Khawarizmi International College’s mission is to provide the UAE, as well as the region, with highly employable graduates who have been empowered by engaging, applied educational experiences to meet the needs of industry, the community, and the Abu Dhabi 2030 strategic vision.

What should institutions consider when talking about accessible and inclusive learning? Follow these 10 tips as a starting point to guide your institution in this journey.

Teesside University, located in North Yorkshire, England, partnered with Blackboard Academy for the delivery of their institutional CPD Program (Continuous Professional Development) while also using this move to Ultra to drive mindset change in the perception of using digital technologies.

Our Course Design and Development team supported NCCU faculty to deliver a fully online MBA program and an online certificate in Regulatory Sciences within a semester. Neither program had developed online courses, so this was the perfect challenge to show our expertise.

The global pandemic has accelerated change in many sectors. In higher education, the rapid change to emergency remote delivery triggered an unprecedented worldwide experiment in online learning. This situation has also taught us a lot, including the need to listen deeply and carefully to students and make a real commitment to offering them the highest quality educational experiences. This commitment will require a laser focus on “design” to remediate some of the challenges that learners reported when learning during the pandemic.

Blackboard Academy offers high quality professional development for educators, by educators, through self-paced courses, cohort-model series and stand-alone courses.

For Jacksonville University, meeting students’ educational needs is fundamental to their mission and core to their success. University leaders realized that to attract and retain students, they must offer the premier educational experience expected of a prestigious university. Therefore, Jacksonville University’s leaders sought an educational technology platform that offered flexibility, ease of use, and integration with other campus technology systems—while being straightforward enough for their small team to support reasonably and effectively.

Like most technology companies, we at Blackboard track what’s taking place in other industries. We do so both to inform our own innovation, and also to help us anticipate learner, educator and administrator expectations. While in its early stages, the path to personalization in EdTech will be informed, in many ways, by the journey other industries have taken. Let’s take a look at a few examples.

The massive shift to online learning driven by the COVID-19 global pandemic enabled continuity of education in the near term, while opening the door for education to move forward on a journey toward more personalized experiences.

George Brown College’s (GBC) administration is highly focused on reimagining and providing learner-centered experiences, as outlined in their Vision 2030, Strategy 2022 Plan. Consequently, a core component of the plan—the student’s digital experience— immediately became a top priority. For George Brown’s Digital Learning Environment (DLE) team, this translates into a heightened emphasis on providing students with a consistent, barrierless, and impactful digital experience—one that spans the complete student lifecycle.