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A Focus on Blackboard

A Focus on Blackboard. Emily Vande Loo Client: Dr. Diane Foucar-Szocki. Online Collaborative Tools:. Ice Breaker. Objectives. describe the purpose of collaborative tools summarize the perceived performance problems list the identified performance problems

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A Focus on Blackboard

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  1. A Focus on Blackboard Emily Vande Loo Client: Dr. Diane Foucar-Szocki • Online Collaborative Tools:

  2. Ice Breaker

  3. Objectives describe the purpose of collaborative tools summarize the perceived performance problems list the identified performance problems evaluate the recommended interventions

  4. Background Information

  5. Background Information • Online learning: • emerged to meet the needs of students who are unable to participate in face-to-face environments • has both teaching and learning components • Increasing popularity: • over 21% of degree-seeking students take online classes

  6. Background Information • Tools: • also known as Web 2.0 tools • collaborative tools allow for: • chatting • audio conferencing • video conferencing • file sharing • screen sharing • whiteboarding • web presenting • social networking

  7. Background Information • James Madison University: • State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg (1908) • Madison College (1938) • JMU (1977) • In fall 2001, there were 1,822 graduate students in: • 31 graduate • 2 educational specialist • 7 doctorial programs

  8. Background Information • College of Education: • Beginning in 2003, under the leadership of its first permanent dean, Dr. Phillip Wishon, the College was reorganized into five departments

  9. Background Information

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  11. AHRD, ADSU, & Ed. Tech. Combined Mission • The combined mission of the Adult Education and Human Resource Development, Educational Leadership, and Educational Technology programs of the Learning, Technology, and Leadership Education department is to prepare professionals to initiate, design, and evaluate integral components of educational environments. • The programs focus on creating learning experiences, facilitating change, communicating vision, and using appropriate technologies to enhance communication in learning environments. • Graduate students will gain knowledge about and familiarity with various contexts, processes, products, and stakeholders in environments where people teach and learn.

  12. Both instructors and students participating in online learning environments lack the knowledge and skills necessary to benefit from use of collaborative tools. Time is wasted and quality is decreased. Perceived Problem

  13. Data Collection Process Instrument Procedures • Qualtrics surveys • coordinators • instructors • students E-mailed surveys to coordinators and instructors Gained permission to survey students Provided survey link to AHRD students before class; course instructors provided link to survey for ADSU and Ed. Tech

  14. Data Results Surveys Measured: -frequency of use -comfort and skills

  15. Identified Problems • Inability of instructors and students to identify similar collaborative tool features across systems. • One-third of program coordinators are unaware of most Blackboard tools including all Elluminate Live! features. • Instructor self-selected expertise is minimal for all Elluminate Live! features, a university-supported tool meant to assist with delivery of instruction in synchronous online learning environments. • Students lack proficiency with tools they frequently use.

  16. Recommendations

  17. Recommendations

  18. Questions?

  19. Images http://www.jmu.edu/photography/university/Campus2/photofeatures/photofeatures.html http://www.jmu.edu/coe/ltle/ http://www.jmu.edu/coe/COE_Mission.shtml http://www.realtown.com/articles/view/zillow-home-q-amp-a-offers-agents-virtual-neighborhood-entrypoint http://losmuchachosdelbarrio.com/confusion-assessment-method&page=5 http://justintarte.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-10-questions-to-ask-yourself-in.html http://relationshipsmatternow.blogspot.com/2011/01/raise-your-hand-if-you-ever-feel-like.html http://n8tip.com/3-ways-to-waste-time-on-your-computer http://mashable.com/follow/safranali/

  20. Ice Breaker Sentences When given a task, you know which Blackboard tool will be the most useful. You can name one tool in Blackboard that allows you to share documents or files. You can name four tools in Blackboard that allow you to share documents or files. You can USE all four Blackboard tools to share documents or files. You felt overwhelmed by some Elluminate features when you first used them. You knew how to use Elluminatebefore entering graduate school. You would have liked to have some sort of online training about Elluminate before you had to use it for class. You learned how to use Elluminate and other Blackboard tools through your own work and trail and error; you did not participate in formal training. You could teach an incoming graduate student about all Elluminate features he will need to use during his first year in AHRD. You feel like you do fine with technology, but you would like to know more to speed things up and feel more comfortable.

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