Blackboard, NBC Team to Support Education Institutions in US

 

Education technology specialist, Blackboard Inc. has reportedly partnered with NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, to provide supplemental content and a vast repository of digital news to colleges, universities and K-12 schools and districts in the United States.

 

Under the agreement, Blackboard (News - Alert) and NBC News will work together to support the use of news content by K-12 and postsecondary institutions. Instructors and students can now access audio, video and other news content within their e-learning platform to strengthen the learning experience.

 

Educators can take full advantage of NBC News Archives on Demand offering that engages students in a wide range of courses with thousands of video resources that span across subject areas including some of the most important moments in history.

 

"By making the rich resources of NBC News available to educators and students we are bridging the divide between traditional teaching methods and the interactive media culture in which today's students reside," said Steve Capus, President of NBC News.

 

"It's often been said that journalists help write the first drafts of history. Now, through our instantly updated NBC News archives, history can come alive in the classroom," Capus said.

 

The NBC archive includes relevant current event resources on history as it is being made every day, through additional primary source content, original audio, video and third-party content such as the Washington Post's newspaper articles, and current material from NBC News' leading media properties including "NBC Nightly News" and "Meet the Press."

 

Michael Chasen (News - Alert), President and CEO of Blackboard said that, the new partnership is an important opportunity to support institutions with a digital content strategy that gives teachers and learners valuable tools and resources that enhance the learning experience.

He further said, "We're pleased to join with NBC News in this effort to leverage digital content to help students and educators develop a deeper understanding of a wide range of subjects and disciplines."

 

Recently, Blackboard announced a major step in its efforts to support students' mobile lifestyle with the acquisition of Terriblyclever Design, LLC, makers of MobilEdu, the category defining suite of iPhone (News - Alert) and mobile Web applications for education.