University of Antwerp Adopts Blackboard Learn 9.1 and Mobile Support to Enhance Teaching and Learning
22 September 2011 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
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, Blackboard
Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today.
With the increasing adoption of smartphones among students, the
university, the third largest in Flanders, is also planning to
support mobile learning with Blackboard Mobile Learn™ 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.
With improved central grading, tracking and plagiarism detection
enabled through the platform’s Gradebook and SafeAssign™ solutions
and the ability to quickly perform multiple file uploads, Antwerp’s
instructors can spend less time on logistics within the virtual
learning environment and more time focused on ensuring students are
fully engaged in day to day learning.
“Blackboard seamlessly incorporates all the things that are
important to learning institutions, which ultimately leads to a
better user experience and increased satisfaction amongst students
– which is why we have such a high adoption,” said Filip Seuntjens,
IT Project Manager at the University of Antwerp. “We value that
Blackboard ensures technological innovation and keeps pace with
advancements in the education industry. We want to ensure that
Blackboard Learn becomes the single portal and source of
information for everyone at our institution.”
The University of Antwerp was founded in 2003 after the merger
of three universities previously known as RUCA (State University
Centre Antwerp), UFSIA (University Faculties Saint Ignatius
Antwerp) and UIA (University Institution Antwerp). In addition to
upgrading to Blackboard Learn 9.1, Antwerp has also adopted the
Community Engagement and Content Management modules.
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.
For more information about Blackboard Learn, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Overview.aspx
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