There are still places available on the current series of ‘roundtable’ events (scheduled through to April 2014), with extra dates added. These events provide an opportunity for informal discussion about enhancing teaching through the use of technology. There are discussions that focus on the application of specific technologies (such as Blackboard Collaborate, open badges, electronic…
We are offering a series of ’roundtable’ events (February-April 2014) to provide an opportunity for informal discussion about enhancing teaching through the use of technology, including sessions that focus on the application of specific technologies and sessions that concentrate on adopting different teaching approaches. At each event there will be an opportunity to: discuss a…
In this case study a tutor from D&S shares her experience of using Blackboard Collaborate to deliver teaching sessions and to provide a social space for her students. The distance learning course attracts students from several countries and as well as finding a method of delivery that reduced the amount of times students had to travel to…
This case study highlights how the use of Blackboard Collaborate helped a tutor to provide a more personalised induction to students on a distance learning course. Students on this course were physically based all over the world and the tutor wanted to find a synchronous approach to communicating with his students. Having selected Blackboard Collaborate…
This case study demonstrates how Blackboard Collaborate has been used to provide a synchronous learning space for distance learners based all over the world. The tutor wanted to be able to support assessment in the form of live Q & A sessions, and provide an opportunity for students to be able to get to know…
In this case study, a tutor from HWB shared her experiences of using an online problem based learning approach to promote the development of intrapreneurial (an individual intention or drive to innovate within an organisation, developing and implementing novel solutions to organisational problems) skills in health professionals undertaking a postgraduate module. The tutor found that…
We will be running another series of demo sessions to introduce Blackboard Collaborate, a new virtual classroom tool. Blackboard Collaborate provides staff with a modern, powerful tool to facilitate synchronous (at the same time) learning activities. Its features include sharing audio, webcam video, presentations in a white board, and a chat window which includes a…
Based on recent feedback from those moderating or participating in Blackboard Collaborate sessions, the Quick Guide for Participants has been updated. The changes focus mainly on helping participants understand and work through the different options and screens that they see when launching a Collaborate session for the first time or when they use a different…
Just a note to say that Blackboard Collaborate will not be available between 23:00 on 5 Jan and 11:00 on 6 Jan due to an extended maintenance window. We don’t predict this will have an impact on our provision however.
We wanted to draw attention to this upcoming seminar, which will be delivered both face-to-face and in Blackboard Collaborate (online, you can access from anywhere such as your office or home). Tony Smith has been doing problem-based learning in an online environment, using Blackboard Collaborate as part of this. Blackboard Collaborate is now available for…