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Blackboard Maricopa Briefing. Peter Segall, Senior Vice President Strategy Gordon Freedman, Vice President Education Strategy April 26, 2006. Agenda. Merger Update Product Direction What Issues Are We Facing? Where Are We Going?. CLIENT EXPERIENCE Enhanced client experience
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BlackboardMaricopa Briefing Peter Segall, Senior Vice President Strategy Gordon Freedman, Vice President Education Strategy April 26, 2006
Agenda • Merger Update • Product Direction • What Issues Are We Facing? • Where Are We Going?
CLIENT EXPERIENCE Enhanced client experience Increased educational innovations Expanded and active community Evolved profile of e-Learning Increased resources COMPANY ACTION Retain 100% of clients Deliver product excellence Build a single, integrated entity Elevate discussion Pursue best practices everywhere Integration Principles Relentless Communication
Phased Approach to Integration We are here
Products PHASE V PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV Bb Learning System + common API + Evaluation System New Generation Learning System + Content System WebCT Learning System (CE6 & Vista) + common API + Portal System Bb Learning System WebCT Learning System
e-Learning 1.0 VSe-Learning 2.0 e-Learning 2.0 Platform Adoption Courses Education Segments Inputs Extending the Platform Social Networks Lifelong Learning Outcomes
Four Web Services (initially) • Connecting institutions, faculty, and students across campuses and disciplines • Shaped and run by the community • Developed by Blackboard • Multi-year effort
e-Learning 2.0 1. Extending the Platform 2. Social Networking 3. Lifelong Learning 4. Outcomes
Learning Objects Catalogue 1. Extending the Platform
scholar.com 2. Social Networking
3. Lifelong Learning E-Portfolios for Life
4. Outcomes Collaborative Benchmarking and Analysis
An Evolution in Process • All of Higher Education in Flux • Containing Costs • Providing Better Service • Increasing Graduation Rates • Remaining Relevant • Assessment on the Horizon • Compliance Issues are Real
Community Colleges in the Middle • Center stage in Knowledge Economy • More public attention than 4 year colleges • Situated for multiple demands, market changes • Assessment, like NCLB, will come to CC’s first • Legislative pressure for higher success • CC’s asked to be all things to all students • Have ability to be virtual, hybrid, or physical • Asked to work seamlessly with K12/4 year
Action at the Academic Boundaries • Transitions into & out of Community College • High School Students • Dual Enrollment, in Community College • Early Counseling, Remediation • Community College Students • Dual Enrollment in 4 year • Remediation • Work • Managing Learning & Working Career • PK-20
Responding to the Challenges • Better Communication, Better Learning • eLearing is one of the answers • Strong communities and student continuity • Assessment, feedback and improvement • Creating managed learning environments • Meeting mission and operational needs
Where Are We Going • An Educational Experience for Students That is… • Substantially more flexible than today • Organized around assessing what students know when they enter • Assembling a personalized program for each student based on desired learning outcomes • Building culture and infrastructure of continuous assessment and reporting against outcomes • Moving from course centric to learner centric in all domains