As you have hopefully already heard, a few changes are afoot with Blackboard. Due to the changes implemented last summer – automated course generation and automated student enrollment – any course you taught in the Fall 2011 semester will become automatically unavailable to students on January 11, 2012. At this time, any information within the [...]
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Archive | February, 2012
From the Student Perspective: Blackboard, An Easy Way to Interact with Students
February 1, 2012
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After three semesters at F&M, I have noticed that Blackboard, the College’s course/learning management system (CMS/LMS), has only sometimes been utilized by my professors. Instead, many have preferred a combination of eDisk Courses folders, Drop Boxes and email lists to collect assignments and to manage their communications with students. These methods, while capable, do not [...]
Read moreWikipedia as a teaching tool: Website promotes classroom collaborations
February 1, 2012
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Wikipedia, a collaboratively-authored website that anyone with an Internet connection can review and edit, is one of the most-visited websites on the Internet and is often the first stop for anyone seeking general information about a topic. Despite its popularity, it is often criticized by those who question the reliability and value of the information [...]
Read moreFocus on Social Media in Education: Google+
February 1, 2012
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NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of articles focusing on social media and how it may be used in teaching and learning. This issue will focus on Google+. Google+ is Google’s answer to social networking with its claim that it “makes connecting on the web more like connecting in the real world.” Those [...]
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