"Facebook, Meet Blackboard"

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/14/sync

I came across this article today announcing that BlackBoard has created an application that can be added to a student Facebook account--of course it caught my attention.

Comments from Alice Bedard-Voorhees <avoorhees@coloradomtn.edu>:

More convergences. We are either the global village or entering the great mind pool. I had to try it and now have it on my Facebook account that I only got because my son was sharing pictures with me.

To add BlackBoard Sync, a person has to be enrolled in BB courses at a given institution. The person can then see any updates to such items as assignments and grades in the course

I do think we need to know if our students think this convergence is convenient.