{"id":45211,"date":"2020-01-24T15:28:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=45211"},"modified":"2020-01-28T09:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:32:28","slug":"university-selects-blackboard-open-lms-to-support-online-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2020\/01\/24\/university-selects-blackboard-open-lms-to-support-online-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"University selects Blackboard Open LMS to support online teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Blackboard, a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, has announced that Khawarizmi International College (KIC) in Abu Dhabi has switched to Blackboard Open LMS, the company\u2019s cloud open-source based learning management system (LMS). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackboard.com\/\">Blackboard<\/a>,\na leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student\nengagement, has announced that Khawarizmi International College (KIC) in Abu\nDhabi has switched to Blackboard Open LMS, the company\u2019s cloud open-source\nbased learning management system (LMS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university, one of the first private\nhigher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates, selected Blackboard\nOpen LMS for its increased stability, security and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased that Khawarizmi\nInternational College selected our leading cloud open source-based solution to\nprovide their teachers and students with an enhanced, seamless and connected\nexperience,\u201d said Robert Speed, Vice President for the Middle East and Africa\nat Blackboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlackboard Open LMS offers students and\nfaculty vast features and functionality, as well as providing clients with\nenhanced performance and security. We are proud to partner with the university\nto meet their academic goals and are committed to supporting them with a\nsimplified migration from their legacy LMS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackboard Open LMS provides a strong,\nopen source foundation for competency-based blended, online and professional\nlearning to drive institutional effectiveness. It is a multiplatform, customisable and intuitive solution, focused on users. KIC will leverage these\nfeatures to provide a reliable teaching and learning infrastructure for its\nstudents, as well as support the mobile connectivity needs of its tech-savvy\nstudent population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe selected Open LMS for its stable and\nflexible cloud environment that can easily and efficiently scale up to meet our\nevolving needs,\u201d said Dr Assem Al-Hajj, CEO and President at Khawarizmi\nInternational College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe believe its mobile, responsive\ndesign will enhance interaction between our students and our faculty members,\nas well as boost student engagement and performance. With the United Arab\nEmirates\u2019 move towards easily-accessible learning systems and the new standards\nof CAA that support e-learning provision, KIC felt compelled to take active and\nimmediate steps towards that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The college will also leverage\nBlackboard SafeAssign, an originality checker to review students\u2019 assignments\nfor original content. These tools from Blackboard will seamlessly integrate\nwith KIC\u2019s new student information system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard, a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, has announced that Khawarizmi International College (KIC) in Abu Dhabi has switched to Blackboard Open LMS, the company\u2019s cloud open-source based learning management system (LMS). 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