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Background
• Been using Blackboard since 2000
• Centrally supported but not enforced
• Started using Bb AS in 2006– Community System– Content System (includes e-portfolios)
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Pilots
14 pilots• Law• Plant Sciences• Typography• Institute of Education• History• Applied Statistics&c...
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Evaluations / Issues
• Student engagement– Pedagogical issue?– Technical issue?– … maybe even an aesthetic issue?
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2007-8
• Towards end of 2006/7, PDP agenda came into play
• 4 pilots – one in each faculty
• Approx. 700 students
• All need training in Freshers’ Week!
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Perceived Advantages
• Pedagogic: Improve the perception of the tool as something more integrated than separate.
• Technical: Less emphasis on the portfolio as a part of the Content System and therefore lower expectations.
• … And: support built around tools so user doesn’t feel lost.
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“Training”
• Targeted demonstrations
• Introduction from Head of School/Dept
• Drop-in sessions
• Workshops provided on demand
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Success?
• Some, but…
• Some people not using the help files
• Had to run “clinics”
• Content System link still “clunky”
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Next Year
• University-wide rollout!
• Approx. 12,000 undergraduates…
• Main emphasis on 1st year – approx. 3,000 students will need support!
• Closer integration with the tool
• Build-in new functions
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Work in progress
• Almost ready for piloting…
• Possibly use this approach with other staff?
• Perhaps pilot with other institutions?