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  2. Stephen Gilfus - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, Gilfus joined a Mobile Steering Committee established and led by the President and CEO of McGraw-Hill Ryerson to explore mobile learning. Blackboard ended up buying Kayvon Beykpour's company Terriblyclever out of Stanford to deploy Blackboard Mobile Technologies.

  3. Stacey Bess - Wikipedia

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    Stacey Bess (born October 16, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American author and educator, [1] known for authoring the memoir Nobody Don't Love Nobody, which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in 2011 called " Beyond the Blackboard ." [2] This memoir is her experiences of teaching at a school for homeless children known as "The ...

  4. Blackboard Learn - Wikipedia

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    Blackboard Learn (previously the Blackboard Learning Management System) is a web-based virtual learning environment and learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc. The software features course management, customizable open architecture, and scalable design that allows integration with student information systems and authentication ...

  5. Google Classroom - Wikipedia

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    Google Classroom is a free blended learning platform developed by Google for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. [3] As of 2021, approximately 150 million users use ...

  6. Blackboard Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Blackboard Inc., now Anthology is an American educational technology company with corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Blackboard was known for Blackboard Learn, a learning management system. Blackboard Inc. merged with Anthology in late 2021.

  7. WebCT - Wikipedia

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    WebCT (Course Tools) or Blackboard Learning System, [1] now owned by Blackboard, is an online proprietary virtual learning environment system that is licensed to colleges and other institutions and used in many campuses for e-learning.

  8. Learning management system - Wikipedia

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    Through an LMS, teachers may create and integrate course materials, articulate learning goals, align content and assessments, track studying progress, and create customized tests for students. An LMS allows the communication of learning objectives, and organize learning timelines.

  9. Teaching - Wikipedia

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    Teaching is the practice implemented by a teacher aimed at transmitting skills ( knowledge, know-how, and interpersonal skills) to a learner, a student, or any other audience in the context of an educational institution. Teaching is closely related to learning, the student's activity of appropriating this knowledge. [1]

  10. Missouri State Teachers Association - Wikipedia

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    Missouri State Teacher Association (MSTA) is a state teachers association that serves more than 46,000 educators in the U.S. state of Missouri and is dedicated to educating the state's children. The headquarters is located in Columbia, Missouri in the Missouri State Teachers Association Building, which is on the National Register of Historic ...

  11. Online tutoring - Wikipedia

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    Online environments applied in education could also involve the use of a virtual learning environment platform such as Moodle, Sakai, WebCT, and Blackboard. Some of these are paid systems but some are free and open source such as Google+ Hangouts.