BlackBoard in Three Acts

1. BlackBoard in Three Acts Faculty Professional Development Workshops at Wright College Presented by • Maureen Mulcrone Wright College---One of the City Colleges of Chicago mmulcrone@ccc.edu

2. BlackBoard in Three Acts Purpose I will demonstrate successful faculty development: ways to organize and market workshops, secure funding for materials, offer incentives for participants, and gather information for future improvement will be provided. The Act workshop series key features included lectures (Act I) followed by small group presentations (Act II) and individualized training (Act III).

3. BlackBoard in Three Acts Agenda • Background of Wright BBoC • Resources at Wright • Act Workshops • Components for Workshop Success • Marketing • Funding • Incentives • Assessment • Improvement • Resources for YOU • Questions

4. BlackBoard in Three Acts Northwest side of Chicago Est. 1934 Title V Institution 4,013 FTE credit students Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission(formerly NCA) Majority of credit students under 30 years Wilbur Wright College One of the Seven City Colleges of Chicago

5. BlackBoard in Three Acts Wright College’s BlackBoard on Campus Initiative (BBoC@Wright) • Began offering BBoc Classes Spring 2001 • CCC supports the use of BlackBoard for online supplements • BBoC classes the extent of how much BB is used is determined by the individual instructor.

6. BlackBoard in Three Acts Online Component Courses

7. BlackBoard in Three Acts BlackBoard Course Shells Teaching with a BlackBoard Component in Fall 2004

8. BlackBoard in Three Acts How does this compare to your situation?

9. BlackBoard in Three Acts Faculty resources include: Bb course site, access to ION classes, internal and external web pages, workshops, and me

10. BlackBoard@Wright

11. ION’s MVCR COURSES

12. Workshops@Wright

13. BlackBoard@Wright • People

14. BlackBoard in Three Acts What resources do you have?

15. BlackBoard in Three Acts Act III Act II Act I • The workshops • Act I-show and tell • Foundation • Act II-hands-on • Structure • Act III-individualized • Keystone

16. BlackBoard in Three Acts Reasons for workshops success • Titles • Not intimidating • Hopefully fun • Implies sequential learning • Constant elements • Names • Me • Addresses multiple modes of learning • Learning from colleagues

17. BlackBoard in Three Acts Act I - Foundation Participants Facilitators • Keith McCoy, Math • Jane Wagoner, English • Maureen Mulcrone, Library

18. BlackBoard in Three Acts Act II – StructureHands-on,Booklet, created shells for the students Participants Facilitators • Stephanie Battle, English • Maureen Mulcrone, Library

19. BlackBoard in Three Acts Act III - Keystone Visited faculty in their offices-determined issues to be addressed Participants • Music-Grades • English-Redux of Act II • Math-Grades, Exams, Redux of Act II • Biology-Redux of Act II • Computer Science-Grades, Exams, Sequential release of lectures • Nursing-Exams, Redux of Act II Facilitator • Maureen Mulcrone, Library

20. BlackBoard in Three Acts Successful Workshop Components • Marketing • Incentives • Support • Assessment

21. BlackBoard in Three Acts Marketing • Blanket Email • Paper copies of invite to all departments ideally before a BIG meeting • Hand-deliver invites to Administrators • Announce within the CMS • Reminder Email • Reply to everyone who has RSVPed

22. BlackBoard in Three Acts InvitationsIncluded Elements-who, what, where, when, why and how • Title • Why this workshop • Who is invited • When the workshop takes place-date and time • Who is presenting • How to enroll • Topics to be covered • Coming attractions • Credit

23. BlackBoard in Three Acts Incentives • Certificates • Peer Recognition • Priority for 1-on-1 training

24. BlackBoard in Three Acts Support • Administrative • Money • Talk • Faculty • Enthusiasm • Time • Expertise • Knowledge of peers

25. BlackBoard in Three Acts Assessments Formal-Surveys Sample Questions •  Did the content of the workshop match the stated? •  Did the content follow a logical sequence? •  Were the presented examples relevant? •  Did the handouts enhance the workshop? •  After this workshop, how comfortable do you feel about your understanding with the material presented in this workshop? •  Submit your suggestions for future professional development workshops: Informal-Hallway Chatter

26. BlackBoard in Three Acts Room for improvement • Branding • Have handouts and PowerPoint available on BB • Be more diligent about survey responses • Receive more effective feedback • Deliver more pertinent workshops • Cycle of workshops

27. BlackBoard in Three Acts Steps to access this presentation • Go to http://wright.ccc.edu • Click on the “BLACKBOARD LOGIN” link in the lower left-hand corner • Proceed to login Username: ion2005 Password: 2005

28. BlackBoard in Three Acts How might you incorporate or build upon the practices presented here?

29. BlackBoard in Three Acts Thank you for your time. If you have further questions about these faculty development workshops, please contact the workshop facilitators • Maureen Mulcronemmulcrone@ccc.edu • Jane Wagonerjwagoner@ccc.edu • Keith McCoykmccoy@ccc.edu • Stephanie Battlesbattle@ccc.edu