jQuery UI provides a comprehensive set of core interaction plugins, UI widgets and visual effects that use a jQuery-style, event-driven architecture and a focus on web standards, accessiblity, flexible styling, and user-friendly design. All plugins are tested for compatibility in IE 6.0+, Firefox 3+, Safari 3.1+, Opera 9.6+, and Google Chrome.
One thing for certain is that online education is here to stay. No matter what happens to Blackboard, online course management software programs are firmly entrenched in too many institutions (traditional and for-profit alike) for online learning ever to go away.