Responding to the rapid global adoption of its electronic learning (e-learning) software, Blackboard Inc. has entered into an expansive partnership with computer software services company Welocalize to implement an enterprise-wide globalization plan related to the Blackboard System. Focused on further empowering Blackboard's clients, partners, and Building Block application developers, the partnership will directly affect how electronic education is deployed and offered around the world and enable educational institutions abroad to tailor e-learning to their local pedagogical approaches. The globalized offering is the Blackboard Learning System-ML (Multi Language), reflecting the product's multiple-language functionality and permitting institutions to provide a tailored online environment suitable to their existing pedagogy.