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Michael L. ChasenPresident & CEO, Blackboard
Technology& education
The Blackboard StoryBorn from
education in 1997
Brought to market a basic level course
management system in 1998
Extended product lines to other core academic technology
Serves 10,000+ institutions
In 65 countries
20m+ users
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Acquired othereLearning Providers
I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder how we could have tolerated anything so primitive.
JOHN W. GARDNER, Education Secretary to President Lyndon Johnson, 1965-1968
#1 - It’s Being Driven by the Consumer
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#2 - The Bubble is about to Pop
It’s Being Driven by theConsumer
Institution (system administrator)
Consumer(the student)
& Blackboard
Visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2010/regions/us/cities.html
Blackboard was a Google Top 10 Search Term in 10 Major U.S. Cities in 2010
The Bubbleis about toPop
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So How doWe Respond
• How do we in education respond?
• Can we leverage these new technologies to reinvent education to make it more relevant and impactful?
• How do we change education before it is changed for us?
• To help us answer these questions we can look to technology
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