Glen Parker is the Blackboard System Administrator at the University of Southern Florida. USF has been using Blackboard since CourseInfo 4, and has it tightly integrated with their other academic and administrative systems. Glen talks about their upcoming hardware upgrade, support issues, and development activities at USF.
Listen to BbFS14 (32 minutes)
Betsey Barnett teaches Multicultural Studies on-line as well as face-to-face. She has been teaching it on-line for almost 10 years now, and has some wonderful information to share about getting students to think deeply about a subject and to recognize their own growth.
Listen to BbFS13 (29 minutes)
Tom Vilberg is using on-line testing to assess class and departmental learning objectives, using the test bank from their Intro to Psychology textbook. How much do your students learn in your course? During their education? Here is a simple way to find out, at least on one dimension.
Listen to BbFS12 (32 minutes)
Patricia Kahn is Manager of Training and Technology at Montclair State University. Patricia talks about Montclair's Digital Mentorship Programs, as well as other activities taking place at Montclair.
Listen to BbFS11 (20 minutes)
Lin Harper is Proposal Development Specialist at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been involved in distance learning and faculty development and support since 1994. In this discussion she talks about the need for quality support and service, building trust with faculty, using minigrants to introduce technology, and seeing technology as a tool.
Listen to BbFS10 (18 minutes)
