Enterprise technology and learning solutions provider Blackboard, Inc., US, has announced that the University of Antwerp has moved to Blackboard Learn 9.1 to significantly improve the quality of teaching and learning across its consortium of six colleges in the region and to further develop educational projects that leverage Web 2.0 technologies.
With the increasing adoption of smartphones among students, the university, the third largest in Flanders, is also planning to support mobile learning with Blackboard MobileLearn through native applications for some of the world's most popular mobile devices and platforms.
The University of Antwerp is hosting the Release 9.1 platform centrally to support over 40,000 users across the consortium, providing significant cost savings to the consortium colleges while creating a more modern and engaging learning environment focused on the evolving needs of students. By incorporating a wide range of built-in social learning tools like blogs and wikis and the ability to integrate multimedia content from Web 2.0 sources, Release 9.1 helps create a richer and more integrated learning experience to drive stronger student satisfaction.
More than 1,500 institutions have moved or are planning a move to Blackboard's latest version to take advantage of its improved stability and digital content advancements, social learning tools to drive student engagement and greater workflow efficiencies for instructors and administrators.
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