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  2. Blackboard - Wikipedia

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    Uses. Reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made. A blackboard or a chalkboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone.

  3. Blackboard Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Website. blackboard.com. Blackboard Inc., now Anthology is an American educational technology company with corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Blackboard was known for Blackboard Learn, a learning management system. [4] Blackboard Inc. merged with Anthology in late 2021. [5]

  4. Blackboard Learn - Wikipedia

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    Blackboard Learn (previously the Blackboard Learning Management System) is a web-based virtual learning environment and learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc. The software features course management, customizable open architecture , and scalable design that allows integration with student information systems and authentication ...

  5. D-Day re-enactment groups hope to inspire remembrance in ...

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    Mr Wilkinson has made a blackboard with a map of the 6th Airborne’s drop zone and landing zone on D-Day to better explain the division’s successes in June 1944.

  6. William Brownie Garden - Wikipedia

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    William Brownie Garden (December 2, 1869 – 1960) was a Scottish inventor and entrepreneur. He is probably best known for his invention of the "revolving blackboard". Up until his death at age 90, in 1960, the ‘Inventor’ still worked at his own bench in the factory, from which came innovations like an improved saw which cut ten times quicker than any other, and an eight-wheeled car for ...

  7. History of virtual learning environments - Wikipedia

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    A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system specifically designed to facilitate the management of educational courses by teachers for their students. It predominantly relies on computer hardware and software, enabling distance learning. In North America, this concept is commonly denoted as a "Learning Management System" (LMS).

  8. James Pillans - Wikipedia

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    Pillans home at 22 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh. Pillans home at 43 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh. Grave of James Pillans, St Cuthberts Churchyard, Edinburgh. James Pillans FRSE (1778–1864) was a Scottish classical scholar and educational reformer. He is credited with inventing the blackboard, but more correctly was the inventor of coloured chalk.

  9. Learning management system - Wikipedia

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    A learning management system ( LMS) or virtual learning environment ( VLE) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, materials or learning and development programs. [1] The learning management system concept emerged directly from e ...