Staff Development for eLearning: Innovation, cultural and organisational change - Part One   10 October 2004

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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Online Support Resources from Brigham Young University   10 October 2004

Implementation of the Blackboard Content System at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology   10 October 2004

Spread throughout the greater Toronto area, Seneca College has five major campuses and several smaller ones. With a combined student body that now ...
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Blackboard Support Site at Canterbury Christ Church   09 October 2004

Take a look at the documentation and resources included in the support site ...
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Best Practices for Supporting Blackboard   09 October 2004

Brigham Young University adopted Blackboard in 1999 (when it was still known as CourseInfo). Like most institutions adopting course management systems in the late 1990s, the purchase and implementation of CourseInfo was treated as an experiment. Consequently, little thought was given to long-term support plans ...
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The Blackboard UK Community – reflections on the road travelled   09 October 2004

Celebrate the UK Blackboard community’s birthday in Durham in December! The annual Durham Blackboard conference has become a fixed event in many people’s calendars, and we hope to welcome many people ...
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Developing an effective and efficient e-learning environment – an FE-HE partnership   09 October 2004

This short report is based on research findings emanating from an e-learning project developed by Kingston University (UK) in partnership with four Further Education Colleges. It provides the background to the scheme, research objectives and the methodology, outcomes, and some issues and success factors ...
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Staff Development for eLearning: Innovation, cultural and organisational change - Part Two   09 October 2004

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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Staff Development for eLearning: Innovation, cultural and organisational change - Part Three   08 October 2004

The cultural change within an organisation has had its effects at three levels: Environmental level – the external factors ...
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Feedback of the User Community to eLearning at Nanyang Technological University , Singapore   07 October 2004

A two -week poll was conducted at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore in October 2003 to gather information on users’ satisfaction levels, needs, opinions on additional features as well as ...
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Staff Development for eLearning: Innovation, cultural and organisational change - Part Four   07 October 2004

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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Getting to grips with Blackboard as a student   06 October 2004

NEW College, a sixth form college in the north of England, has a student population of 1600 16-18 yr old students. It offers a large range of ...
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One week on: A new member of staff’s views about the potential of Blackboard to enhance the curriculum   06 October 2004

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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Blackboard Online Induction   06 October 2004

This Blackboard Online Induction has been developed to offer greater flexibility in delivering Blackboard staff development at Guildford College...
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Virtually Effective: The Measure of a Learning Environment   06 October 2004

New teaching year   05 October 2004

The new teaching year is here and this is a busy time for everyone. There are some excellent guides on Blackboard available from the following universities …
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MiBUG Conference 2004: User Groups Matter   05 October 2004

The Michigan Blackboard Users Group (MiBUG) 3rd annual conference was a successful event. Donna Wicks and Jon Kowalski from Kettering University began this initiative, and hosted our conference...
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Want to be a human rights electronic activist   05 October 2004

Someone once observed that Human Rights activism must be a minority interest, otherwise the world would be a much better place...
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eLearning - One Year On   04 October 2004

We started our installation of Blackboard back in March 2003 and, building from a newly introduced system, we carried out an extensive staff development programme throughout May and June 2003...
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What role does Blackboard play in supporting the pedagogical objectives of disabled students?   04 October 2004

What aspects of the use of Blackboard affect the experience of disabled students in terms of the achievement of their pedagogical objectives? Blackboard, through its strong commitment to compliance with international legislature ...
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Using Blackboard statistics as part of your annual self-assessment review   03 October 2004

As another academic year begins, if you are anything like me then your thoughts are turning very rapidly to the ‘P’ word. Preparation!! There are a hundred and one things that you need to consider in preparing ...
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CourseGenie and Blackboard   03 October 2004

Which tool do academics use most often to create their Blackboard elearning content ...
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Experiences with Blackboard   03 October 2004

An accessible Learning Environment ...
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