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This concept is embodied in the university's Portal of Knowledge, the arched main entrance that represents both a gateway to knowledge and a connection between East and West. [23] Situated among hills overlooking the Black Sea , the stepped architecture allows the campus to integrate within the steep contours of the surrounding terrain. [ 24 ]
WebCT (Course Tools) or Blackboard Learning System, [1] now owned by Blackboard, is an online proprietary virtual learning environment system that is licensed to colleges and other institutions and used in many campuses for e-learning. To their WebCT courses, instructors can add such tools as discussion boards, mail systems, and live chat ...
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 ...
A Blackboard Transact card payment device affixed to a university vending machine. Blackboard Transact, formerly Blackboard Commerce Suite, [ 74 ] [ 75 ] is transaction processing system tied to university ID cards, which can be used for meal plans, vending machines and laundry services, and an e-commerce front end for the transaction system ...
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 Blackboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone.
In software engineering, the blackboard pattern is a behavioral design pattern [1] that provides a computational framework for the design and implementation of systems that integrate large and diverse specialized modules, and implement complex, non-deterministic control strategies.
The weekly podcast made by the housemates in BB8 was axed for BB9, with a 60-minute radio show Big Brother's Big Ears as its replacement. Like the podcast, it was available for download on the Channel 4 website and was hosted by Iain Lee and Gemma Cairney. It aired twice a week on a Tuesday and Friday (after the Live Eviction) at 11.30 pm.
Following the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, the trade magazine Variety reported that CBS, in response to the then-ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, was considering airing a winter edition of Big Brother, and that the network started cast auditions. [1]