‘Distance Education’ Archives
Adaptive Release in Blackboard 8
Overview Adaptive release allows instructors and course designers to release course content based on rules that they create; in other words, you can control what content is made available to which students and under what conditions they are allowed to see it. Rules can be created for individuals or groups, based on criteria related to [...]
Creating Engagement throught Discussion Forums
"A free exchange of ideas, opinions, and feelings is the lifeblood of collaborative learning." - J. McKinley Discussion forums can serve as a learning tool that fosters in-depth, academic discussion, an arena in which students work collaboratively or conduct peer analysis, or simply a place where they can virtually communicate with each [...]
Creating Learning Communities with Blackboard 8 Blogs
“What we thought was the horizon of our potential turns out to be only the foreground.” Tom Roberts Educator A Blog Tool is a tool which provides an online forum, diary, or journal. An entire class or selected individuals can access, add new entries and comments, if these settings are enabled by you. Why would I use a Blog? One [...]
Blackboard 8 – Discussion Forums
Discussion Boards can serve as a learning tool that fosters in-depth, academic discussion, an arena in which students work collaboratively or conduct peer analysis, or simply a place where they can virtually communicate with each other. Discussion forums used well can be an effective learning tool that encourages students to engage in higher order [...]
Designing Multimedia Training Utilizing Learning Centered Teaching Practices
On August 3, 2006, I will be conducting a Course Design Showcase at the Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, in Madison, Wisconsin. I wrote the following white-paper as a handout for the presentation. As always I welcome any feedback. Overview This course attracts non-traditional students with widely varying backgrounds, previous [...]
