Harper, a professor at Berkeley College who completed the series this
month. I have not only incorporated these new techniques into my
online courses but am also able to utilize some of this new material in my
traditional classroom courses as well -- what a "plus"!"

Participants in the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Online series:

-- explore basic instructional design principles
-- learn how to create and organize learning materials
-- build robust courses
-- discuss facilitation and communication techniques
- - review methods for assessing student performance

"As Blackboard becomes more ubiquitous in K-12 classrooms and on campuses
across the United States and abroad, there is a real need for instructors
to have access to just-in-time training," said Matthew Pittinsky, Chairman
of Blackboard. USDLA will also honor the 2005 USDLA Hall of Fame Inductees
and present its annual Eagle Award, given to a nationally recognized
public policy official that has demonstrated unique leadership and
long -standing support of educational technology.

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"The Teaching and Learning Online course was Excellent," said Dr. "Clients are developing so many new and innovative uses for
Blackboard it is becoming increasingly important that users can access the
specific instruction they are looking for at a time and location that is
convenient for them. Blackboard training addresses all of these needs. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic
Suite and the Blackboard Commerce Suite , Blackboard is used by
millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including
colleges , universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well
as textbook publishers and student -focused merchants that serve education
providers and their students.

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The series is delivered in the Blackboard Learning System, the core of
the Blackboard Academic Suite which provides an open and flexible platform
enabling online instruction, communication and assessment. Innovate. In addition , the forward-looking statements
included in this press release represent the Company's views as of February
1, 2006.

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BOSTON----The United States Distance
Learning Association, the nation's premier distance learning
association, today announced its Annual Call for Nominations for the
2005 Distance Learning Awards. According to Dr.

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Distance Learning Awards will be presented at the USDLA sponsored
Training 2005 Fall Conference in Long Beach, California scheduled for
October 17 - 19 , 2005.usdla.

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Executive Director of USDLA, "the USDLA Awards program is the distance
learning industry's premier awards event recognizing the best of the
best for both education and training distance learning markets. The USDLA prestigious award recognition is presented to
organizations and individuals.

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Participants who complete all three courses in the series receive
"Certified Blackboard Instructor" status -- a standard helpful to both K-12
and higher education institutions to determine if instructors are prepared
to deliver online courses .

For more information on Blackboard Certification Training, visit
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Additionally, a variety of in-person Blackboard
training classes will be offered at Blackboard's upcoming Users Conference,
Bb World 2006, scheduled for February 28 - March 2nd, in San Diego. "The instructor's expertise, dedication and selfless guidance were
always readily available . The course activities focused simultaneously on
the student's point-of-view and learning style while , at the same time,
demonstrating the most highly effective and innovative teaching methods
available today. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments
will cause the Company's views to change. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the
Company 's views as of any date subsequent to February 1, 2006.
For more information on the United States Distance Learning Awards
for 2005, visit http://www.

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Distance learning and training constituencies served
include pre-k-12 education, higher and continuing education, home
schooling as well as business, corporate, military, government and
telehealth markets.

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However, while the Company may
elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the
future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. Included for the first time this year
will be a new 21st Century Best Practice Award, as well as the Best
Practice Awards for Distance Learning Programming and the Excellence
in Distance Learning Teaching Awards. The USDLA trademarked logo is the recognized
worldwide symbol of dedicated professionals committed to the distance
learning industry.

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Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995." This
year's awards highlight the deployment of various distance learning
technologies and include online, satellite and videoconferencing
components .
Awards are presented to recognize outstanding achievements for
distance education and training constituencies.
USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning
for education and training and serves the needs of the distance
learning community by providing advocacy, information , networking and
opportunity.

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The United States Distance Learning Association is a non-profit
association formed in 1987 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts. (www.

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provider of technology to educational institutions announces a new
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Eligibility includes
five major sectors: Pre-K-12, Higher Education, Corporate, Government,
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" This online training series, comprised of three facilitated
asynchronous courses, provides an introduction to the pedagogy of online
learning and presents best practices for teaching in both Web-enhanced and
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Registration is now open for online training classes being offered in
February and March . Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors" section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
November7, 2005 with the SEC.