More Information about RSS Feeds: "More Information about RSS Feeds
This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to RSS Feeds, but the following resources may be of assistance."
Sunday, April 24, 2005
FRC Blackboard Faculty Resource Center - Joliet Junior College
Good working example of a Blackboard support site...
Blackboard Faculty Resource Center - Joliet Junior College
The Blackboard Faculty Resource Center is an online resource developed to aid instructors in the use and navigation of the Blackboard course management system.
FRC
Blackboard Faculty Resource Center - Joliet Junior College
The Blackboard Faculty Resource Center is an online resource developed to aid instructors in the use and navigation of the Blackboard course management system.
FRC
JJC: Distance Education: Blackboard Pre-Semester Checklist
JJC: Distance Education: Blackboard Pre-Semester Checklist: "Blackboard Pre-Semester Checklist
Before instructors begin the semester, it is recommended that they use this checklist as a guide to review their course sites and prepare for the upcoming semester."
Before instructors begin the semester, it is recommended that they use this checklist as a guide to review their course sites and prepare for the upcoming semester."
TWU Family Sciences Team Wins International Online Course Contest
TWU Family Sciences Team Wins International Online Course Contest: "TWU Family Sciences Team Wins International Online Course Contest
4/13/05
Blackboard (R)DENTON — A Texas Woman’s University family sciences team has brought international recognition to the university with a winning entry in a contest that recognizes outstanding online courses.
The team was one of five winning teams in Blackboard’s Bbionic Course Contest™. Educators from the international, K-12 and U.S. higher education communities submitted a total of 69 entries representing a diverse range of course titles. Each of the five winning teams received $5,000 during the Blackboard� Users Conference, held April 12-14 in Baltimore, Md.
The TWU team’s entry was its first in a Learning Management System contest. The team — comprised of assistant professor Mary Bold, associate professor Karen Petty, professor Lillian Chenoweth, and family sciences graduate assistant Sadguna Anasuri — chose to enter the Blackboard contest because it’s the primary web-based course delivery system for TWU, Dr. Bold said.
The course the TWU team chose for its entry was family sexuality, a regular course in the online family studies master’s program. Though the course has been taught for nearly two decades on campus, 2004 marked the first year it was taught completely online, Bold said.
“We had intentionally built a lot of interaction into (the online course),” she said. “We knew we had produced a rich environment.”
The Blackboard Bbionic Course Contest™ was designed to recognize technologically rich and pedagogically sound online courses. The contest featured a lengthy set of guidelines, Bold said, including requiring participants to explain the choices they’d made in implementing the online course. The judges also considered the number of different supports (for visual learners, technical learners, etc.) built into the course.
“Because we teach a graduate program, we do expect our students to be engaged learners,” Bold said. “Still, we did put a lot of attention into the online course, blending many different styles of interaction.”
The team was surprised and excited at winning the contest, Bold said. No decision has been made as to how to spend the prize money, which will be divided among the four team members."
4/13/05
Blackboard (R)DENTON — A Texas Woman’s University family sciences team has brought international recognition to the university with a winning entry in a contest that recognizes outstanding online courses.
The team was one of five winning teams in Blackboard’s Bbionic Course Contest™. Educators from the international, K-12 and U.S. higher education communities submitted a total of 69 entries representing a diverse range of course titles. Each of the five winning teams received $5,000 during the Blackboard� Users Conference, held April 12-14 in Baltimore, Md.
The TWU team’s entry was its first in a Learning Management System contest. The team — comprised of assistant professor Mary Bold, associate professor Karen Petty, professor Lillian Chenoweth, and family sciences graduate assistant Sadguna Anasuri — chose to enter the Blackboard contest because it’s the primary web-based course delivery system for TWU, Dr. Bold said.
The course the TWU team chose for its entry was family sexuality, a regular course in the online family studies master’s program. Though the course has been taught for nearly two decades on campus, 2004 marked the first year it was taught completely online, Bold said.
“We had intentionally built a lot of interaction into (the online course),” she said. “We knew we had produced a rich environment.”
The Blackboard Bbionic Course Contest™ was designed to recognize technologically rich and pedagogically sound online courses. The contest featured a lengthy set of guidelines, Bold said, including requiring participants to explain the choices they’d made in implementing the online course. The judges also considered the number of different supports (for visual learners, technical learners, etc.) built into the course.
“Because we teach a graduate program, we do expect our students to be engaged learners,” Bold said. “Still, we did put a lot of attention into the online course, blending many different styles of interaction.”
The team was surprised and excited at winning the contest, Bold said. No decision has been made as to how to spend the prize money, which will be divided among the four team members."
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
BlogMatrix - Sparks!
BlogMatrix - Sparks!: "BlogMatrix Sparks! 2.0 gives you a one-stop solution for recording, sharing and listening to podcasts. In one package, you get:
* a multi-track recorder and mixer designed especially for the needs of podcasters
* automatic uploading of your podcasts to the BlogMatrix server
* a full featured podcatcher for listening to other’s podcasts
Sparks! 2.0 removes the technical and financial barriers to podcasting. Now everyone can easily share their views, thoughts, experiences and interests and join the emerging podcasting community."
