As the end of an academic year approaches, one of the most important discussions to be had with colleagues (or yourself, if you are a ‘lone teacher’) is about next year’s Scheme of Work (SoW). As part of this discussion, I feel that there are a number of fundamental questions that need to be asked... (Read the full article... )
As part of the planning process for upgrading from Blackboard v5 to v6 a mind map (created in Mind Manager 2002) was developed in an attempt to identify the issues that would need to be considered...
The University of Southern Indiana's Blackboard system
utilization studies show that students who use the system perceive that
Blackboard has a positive impact on their learning outcomes... (Read the full article... )
Rollover Process
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05 July 2004
By
Barbara Newland
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The University of Southern Indiana’s Blackboard system utilization studies show that instructors who use the system perceive that Blackboard has a positive impact on student learning outcomes. The results of the latest study conducted in spring 2004 ... (Read the full article... )
NTU Viewlets
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04 July 2004
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NTU
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Here you will find a gallery of 43 movie tutorials for Blackboard 6.1 (of which 10 viewlets were created by Blackboard learning services). Permission had earlier been sought from Behind the Blackboard for use in NTU. The other 33 movies are created by CED...
Since 2000, eLearning has taken off in a dramatic fashion in the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. It has reached saturation levels in the adoption rates by the professors and students... (Read the full article... )
Despite the many advantages of multimedia, it remains the case that a lot of the information that learners need comes in the form of extended pieces of text – books, articles, etc. Increasingly, this sort of information is being disseminated electronically, but a lot of what is disseminated electronically is either difficult to read by anyone or inaccessible to some categories of learners... (Read the full article... )
Some brief guidelines about creating readable, accessible electronic text are given below, but much more information about eBooks and electronic text can be found at... http://www.techdis.ac.uk/ebooks/Home.htm.
This case study reviews the impact of Blackboard on teaching and learning at Kingston College, and describes the development of a model for applying the VLE in different curriculum areas... (Read the full article... )
Rollover is the transition between academic sessions - the creation of new courses, the copying of old courses, the enrolling of students into next year's modules... In essence, it should be a relatively straightforward process, and for those of us with the integration features of Enterprise it ought to be a breeze...
If you want to successfully roll out Blackboard training to staff, you will need to adopt a raft of strategies targeted at different groups. One size fits all does not work. Some people only need to be aware of its existence, while others need to be able to not only upload documents but also... (Read the full article... )
A series of handouts produced by Bruce Ingraham
of Teesside University which can be used for individual reference or
within workshops:- •Using styles to format your work
•Using Word to prepare documents for online dissemination
•Using Word to generate PowerPoint slides...
A series of handouts produced by Bruce Ingraham
of Teesside University which can be used for individual reference or
within workshops:- •Issues
for Discussion
• Exchanging Information between Word and PowerPoint
• Creating Over Head Transparencies (OHTs) and Handouts with PowerPoint
•Preparing PowerPoint Presentations for electronic dissemination...
If you’re wondering where to start when talking with staff about disability and accessibility issues, can I recommend the following websites... (Read the full article... )
In many ways the JISC is a real UK success story in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Its remit is to support the innovative use of ICT in further and higher education (and more recently the Adult and Community Learning sector)...
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