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aggressively worked to help us in that space .
“ And I can ’ t say enough about Blackboard . We moved to Blackboard in the cloud more than a year ago , so that put us in a good position . When our faculty and our students are accessing our LMS of choice here , we ensure they ' ve got robust access , not just from campus , but also when they ' re away from campus somewhere . As you can imagine , the data and the content that ' s inside of Blackboard has dramatically ramped up .”
Bible says that he was “ so impressed ” with the creative ways faculty and students have been using these tools . But he admits that they are not as intuitive as plug-and-play solutions like Zoom , and as a result learned a fundamental lesson that has helped refocus UB ’ s digital transformation .
“ We need to ramp up that personal relationship with the student ,” he says . “ We need that AI tool that will help guide faculty through the complex questions that they may have about using technologies , or even pedagogically , to be able to change things in their classroom .”
UB has partnered with Ivy . ai to bring artificial intelligence to campus for the first time . “ I appreciate Ivy in their role because I think they ' ve helped us , as with other schools , in aggressively transitioning to meet the one-on-one needs of our institution . And can I say that ' s one of the big challenges , is retaining relationships , retaining the connected feel of the institution .”
This is a critical point in Bible ’ s vision of the role technology will play for UB classes of 2025 and beyond , illustrated during an autumn forum , in which the UB President was interviewed through video conferencing , and joined by 300 IT staff members online .
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