Monthly Archives: February 2008

Is Blackboard Attempting To Corner The Market?

Blackboard, the largest company offering learning management software to both traditional and online schools, won a recent patent infringement verdict against a competitor, Desire2Learn, which could ban U.S. sales of Desire2Learn.  This has created quite a stir in the LMS … Continue reading

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Outsourcing Your Virtual Career Counseling Services

ReadyMinds.com (www.readyminds.com) is a global leader in customized, outsourced Distance Career Counseling Services and related training.  I have personally spoken with a several wholly online schools who are utilizing ReadyMinds in some capacity.  My point here is not to promote one company over … Continue reading

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Virtual Career Counseling Services

In my last post, I briefly mentioned that online schools should also consider the  ”less common” student services as part of their student experience repertoire.   To expand on that just a bit, for example, I know of very few online institutions … Continue reading

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Virtual Path To Diversity

The University of Maryland University College, which is primarily online, has a black student population of over 28,000, which represents about 32 percent of its student body. That’s an amazing and commendable accomplishment. And while many colleges have black graduation … Continue reading

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More Rankings Of Online Schools Are Surfacing

Rankings for online programs continue to become more prevalent.  It probably has to do with accredited online degree programs becoming more popular and online learning become more acceptable even in traditional academic circles.  I just ran across rankings for distance learning … Continue reading

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