<div><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-4782594308853472024gmail-docs-internal-guid-3e189603-7fff-e222-5e34-d535f1b64588"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">On September 24, 2021, SUNY finalized a contract with D2L (formerly Desire2Learn) for the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Brightspace learning management system.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brightspace will replace Blackboard as part of SUNY’s digital learning environment, requiring </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">the migration of 48 SUNY campuses by the end of 2022, when the current contract with </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Blackboard expires.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upon completion, campuses using other learning management systems (including SUNY </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Plattsburgh) will follow suit, likely in 2023 or 2024. As more information becomes available, we </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">will share it with the campus community.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, see SUNY’s Digital Learning Environment Web site at</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://dle.suny.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://dle.suny.edu/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. John Locke</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Coordinator, Technology Enhanced Learning</span></p></span><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">¡Salud!</span><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">John Locke, Ph.D., :~{)></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;line-height:15px">Coordinator, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;line-height:15px">Technology Enhanced Learning</span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><div style="text-align:left">and Distance Education</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">SUNY Plattsburgh / Feinberg Library, Room 303</span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><div style="text-align:left">2 Draper Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div></span></div></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">518-564-4537</span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;line-height:15px">Chair, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Committee</span></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">Member, Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;line-height:15px">Member, Teaching and Learning with Technology Advisory Group</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;word-spacing:-1px">Member, Association of Continuing </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;word-spacing:-1px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Higher Education</span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;word-spacing:-1px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Member, Society for Utopia Studies</span></div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px"><a href="https://johnlocke.academia.edu" target="_blank">Follow me on academia.edu</a></span></div><div style="text-align:left">*Preferred Pronouns: he/him <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.glsen.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FGLSEN%2520Pronouns%2520Resource.pdf&data=02%7C01%7CSarahjane.Dube%40uvmhealth.org%7C060af3d8eac04dc45f0308d7169299dd%7C5fc09f37dc5a489395c0ae3bb5ef18df%7C0%7C1%7C637002691227915932&sdata=yzCkpriTsruabX50zem9ShLf9Ln6ietI0vPorvfq958%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">why</a></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>John Locke, Ph.D., :~{)><br>Coordinator, Technology Enhanced Learning<br>and Distance Education<br>SUNY Plattsburgh / Feinberg Library, Room 303<br>2 Draper Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY 12901<br>518-564-4537<br>Member, Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board<br>Member, Teaching and Learning with Technology Advisor<br>Member, Association of Continuing Higher Education<br>Follow me on <a href="http://academia.edu">academia.edu</a><br>*Preferred Pronouns: he/him why<br></div>