Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference 2015
I recently attended the Blackboard teaching and Learning Conference in Liverpool. This is Blackboard’s main showcase event for Europe. There were no big surprises in the Blackboard ‘Road Map’ at this event, most of the information about improvements to Blackboard Learn and Mobile had been made at previous events. However there were to changes that […]
The Durham 15th Annual Blackboard Users’ Conference
This Year’s Theme: Students as Partners I recently attended the 15th annual Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference. This is organised and held at Durham University in the first week of January every year. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Students as Partners’. As usual there was a range of different workshops and presentations […]
Blackboard Education on Tour 2014
I recently attended the annual Blackboard Education on Tour conference in London. The event provides an opportunity to listen to Blackboard’s senior staff outlining the latest developments and plans for Blackboard. There are two strands to the event – Product discussion and Personal Development. I attended the Personal Development strand, which turned out to be […]
The Student Voice and a Framework for Learning Technology
photo credit: HikingArtist.com via photopin cc In a previous blog, reporting on the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference, I mentioned ‘student centred’ approaches to teaching and learning with technology. Another presentation at the conference highlighted research from Malcolm Murray and his colleagues at Durham University (Murray et al 2014) in which the student was at […]
The Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference – two views of ‘learner-centred’
photo credit: ransomtech via photopin cc The idea of putting learners at the centre of learning was a theme that ran through many of the presentations, including the main Blackboard corporate presentations at the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference in Dublin at the beginning of May. However, I noticed two different views of ‘student-centred’ learning. […]
Learning and Teaching Conference 2014
This year’s Leicester Learning and Teaching Conference is looking at enhancing students learning through links between teaching and research, and the call for papers is now open. Leicester’s Teaching-Research Nexus? Enhancing student learning through linkages between teaching and research Date: 8th July 2014 Time: 9:30 am – 5.00 pm Location: Bennett Building, Main Campus, University of Leicester Further […]
Blackboard Users’ Conference, January 2013
The 2013 Blackboard Users’ Conference was held at the welcoming University of Durham. With a full programme of research and experience from around the UK both College Learning Technology Assistants, David and Stephen, were able to attend and participate in the activities. Presentations this year covered all aspects of Blackboard use, as well as a […]
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