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Thursday, April 10, 2008

University of Houston study reveals that students in 'Hybrid' courses get better grades

Students who took the hybrid class earned, on average, a letter grade higher than students in the traditional class. A report of Mr. McFarlin's findings, collected over the course of six semesters, was published in Advances in Physiology Education.

Read the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. More information can be found at University Of Houston's website.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Coming Soon - Blackboard 8.0!

On May 18, 2008 we will begin our upgrade to Blackboard Version 8. Blackboard 8 comes with some much sought after enhancements. To find out a little about each area affected check out Blackboard's quick tutorials on what's new in Version 8: