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BEYOND “CLICK THIS” Blackboard Integration into Teaching/Learning A Panel Discussion. The Panel. Karen Adsit, Ed.D., Director, Walker Teaching Resource Center, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
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BEYOND “CLICK THIS”Blackboard Integration into Teaching/Learning A Panel Discussion
The Panel • Karen Adsit, Ed.D.,Director, Walker Teaching Resource Center, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN • Tracy Chapman, M.Ed.,Interim Director of Information Technology and Learning Resources, School of Pharmacy and Allied Health, Creighton University, Omaha, NE • Ellen Nathan, M.Ed.,Instructional Technology Coordinator, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN • Dean Shaffer, M.S.,Director, Instructional Technology, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
Key Points • Overview of Institutions • How we got started (initial implementation/integration) • Training (faculty & students) • Influence on teaching • Changing responsibilities • Lessons Learned
Blackboard • Web-based course management system • Easy to use, non-html, venue for creating and maintaining course materials on-line • Incorporates theories of Distance Learning • Total On-line courses as well as on-line resources for classes. • Tools: post documents, send e-mails, discussion boards, chats, calendars, tests, grade book • Gentle learning curve for users (teachers and students)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga • Public, comprehensive university (masters and some post masters programs) • Located in Chattanooga, TN • 8,485 students • 7, 105 undergraduates • 1,380 graduate & professional • students
Campus Resources • Information Technology Division • Systems and Networks (administrative & academic systems, networking & systems) • Technology Support Services (Help Desk, Student Labs, Media Resources) • Center of Excellence for Computer Applications (CECA) • Walker Teaching Resource Center • Blackboard • Faculty Development • New Faculty Orientation • Faculty Computer Lab
CreightonUniversity • Private, Jesuit, Comprehensive University (9 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools) • Located in Omaha, NE (population 700,000) • Approx. 6,300 students (3,700 undergraduates) • 622 full time faculty
TechnologyResources • Campus Information Technology • Administrative computing • Client Support Services • Help Desk • Operations • Student labs • Office for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment • Campus Media Services • SPAHP IT support • Office of Information Technology andLearning Resources
Butler University • Private residential Liberal Arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana • 4,100 students • 3,573 undergraduates • 691 graduates • 257 full time faculty/69 part time faculty
Information Resources • Administrative Computing (PeopleSoft) • Network and Systems • Academic Computing • Instructional Technology • Student Labs • User Services • Help Desk • Technical Team • Media Services • Web Services • Telecommunications
DeSales University • Private, four-year liberal arts university affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church • Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania • 2,730 students • 1,266 undergraduates • 1,464 graduate and evening students
Technology Resources • Administrative Computing (Datatel) • Telecommunications • Academic Computing • Network and Systems • Student Labs • Instructional Technology • Blackboard • Distance learning • Videoconferencing services • Electronically enhanced classrooms
Systems and Stats How does it work? Infrastructure
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga • Software Version: 5.5 - Build 139 • License Type: License Level 1 - MS SQL*Server • Server OS—Windows 2000. • System Stats: • 501 Courses • 11,175 users • 4,388 students • Instructors: 238 • Average hits per day: 8,969
CreightonUniversity • Software Version: 5.5 build 139 • License Type: Level 1 – MS SQL Server • Server OS – Windows 2000 • Systems Stats: • 332 courses • All students have Bb accounts
Butler University • Software Version: 5.5.1 • License Type: License Level 3 - • 2 Solaris servers (Data & Application) Oracle 8.17.12 • PeopleSoft version 7.6 • System Stats: • 7,924 Courses (all University courses/semester) • 11,175 users (faculty, staff, and registered students) • 10,423 students • Instructors: 730 • Average hits per day: 9,280
DeSales University • Software Version: 5.5.1 • License Type: License Level 1 – Linux Redhat 6 server • System Stats: • 399 Courses • 1,370 users (faculty, staff, and registered students) • 1,208 students • Instructors: 147 • Average hits per day: 4,026
Getting Started Initial Implementation and Integration
Blackboard at UTC • Before Summer 2001: Web Course in a Box (3 years) • Summer 2001: 6 selected faculty tested Blackboard • Fall 2001: • Full implementation and faculty training instituted • Spring 2001: Moved to a larger server to accommodate load • Faculty create courses; users are added through an upload available to faculty from the student information system
Blackboard at CU • WebCT (spring 97-present) • Blackboard - Fall 2000 • Space allocations per course suggested, but not enforced at this time • Faculty request course creation via online form, students enrolled in courses by Campus IT
Blackboard at Butler Univ. • Summer 2000: 15 selected faculty on CourseInfo 4.0 • Fall 2000: • 248 courses represented • 170 Faculty • 2,868 Students enrolled • Manual creation of courses and enrollment • Spring 2001: at capacity with 85% faculty • Fall 2001: Bb 5.0, all campus integration • $120,000.00 cost (license, hardware, consults) • Automated course creation and enrollment by Peoplesoft extracts into Blackboard
Blackboard at DeSales U. • Before winter 2001 – handful using FirstClass and Serf • Winter 2001: 5 MBA faculty on Blackboard 5.0 • Fall 2001: • 113 courses represented • 68 Faculty & 656 Students • Manual creation of courses and enrollment • Currently up to 399 courses • Still manually creating courses, but students self-enroll • See the need to integrate into administrative system
Training Faculty and Students
Blackboard at UTC • 2.5 hour faculty workshops throughout the year • Bb Advanced Users Groups meetings once/month • BB4Students developed (web page, pdf file) • Blackboard Online course on Bb for faculty and administrative personnel • Small group, one-on-one instruction • Common ID (user name) for students for all UTC systems
Blackboard at CU • Initial full day training from Bb for 15 faculty • Day long seminars by Media Services and OITLR • One-to-one tutorials • SPAHP students introduction to Bb sites during orientation (online and on campus students) • SPAHP – course developer’s guide to encourage standardization in use of navigation buttons
Blackboard at Butler Univ. • 2 day overview faculty training during the year • Blackboard course for faculty • ½ hr. Student Training sessions beginning of each semester and during Early Registration • Currently: Student Training is self-tutorial multimedia program on desktops in labs • Development: Self-tutorials on web for both faculty and student training
Blackboard at DeSales U. • Faculty workshops throughout the year • Special evening/weekend programs for adjunct faculty • Bb Guide for New Users – for both students and faculty • Online Course Development Guide for instructors to get started • Lots of one-on-one instruction for faculty • Email or letter to students before course starts (if totally online course)
Influencing Teaching Pedagogical Modifications
Blackboard at UTC • Encourage faculty to begin small • Faculty seminars on teaching styles • Encouraging and managing discussion (F2F and online) • Online teaching and learning • Web-based graphics, video • Augments traditional classroom material--few totally online classes
Blackboard at CU • Faculty seminars • Building in interactivity • Building learning communities • Use for just-in-time teaching model • Course design for online teaching • Integration of multimedia • Managing online courses
Blackboard at Butler Univ. • Extension of courses beyond the walls • As Residential University, reflects Mission qualification that learning happens in the “community” • Preparation for computerized exams: • certification licensure • graduate/professional schools • Skill set mastery for job market
Blackboard at DeSales U. • Faculty workshops • Student Interactivity • Online teaching and learning • Online course development • Web-based graphics and video • Augmenting traditional classroom material • Anxious to try video, graphics, links
Increased Job Responsibilities Help! Our jobs [roles] have changed!
Blackboard at UTC • Blackboard System Administrator • ITD supports server and network, student down/uploads • Balancing Blackboard responsibilities with instructional design, faculty development, administrative responsibilities • First weeks and last week of class are 85% Bb related
Blackboard at CU • Blackboard systems administrator also manages WebCT • Campus IT Help desk supports students and faculty with access issues • Media Services supports faculty with course development • OITLR supports SPAHP faculty with course development, uploading students into courses so students are able to use NetID for all courses • OILTR supports SPAHP students with access questions
Blackboard at Butler Univ. • Now wearing Blackboard System Administrator hat • Share work with another IT person • 50 – 75% time on Blackboard related work • More 3 weeks prior/2 weeks after semester begins • Balancing Blackboard responsibilities with Instructional Designer responsibilities
Blackboard at DeSales U. • Also wearing Blackboard System Administrator hat • Have IT support for server and database problems • Balancing Blackboard responsibilities with Instructional Design, Faculty Development, Distance Learning, and Electronic Classroom responsibilities
Lessons Learned If we were to do it over again…
The Panel • Karen Adsit: Karen-Adsit@utc.edu • Tracy Chapman: tchapman@creighton.edu • Ellen Nathan: enathan@butler.edu • Dean Shaffer: dean.shaffer@desales.edu