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eLearning courses offer students a flexible alternative to on-campus classes. Best suited to self-starters or remote participants with unfailing access to the internet, some entire degrees can be earned remotely.

Whitman College and Washington State University use Blackboard, a web based LMS used in both academic and business environs to help students and employees take on learning.

Blackboard users have options in how the software is implemented: on the premises, managed hosting, or in the cloud.

Blackboard has recently been upgraded to include an open content tool for creating, finding a...