Webenhanced Instructional Delivery

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Web-enhanced Instructional Delivery

• Effective Teaching and Learning Department
• instructionaltech_at_baker.edu

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Overview

• What is web-enhanced instruction?
• Student tour of Blackboard
• Instructor tour of Blackboard
• Hands-on practice

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Web-Enhanced Instruction
web-enhanced
Online virtual Classroom
Traditional Classroom
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Benefits of Web-Enhanced Delivery

• Enhanced student-student and faculty-student
  communication
• Support for different learning styles and methods
• 24x7 availability to course materials
• Just-in-time student assessment tools
• Simplified course management and administration

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What is Blackboard?

• Software that makes web-enhanced and online
  classes easy to teach
• Used by Baker College Online since Fall 1999
• Upgraded in Winter 2003 to version 6

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Features of Blackboard

• Web publishing
• Online testing
• Online grade book
• Discussion board
• Assignment links with space for instructor
  feedback

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Faculty Participation 2001-2002

• Winter 01 8
• Spring 01 18
• Summer 01 10
• Fall 01 85
• Winter 02 112
• Spring 02 154

• Summer 02 50
• Fall 02 190
• Winter 03 239
• Spring 03 222
• Summer 03 110
• Fall 03 340

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Faculty and Student Reaction

• Over 90 of students and faculty report
• Quantity and quality of student-student and
  student-faculty interactions was same or greater
• Reflective learning was same or greater

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Faculty and Student Reaction

• 100 of faculty report that Blackboard enhances
  their teaching
• 77 of students report that Blackboard enhances
  their instructors teaching
• 68 of students report that Blackboard enhanced
  their learning

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Faculty Options for Web-Enhanced classes

• Course Web Site
• Supplemental Online Discussion
• Gradebook only
• Hybrid Class with Reduced Seat Time

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Blackboard Tour