11:10 – 11:30
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13:10 – 13:30
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A Gamification Approach to Increase Learner Participation: Using adaptive release, e-badges and various tools in Blackboard Learn
Teoh Siew Chin, INTI International College Penang, Malaysia
Cambridge A-level (CAL) courses are assessed entirely by the Cambridge Assessment International Education body. At INTI, these courses are conducted primarily face-to-face with Blackboard Learn hosting supplementary online learning materials. Since CAL courses are externally assessed, marks cannot be arbitrarily assigned. Consequently, one of the challenges faced in these courses is the low engagement rate among students, particularly in online activities that are non-graded. The aim of this research is to investigate if the gamified approach of using adaptive release, e-badges and integrating various online educational tools in the teaching can improve participation rate among learners. The findings showed that these approaches successfully increased learner participation in the course activities. This presentation will describe the approaches used and the findings from the research. [Add to Calendar] |
11:30 – 11:50
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13:30 – 13:50
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3 Ways Anyone Can Run Labs Online using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Richard Stals, Blackboard
Join Richard as he dives into how you can use Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to run your Lab sessions online without having to be a computer genius. He will demonstrate three ways that you can get your own Lab sessions online easily and quickly with the tools you already have. [Add to Calendar] |
11:50 – 12:10
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13:50 – 14:10
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A Practice of Emergency Remote Teaching via Blackboard at Tung Wah College
Dr. Angela Li, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong
This presentation will share the experience of emergency conversion to remote teaching via Blackboard at Tung Wah College during the COVID-19 outbreak. Diversity of e-teaching tools of Blackboard platform were employed to support the delivery of knowledge and keep the interactions and connections between students and teachers. Teaching activities such as lectures that once conducted in the classroom were replaced by video-recording or the voice-over powerpoints. Tutorial sessions were transformed into online test/assignment. With the support of an online video conference tool like Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, we could meet students regularly online for course reviewing, question and answer sessions, student consultation, etc. This teaching tool also was implemented for group project presentation in the courses. By using the function of online screen/document sharing, audio and video communication and the white board application, students could make their group presentation, share their documents, ask and answer questions, just like what they did before in the classroom. An emergency remote teaching is a big challenge to both teachers and students, with the support of Blackboard, the traditional in-classroom activities could be conducted online without sacrificing connections and interactions. [Add to Calendar] |
12:10 – 13:00
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14:10 – 15:00
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Break |
13:00 – 13:20
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15:00 – 15:20
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Blackboard Collaborate as an Educational First Responder during COVID-19
Dr. Beata Webb, Bond University, Australia [Add to Calendar] |
13:20 – 13:40
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15:20 – 15:40
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Live from the Living Room: Challenges and Creative Solutions for Teaching via Blackboard Collaborate
Emma Page and Dhanesh Parmar, Southern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Over the lockdown period in New Zealand, the majority of Southern Institute of Technology staff made use of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to continue teaching. For many, the move to virtual classrooms as the primary method of delivery was a completely new experience. While staff rose to the challenge of remote teaching via Collaborate, some went beyond the basic virtual classroom functionality of presentations and discussions to devise creative solutions to the problems they encountered in their classes.
This presentation will explore the challenges of teaching in the School of Music and Audio Production using Collaborate, and the creative application of hardware and software to overcome these. [Add to Calendar] |
13:40 – 14:00
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15:40 – 16:00
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Blackboard Jungle – The entangled perils and exotic richness of peer observation of teaching in an online virtual classroom environment
Dr. Stephen Lund and Dr. Joanne Castelli, University of Western Australia
This presentation offers an insight into a trial of peer observation of online teaching in the Masters of Social Work course at the University of Western Australia. The Lecturer in this case partnered with a Learning Designer to look at the efficacy and quality of teaching a three-hour virtual workshop style class online with up to 65 students.The intention of the observation trial was to look at how collaborative peer observation methodology can be applied in an online context, and what some of the facilitators and barriers are to success in this mode of teaching observation. The Lecturer was seeking feedback on their teaching methodology and delivery with a view to enhancing the learning experience for students.
The online platform used in this case was Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Although a number of different online teaching programs are available, this presentation will also discuss why Blackboard has been chosen and used very successfully. In addition, the reason that Collaborate is the best platform from a student-centred point of view will be highlighted.
Participants will learn about creative and collaborative means of embracing online teaching and quality improvement techniques in a busy and ominous wilderness. [Add to Calendar] |
14:00 – 14:20
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16:00 – 16:20
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A Case Study on Teaching Mass Communication Courses Online using Blackboard Learn
Dr. Racheal Poh, INTI International College Penang, Malaysia
This presentation is about how mass communication courses are conducted in an interactive and engaging way using the online learning management system, Blackboard. It also describes how the lecturer utilized Blackboard tools and functions effectively in a course embedded in a Mass Comm program. [Add to Calendar] |
14:30 – 15:00
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16:30 – 17:00
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[Panel Session] The Rapid Changes within Education with Blackboard at its Core – How Eesysoft Helps
Moderated by Mieke Ridderhof, Eesysoft
Panelists: Abigail Joy Rodelas-Angelia and Dr. Roel Rodrigo (Malayan Colleges Laguna), Schelly Gardner (Southern Cross University), Holly Burgoyne (Charles Darwin University)
Multiple institutions from the APAC region will discuss how they have used Eesysoft to tackle the rapid changes due to COVID – but also moving courses online, with Blackboard at its core and how Eesysoft has helped them in their efforts to communicate and support their Blackboard users. [Add to Calendar] |
15:00
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17:00
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