Blackboard Expands Presence in Middle East to Meet Growing Demand for Online Learning
15 8월 2011 - 7:00PM
Business Wire
Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq:BBBB), a global leader in education
technology, today announced an expansion of its Middle East program
with BME Holding S.A.L. (BME), a local partnership to meet growing
demand for online teaching and learning solutions. With offices in
Beirut and Riyadh, BME will work closely with six partners
throughout the region to better support clients and the wider use
of education technology in schools and universities, corporations,
government, military and professional organizations.
A growing number of institutions in the Middle East – including
King Saud University, King Faisal University, the Higher Colleges
of Technology and the American University of Sharjah – have already
adopted Blackboard Learn™ for online learning, Blackboard
Collaborate™ for Web conferencing and Blackboard Mobile Learn™ to
support teaching and learning through native applications for
smartphones and mobile devices.
Blackboard also recently signed two major national agreements in
the Middle East to further accelerate the availability and adoption
of state of the art education technology.
“This partnership strengthens our ability to support the wider
use of learning technologies in the Middle East where we’re seeing
greater demand for them,” said Michael Chasen, CEO and President of
Blackboard. “With this effort we can better support the increasing
adoption of education technology in the region with solutions that
support all aspects of the education experience.”
Through Blackboard’s increased regional presence, clients will
benefit from more fluid relationships with the company around
product, service and support issues. The effort will also give
Blackboard an opportunity to better understand challenges and
opportunities faced by educational institutions in the Middle East
and to foster closer relationships with leaders in government and
business working to support them.
“We have expanded our partnership with Blackboard to cover
online learning management, mobile learning, Web collaboration
tools and distance learning in an effort to meet a high demand for
online learning and create a more engaging, interactive and
effective education experience,” said Dr. Sami M. Al Homod, Dean of
E-Learning and Distance Learning at King Saud University in Saudi
Arabia.
For more information about Blackboard, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/International/EMEA.aspx
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About Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise
technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of
millions of students and learners around the world every day.
Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12,
professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend
teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and
security, and communicate more effectively with their communities.
Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C.,
with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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