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March 23, 2006

IVC Fall 2005 Enrollment Reports

The Illinois Virtual Campus has releases their Fall 2005 Enrollment report for distance education courses in Illinois.

View the complete report:

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March 15, 2006

Course from William Rainey Harper College wins Greenhouse Exemplary Course Award

Blackboard Announces Greenhouse Award(TM) Winners

"WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/14/2006 -- Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) announced today the winners of its annual Greenhouse awards recognizing academic institutions for exemplary use of Blackboard® technology solutions to foster educational innovations. The Greenhouse awards feature three categories including Exemplary Course, Exemplary Campus Services and Communities of Practice. Entries were judged by a panel comprised of leading faculty and administrators involved in the use of technology to enhance education, including last year's Greenhouse Award winners as well as Blackboard managers. Eight winners spanning all the categories will receive a portion of $50,000 in funding aimed at developing and sharing best practices related to the use of Blackboard solutions for enhancing education. "

See http://connections.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_130_1.

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March 03, 2006

Wikipedia now at 1 million

Wikipedia's 1 millionth article, the Jordanhill railway station, has now been posted. Within its first 24 hours, it was also edited over 400 times.

See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Publishes_Millionth_Article or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station.

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