* a multi-track recorder and mixer designed especially for the needs of podcasters
* automatic uploading of your podcasts to the BlogMatrix server
* a full featured podcatcher for listening to other’s podcasts
Sparks! 2.0 removes the technical and financial barriers to podcasting. Now everyone can easily share their views, thoughts, experiences and interests and join the emerging podcasting community."
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Projects & Collaborations
Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Projects & Collaborations: "Projects & Collaborations
Some of the most interesting thinking on learning and technology I've seen . . .
Some of the most interesting thinking on learning and technology I've seen . . .
timeline creator - faculty resource for teaching...
timeline creator: "This tool allows individuals without multimedia development skills to create an interactive timeline for teaching or presentation purposes that can be published on the World Wide Web or displayed directly from a computer. The interface can display up to six simultaneous timelines to compare and contrast various 'events' with descriptive text and digital images."
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Thomas Winston Thorpe » Blog Archive » BB UC 05: Mobile Learning with Blackboard: Using PocketPC in a Wireless Environment
Thomas Winston Thorpe » Blog Archive » BB UC 05: Mobile Learning with Blackboard: Using PocketPC in a Wireless Environment: "BB UC 05: Mobile Learning with Blackboard: Using PocketPC in a Wireless Environment
Access to Blackboard with a PDA"
Access to Blackboard with a PDA"
Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source Free Downloads
Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source: "
Search Content This tool allows students/staff to search for text within a course. The extension will allow the user to choose whether to search folder names, item names, and/or item descriptin fields. Full regular expressions are supported.
My Faculty Tools Provides tools that allow instructors to create a course, copy a course, delete a course, and import a course.
Who's Online tool allows Blackboard system administrator to determine how many active users are on the system.
LinkMaker LinkMaker is a Blackboard Building Blocks plugin that facilitates inclusion of links to various electronic resources provided by a library in course content pages.
Frequently Asked Questions Tool This extension is a Tool that staff can use to develop a list of Frequently Asked Questions for viewing by students. The questions are grouped into categoreis to help manage large banks of questions. The interface is closely modelled on the Dicussion Forum - categories/threads can be expanded to view the list of questions/messages. Categories and questions can be collated for viewing or printing and there is a search facility.
RefWorks " This open source RefWorks Bridge Extension for Blackboard (a "Building Block" in Blackboard parlance) developed jointly by RefWorks and Northwestern University provides one-click access to RefWorks databases
Search Content This tool allows students/staff to search for text within a course. The extension will allow the user to choose whether to search folder names, item names, and/or item descriptin fields. Full regular expressions are supported.
My Faculty Tools Provides tools that allow instructors to create a course, copy a course, delete a course, and import a course.
Who's Online tool allows Blackboard system administrator to determine how many active users are on the system.
LinkMaker LinkMaker is a Blackboard Building Blocks plugin that facilitates inclusion of links to various electronic resources provided by a library in course content pages.
Frequently Asked Questions Tool This extension is a Tool that staff can use to develop a list of Frequently Asked Questions for viewing by students. The questions are grouped into categoreis to help manage large banks of questions. The interface is closely modelled on the Dicussion Forum - categories/threads can be expanded to view the list of questions/messages. Categories and questions can be collated for viewing or printing and there is a search facility.
RefWorks " This open source RefWorks Bridge Extension for Blackboard (a "Building Block" in Blackboard parlance) developed jointly by RefWorks and Northwestern University provides one-click access to RefWorks databases
Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source
Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source: "About BB-OpenSource.Org
Welcome to the Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source distribution site. This site contains open source and freeware Building Blocks software tools built for use with the Blackboard 5.5 e-Education Suite of Software.
The primary purpose of this site is to provide a resource for Blackboard customers to find and use Open Source Blackboard Building Blocks applications. The open source software available on this site has been authored by many generous individuals and organizations. It is through their efforts that these useful and high quality software packages exist.
This site also provides a community home for developers who are interested in creating Open Source Building Blocks applications. Support for developers is available through the Bb-Open_Src listserv (see sidebar). Within the community, we hope to:
* Provide great examples of open-source, full-featured Building blocks applications.
* Encourage the development of an abundance of new, high-quality Building blocks.
* Provide a starting place for developers who desire some help in getting started with Building Blocks development."
Welcome to the Blackboard Building Blocks Open Source distribution site. This site contains open source and freeware Building Blocks software tools built for use with the Blackboard 5.5 e-Education Suite of Software.
The primary purpose of this site is to provide a resource for Blackboard customers to find and use Open Source Blackboard Building Blocks applications. The open source software available on this site has been authored by many generous individuals and organizations. It is through their efforts that these useful and high quality software packages exist.
