Blackboard, ‘My Institution’: sharing good practice
16th & 17th December 2002
Hatfield College, Durham University, Durham
This year’s event follows on from two earlier conferences, ‘Successful Implementation of a Learning Environment’ and ‘VLE: Valuable Learning Experience’. The University of Durham Learning Technologies Team was delighted to promote a third annual conference for users of Blackboard™. This year’s event was aimed at disseminating the accumulating expertise of learning technologists and technical and academic staff in the numerous institutions across the UK and abroad, many of whom are now into their third year of a full implementation of Blackboard™ across campus. The focus turned to real experiences in classrooms around the country – hoping to both stem the re-inventions of wheels and begin to share ideas, from technical tips and tricks to pedagogic good practice. In order to bring together as wide as possible an overview of the achievements, this year we mixed papers, invited speakers, submitted presentation and hands-on workshops.
Conference Details
The 3rd Durham Blackboard™ conference took place at Hatfield College, University of Durham on December 16th and 17th, 2002. Hatfield, Durham’s second oldest College, lies in the shadow of the great Norman Cathedral. The 2002 conference took place over 2 days, with a Bucks Fizz reception and conference dinner included.
Speakers
Chad Kainz,
Senior Director for Academic Technologies
University of ChicagoThe ‘second year phenomena’ of VLE support Dr Neil Ringan
Head of Staff & Educational Development
University of HuddersfieldFrom E-Learning to U Lrng Demonstrations: as well as exhibiting at the conference, there will be presentations by our sponsors, demonstrating software solutions that work with Blackboard.
Each session comprises 1 or more strands, arranged around the following topics:
| Strand | Strand | Strand | |
| Session 1 | Institutional Strategy | Extending Blackboard | Case Studies I |
| Session 2 | Workshop | Workshop | |
| Session 3 | Instructional Design | Student Support | Case Studies II |
| Session 4 | Staff Development | FE/Collaboration | Communities of Practice |
Programme
Monday 16th December
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10.45
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11.30
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Registration and coffee | |
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11.30
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11.45
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Welcome & Introduction | |
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11.45
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12.45
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Keynote Paper: Chad Kainz | |
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12.45
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13.45
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Lunch | |
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13.45
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15.15
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Session 1 Strands: | |
| Institutional Strategy Extending Blackboard Case Studies 1 |
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15.15
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15.30
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Tea | |
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15.30
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16.30
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Demonstrations: | |
| Questionmark Impatica Wimba |
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16.30
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17.30
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Session 2 Workshops | |
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18.45
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19.30
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Reception with Sponsors’ Exhibition | |
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19.30
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Conference Dinner (Hatfield College) | |||
Tuesday 17th December
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09.15
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10.45
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Session 3 Strands: | |
| Instructional Design Student Support Case Studies 2 |
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10.45
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11.15
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Coffee | |
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11.15
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12.45
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Session 4 Strands: | |
| Staff Development FE/Collaboration Communities of Practice |
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| 12.45 | 13.45 | Lunch | ||
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13.45
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14.15
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Keynote Paper: Neil Ringan | |
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14.15
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15.00
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Demonstration: | |
| Blackboard – Version 6 | ||||
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15.00
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15.15
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Tea | |
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15.15
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15.45
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Closing Discussions | |
Sponsors
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