The Arkansas Blackboard Users Group, also known as ARBUG, has confirmed Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard Learn, as the keynote speaker for this year's conference. As President of Blackboard's teaching and learning division, Ray oversees product development, client success and support as well as the global services and managed hosting functions. Many of you may know Ray from his work at Pearson where he developed Companion Websites™, the first major brand of internet products in higher education. He went on to lead product developme [ ... ]

The Arkansas Blackboard Users Group announces the opening of proposal submissions for the upcoming Arkansas Blackboard Conference, March 10 – 12th in North Little Rock. This year’s conference theme is “Better Together: Students. Teachers. Learning.” “It sums up not only what we believe ARBUG is about, improving the ways we teach online,” said Terry Patterson, President of ARBUG, “but it also comments on the different platforms that are now a part of Blackboard. Each one has their own unique qualities wh [ ... ]