This site also provides a community home for developers who are interested in creating Open Source Building Blocks applications. Support for developers is available through the Bb-Open_Src listserv (see sidebar). Within the community, we hope to:
* Provide great examples of open-source, full-featured Building blocks applications.
* Encourage the development of an abundance of new, high-quality Building blocks.
* Provide a starting place for developers who desire some help in getting started with Building Blocks development."
Bblog: The Blackboard Weblog
Bblog: The Blackboard Weblog: "Did we forget to post about this yesterday? It definitely deserves it's own post.
During his Product Roadmap speech, Matthew mentioned the RSS Building Block under development by Matt Hartman of the University of Cincinnatti. Matt's got a few more tweaks to make before he's ready to release it, but the demo he gave in the Building Block booth today was sweet.
Basically, the RSS Building Block defines RSS as a content type in the Blackboard Learning System. The instructor can now grab an RSS or Atom feed, insert it into the course content, decide whether students will view headlines or the full item, and set caching on the feed. When the student views the course, it will automatically go out and grab the RSS feed (depending on the caching parameters) and display the updated content inside the course. Great way for instructors to include weblog content, news feeds, etc. in their course.
Kudos to Matt Hartman and his collaborators on the bb-opensource mailing list for their work on this cool Building Block."
During his Product Roadmap speech, Matthew mentioned the RSS Building Block under development by Matt Hartman of the University of Cincinnatti. Matt's got a few more tweaks to make before he's ready to release it, but the demo he gave in the Building Block booth today was sweet.
Basically, the RSS Building Block defines RSS as a content type in the Blackboard Learning System. The instructor can now grab an RSS or Atom feed, insert it into the course content, decide whether students will view headlines or the full item, and set caching on the feed. When the student views the course, it will automatically go out and grab the RSS feed (depending on the caching parameters) and display the updated content inside the course. Great way for instructors to include weblog content, news feeds, etc. in their course.
Kudos to Matt Hartman and his collaborators on the bb-opensource mailing list for their work on this cool Building Block."
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Techlearn - Emerging Technologies
Techlearn Introduction: "TechLearn provided advice and support to further and higher education on new and emerging technologies that support learning and teaching.
The portfolio of technologies and issues covered is listed below. Please select for further details."
The portfolio of technologies and issues covered is listed below. Please select for further details."
Blackboard China
Blackboard China: "CERNET-Blackboard Information Technology Company
CERNET-Blackboard Information Technology Company (CerBibo) serves the e-learning needs of universities, schools, and other education institutions throughout China. Combining the client relationships and local expertise of CERNET Corporation (http://www.cernet.com) , a spin-off of the Ministry of Education, with the product set of Blackboard Inc. (www.blackboard.com), the world's leading provider of e-learning software solutions, the company is well-situated to offer Chinese education institutions a unique approach to their e-learning strategic planning and implementations.
CERNET was begun by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 1994, and over the last decade has developed a network linking more than 1,000 uniiversities in China. Today it provides internet and other network management service to universities as well as schools located throughout China. CERNET is the second largest internet network operating in China today, serving more than 15,000,000 registered users.
Blackboard and CERNET have created a joint venture company, CerBibo, in 2003 in order to meet the needs of the Chinese education system. Today the company has sales, marketing, and operations staff located out of its headquarters in Beijing, China.
For more information, please viist the company's website at www.cerbibo.edu.cn, or contact them via email at: cbb@cerbibo.edu.cn"
CERNET-Blackboard Information Technology Company (CerBibo) serves the e-learning needs of universities, schools, and other education institutions throughout China. Combining the client relationships and local expertise of CERNET Corporation (http://www.cernet.com) , a spin-off of the Ministry of Education, with the product set of Blackboard Inc. (www.blackboard.com), the world's leading provider of e-learning software solutions, the company is well-situated to offer Chinese education institutions a unique approach to their e-learning strategic planning and implementations.
CERNET was begun by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 1994, and over the last decade has developed a network linking more than 1,000 uniiversities in China. Today it provides internet and other network management service to universities as well as schools located throughout China. CERNET is the second largest internet network operating in China today, serving more than 15,000,000 registered users.
Blackboard and CERNET have created a joint venture company, CerBibo, in 2003 in order to meet the needs of the Chinese education system. Today the company has sales, marketing, and operations staff located out of its headquarters in Beijing, China.
For more information, please viist the company's website at www.cerbibo.edu.cn, or contact them via email at: cbb@cerbibo.edu.cn"
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Monday, April 04, 2005
EDUCAUSE | Resources | Educating the Net Generation
EDUCAUSE | Resources | Educating the Net Generation: "The Net Generation has grown up with information technology. The aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles of Net Gen students reflect the environment in which they were raised one that is decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and administrators were growing up.
This collection explores the Net Gen and the implications for institutions in areas such as teaching, service, learning space design, faculty development, and curriculum. Contributions by educators and students are included."
This collection explores the Net Gen and the implications for institutions in areas such as teaching, service, learning space design, faculty development, and curriculum. Contributions by educators and students are included."
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