Effective Practice Resources

Best of BbWorld: Ensuring High Quality Online Professional Development. (1 Comment)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:29:41 +0000

Presentation by Jan Day

Presentation Description

This presentation was originally given at BbWorld'09 in Washington, DC. This presentation was voted "Best of BbWorld" by attendees so we have asked the author to present again so we can share this recording with you.

Our presenter, Paty Savage, shared valuable information about how they are using Blackboard to provide high quality professional development, including tips and tricks, challenges and lessons learned.

Presenter(s)

Paty Savage

Organization / Institution

The Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership

Presentation Date

October 6, 2009

URL for Slides

The presentation slides are available for download here.

Presentation URL

Watch the WebEx Recording of the presentation here.

Keywords

BbWorld09, professional development

Effective Practice: Vocabulary Games

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:51:21 +0000

file by Jan Day

link

Link to a Camtasia file demonstrating the vocabulary games.

notes

In Dr. Andreas Lixl’s course for Intermediate German, Al Briscoe, Jr with consultation from Blackboard administrator, Rob Owens, developed a series of vocabulary games as an engaging and effective learning tool. Each game introduces 80-100 new vocabulary words by asking students to match the word or phrase with the associated picture or English translation. Each game offers immediate feedback to the student on where their trouble-spots are and how they can master the material. Each game is designed to take 20-45 minutes to complete.

These educational games were recognized as an exemplary practice as part of the 2009 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program.

Best of BbWorld: How to Take Online Learning to the Next Level: Highly Interactive Virtual...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:17:05 +0000

Presentation by Jan Day

Presentation Description

Our presenter, Andy Ross, shared valuable information about the virtual school structure and also presented his thoughts for the future of online learning, specifically around gaming.

The presentation slides are available for download.

Presenter(s)

Andy Ross

Organization / Institution

Florida Virtual School

Presentation Date

October 14, 2009

Presentation URL

Click here to watch the WebEx Recording

Keywords

BbWorld'09, K12, Virtual Schools

Effective Practice: Voice Discussion Boards

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:10:18 +0000

file by Jan Day

keywords

ECP, effective practice, Wimba, voice, discussion board

link

Link to a Camtasia file demonstrating the use of Voice Discussion boards

notes

The course "Undergraduate Technology Apprenticeship Program” at the University of Maryland gives undergraduates hands on experience using technology used in the classroom and online. Jun Yang implements Wimba Voice Discussions to engage students and assess their mastery of the learning objectives.

Use of voice discussion boards in her course was recognized as an exemplary practice as part of the 2009 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program.

Effective Practice: Assignment rubrics

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:34:56 +0000

file by Jan Day

file

QuirogaA_Rubric.zip (3.6MB)

keywords

ECP, rubric

notes

In her course Cognitive Psychology, Angelica Quiroga Garza from Universidad de Monterrey describes the philosphy, approach and use of Rubrics for learning assessment in distance education.

Dr. Garza's use of rubrics from her course PS2310: Cognitive Psychology were recognized as an exemplary practice as part of the 2009 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program.

Effective Practice: Developing Leading Questions to Frame Discussions

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:21:17 +0000

file by Jan Day

file

ECP_discussions.zip (4.3MB)

keywords

ECP, discussion board, adult learner

notes

Deborah Rastinehad from Excelsior College describes the philosophy and methdology used to develop discussion activities with clear, leading questions situated in real-world content. These questions allow scaffolding of the learning activities and active engagement within the course. The end result is a high quality learning experience.

Deborah Rastinehad's discussion board activies from her course NUR665: Theories and Methods of Teaching with Technologies were recognized as an exemplary practice as part of the 2009 Blackboard Exemplary Course Program.

Social Networking, Text Messaging and Web Technologies to Support Web-based Teaching and Learning

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:56:09 +0000

notes by Edgar Gonzalez

date

07-15-2009

attendees

Ruben Zamora, Christopher Jazinski, Edgar Gonzalez

notes

South Texas is a fast growing region with many new students (mostly Hispanic) attending college for the first time every semester. Due to the popularity of distance education the Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology at The University of Texas - Pan American has steadily increased the number of classes being offered via Blackboard every semester. The need for student/faculty support of our web learning/teaching technologies has also increased. With technology becoming more affordable it is much easier for students/faculty to own a smart device (laptop, pda, smart phone, iPod, etc) which will need to be configured to work with our existing application suite. This increase in technology has also increased the amount of support issues that come up into our 'shop'. Due to limited budgets hiring more full-time employees is not a plausible solution. How can we handle the increase of support/service requests? How can we keep track of all previous requests? How can we better manage our time?

file

BbWorld09template_Client_07-09-09.pdf (223KB)

How to Develop a Disaster Recovery Plan

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:11:28 +0000

file by Crystal Nielsen

file

Crystal_Nielson_DevelopDRPlan_handout.doc (65KB)

keywords

Disaster Recovery Plan, Crystal Nielsen, BbWorld 2006 Hand-out

link

https://blackboard.uic.edu/webapps/cmsmain/webui/_xy-42443907_4-tid_pXfKvsAq

notes

How to Develop a Disaster Recovery Plan (especially in terms of an institution's overall network)

FROM BLKBRD-L@ASU.EDU

At BbWorld '06 in San Diego, I presented a poster session on How to Develop a Disaster Recovery Plan (especially in terms of an institution's overall network). I have uploaded the accompanying handout in case anyone finds it helpful. It's on the WebDAV folder that Ed Garay created for the listserv a couple of months ago:

https://blackboard.uic.edu/webapps/cmsmain/webui/_xy-42443907_4-tid_pXfKvsAq

Crystal

Crystal Nielsen, M.A.

Instructional Technologist for E-Learning Northwest Nazarene University

623 Holly Street

Nampa, ID 83686

(208) 467-8782

elearning@nnu.edu

www.nnu.edu/elearning

New Release / Hot Fix Testing Checklist

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:55:45 +0000

file by Ira Strauss

file

bb_nr_hf_evaluation_matrix_80307_master_neutral.xlsx (33KB)

keywords

checklist implementation testing release Embry-Riddle matrix

notes

I recently mentioned this checklist we call the "Matrix" on the ASU list serve and received over 40 requests for copies. This particular version is updated through Release 8, and includes some popular building blocks as well.

Motivating a Project Team

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:22:28 +0000

bookmark by Sahar Javadi

link

http://www.projectperfect.com.au/info_motivate_project_team.php

keywords

Neville Turbit, Project Perfect, Motivating a Project Team, People Oriented

notes

Great resource on motivating a Project team by Neville Turbit. See his overview for some detail:

We all know that a motivated team will achieve more than an unmotivated team. The difficulty is creating a motivated team. This white paper talks about some of the factors behind the art of motivation.

Notice I say “art”, not “science”. Motivation is a blend of technique, understanding and creativity. If it were a science, there would be a formula we could all use but like most endeavours requiring human interaction, it is more art than science.

Different kinds of motivation include:People Oriented,Influence Oriented,Goal Oriented

See what works for your team!