The E-Learning Gamification

E-Learn Team
26/02/18
Infographics

How Is Education Being Assessed Worldwide

Assessment plays a major role in education, as a student grading and support mechanism, but also in program improvement. All over the world, there are varying perspectives and approaches, and regions are taking action in different forms of assessment, both…

Sebastián Pulido
11/01/18
Expert Analysis

7 Tips for Proper Assessment Conduction

Quick take: How to effectively assess outcomes? How can technology facilitate this process for faculty? How can outcomes assessment lead to higher quality in education? Proper assessment conduction can be challenging for instructors, but a few tips can help.

Sebastián Pulido
09/01/18
Research

Assessment in The Academic World

Quick take: What types of assessment are being used to measure quality in education? Different paradigms are emerging, and institutions and faculty need to be aligned in order to properly measure learning outcomes and offer a student-centered education.

Sebastián Pulido
03/01/18
Success Stories

Hiram College Launches Technology to Help Students Achieve Success

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb. 8, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Hiram, Ohio Hiram College is integrating mindfulness and technology into students’ daily lives and is the first four-year college in Ohio to launch…

Dana Stewart
Dana Stewart
26/12/17
Research

Learning How to Learn: Student-Centered Educational Processes

Quick Take: More autonomous learners, capable of developing an active role in educational processes: that’s what student-centered learning is all about. However, there are educators who believe a more teacher-driven method is still the best way to go.

Leonardo Tissot
Leonardo Tissot
22/11/17
Infographics

7 Trends You Should Invest on to Become Student-Centered Institution

Quick Take: Is your institution student-centered? Investing in a student-focused approach can ensure a better educational experience and increase student engagement. Virtual student services, the use of mobile technologies and cognitive solutions are examples of initiatives that extend beyond campus reach

Priscila Zigunovas
21/11/17
Interviews

Online Learning, a Disruptive Innovation in Education – An Interview With Michael Horn

Quick Take: In a knowledge economy, we need to ensure that every student is getting the right opportunities to fulfill their potential. Online learning offers a flexibility that can help transform Education into a student-centered learning system beneficial to all.

Cristina Wagner
Cristina Wagner and Michael Horn
16/11/17
How-Tos & Tactics

IntelliBoard: An Effective Tool for Intuitive Learning

Quick Take: IntelliBoard is a great plug-in for open source LMS, useful to store data for future use.

Enrique Santos
25/09/17
Success Stories

E-Learning to Increase Student Interest

Quick Take: Tele-presence makes it possible to have a class with all the benefits of distance and face-to-face teaching, all at the same time.

Enrique Santos
09/08/17
Interviews

Jonathan Bergmann: How to Turn the Class Around

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.

Christina Gómez and Jonathan Bergmann
01/08/17
Interviews

Interview With Dr. Jill Biden: Community Colleges

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.

E-Learn Team and Dr. Jill Biden
17/07/17
Research

Special: Competency-based Education (CBE)

Traditional learning has always been a time-based industry. A student sits in a chair for hours listening to lectures in a “chalk and talk” approach. The credits are not given based on if the student has learned but if they…

E-Learn Team
10/05/17
Expert Analysis

4 Things to Consider When Starting a CBE Program

If you pay attention to educational development, you may have heard of competency based education (CBE). In 2015, Inside Higher Education[1] reported that approximately 600 institutions have some form of a CBE program in the design and development phase, and…

Jon Scoresby
09/05/17
Success Stories

The Main Advantage of Online Collaboration

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…

Natalia Perdigón
Natalia Perdigón
14/12/16
Success Stories

Self-Motivation as the Key to Success on E-Learning

Atlanta – Georgia, United States E-learning continues to thrive and erase geographic distances using digital communication and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for formal and informal learning. This gives people the same leverage regardless of location. Gautam Saha, Instructional Designer at…

Natalia Perdigón
Natalia Perdigón
02/12/16
Success Stories

Personalized Learning Designer: A Permanent Partner

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Feb 15, 2019 To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com. Missoula, Mont., United States Thanks to the Personalized Learning Designer from Open LMS, students at Montana Digital Academy who are completing a credit…

Nicolás Peña
18/11/16
Success Stories

The School District That Grows Through Digital Tools

Texas, U.S.A Due to its small-schools model that allows teachers to really get to know each student, Frisco Independent School District is one of the fastest growing in the United States. Technology and e-learning systems are a big part of…

Ashley Nelson and E-Learn Team
02/11/16
Expert Analysis

The Institutional Accessibility Journey

This post originally appeared on the Blackboard blog on Jan 11, 2019. To learn more about Blackboard products and services mentioned below, visit Blackboard.com.

Marlene Zentz
23/10/16
Expert Analysis

Accessible Technology for Students With Disabilities

Accessibility according to the student Accessible technologies are the key to truly leveling the playing field between students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers. While pursuing my undergraduate degree I had the opportunity to experience a wide array of courses…

Aaron Page
22/10/16
Expert Analysis

Accessibility Seen by an Instructional Designer

As an instructional designer who also teaches in higher education, I am in the unique position to fully understand the constraints of and empathize with faculty who are faced with the task of redesigning courses to make them accessible.  It…

Bevin Rainwater
21/10/16
Expert Analysis

Using Social Media to Further Online Education

Raleigh, NC, United States In 2004 and 2005, four students at Harvard University created a website where students from the university could enjoy fluid communication and share content in a simple way via the internet. Their creation was so successful…

Juan Felipe Guerrero C.
19/10/16
Interviews

Global Learning Consortium: Creation of Learning Platforms

The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global) is an international non-profit organization that develops and supports interoperability standards to promote collaboration between education technology organizations and applications. Since its founding in 1995, the IMS Global Learning Consortium has approved and…

IMS Global Team and E-Learn Team
13/07/16
Success Stories

Open LMS, the Teacher’s Ally

Hudson, NC, United States The use of a digital platform like Open LMS at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (CCC&TI) has allowed education programs to be complemented and expanded beyond daily classroom sessions, and this has also increased the…

Nicolás Peña
09/06/16
Success Stories

Online Training Helps Bring the World Together

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…

Gabriella Restrepo
01/06/16
Success Stories

The Success of Baltimore County Public Schools Students

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…

Christina Gómez
03/05/16
Expert Analysis

Leaving Behind the Myths of Language in Instructional Design

Minneapolis, MN, United States It’s a curious thing that, generally speaking, when someone tells you that they’re an expert in usability and instructional and educational design, it’s tough to imagine what type of person they’ll turn out to be. “The…

Juan Felipe Guerrero C.
26/04/16
Success Stories

Mountain Heights Academy: A 100% Digital School

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.

DeLaina Tonks and E-Learn Team
19/04/16
Success Stories

High-Tech Education in a Farming Community

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…

Christina Gómez
06/04/16
Success Stories

Thomas Edison State College: 5 Critical Steps to a Highly Effective Online Offering

Trenton, NJ, United States Matthew Cooper, Associate Provost, Center for Learning and Technology and August “Chip” Stoll, Associate Director, MIS, Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey (USA) speak about their strategies employed build a successful online offering. Thomas Edison State…

Manuel Rivera
29/10/15
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