The integration of virtual and physical learning environments presents some interesting opportunities and challenges for campus-based universities. In 2001 Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) established its e-learning@shu Project …
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Since adopting the Blackboard VLE in 2001 Northumbria University has experienced a massive take-up amongst academic staff with approaching 90% making regular use of the system in teaching and learning. There are three key strands which have underpinned this success …
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Northumbria University’s approach to their implementation of eLearning was to look at models of innovation from the business world and apply a Total Quality Management approach, whilst at the same time developing the education models of ...
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Rogers refers to the first 2.5% of take up as innovators (venturesome), the next 13.5% as early adopters (are respected), 34% as the early majority (deliberate) (this takes us to 50% beyond where a critical mass is achieved) 34% are the late majority (sceptics) whilst the final ...
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The cultural change within an organisation has had its effects at three levels:
Environmental level – the external factors ...
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Kirkpatrick (2001) lists the factors which categorise effective staff development in the delivery of flexible learning as follows:-
It is supported by central policy and planning
Appropriate resources are allocated
Technical and pedagogical skills are the focus ...
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The Virtual Learning Environment on the college network offers teaching staff another dimension to use for working with students. It allows you to save classroom time which you may have allotted for testing or mock examinations ...
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This Blackboard Online Induction has been developed to offer greater
flexibility in delivering Blackboard staff development at Guildford
College...
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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...
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...
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One question that has nagged at us since we started the VLE route is how to not only make it usable but also to have a strong ‘repetition factor’, so that students and staff would want to come back to it. It has challenged our way of seeing what learning was about and trying to achieve this has been a large factor in each of the courses we have run...
The role of the learning technologist is vital to the success of e-learning. Our work which brings together pedagogy and technology ensures that many innovative projects enhance learning and teaching...
The Belfast Institute’s staff development service has been keen to ensure all staff are comfortable with new technologies to remove barriers to learning. The use of Blackboard has been a strategic tool in helping to achieve this. We accept the premise that staff can be helped to grasp such benefits if they can also experience Blackboard from a student’s perspective...
Preparing staff to use Blackboard to facilitate learning should not be approached any less rigorously than preparing them to develop their instructional skills to teach generally. We have a responsibility not only to...
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