LMS 40 Donna Wicks, Kettering Univ, Mich

Donna Wicks, at Kettering University, put Blackboard 8.0 into production before any other school that we know of. Kettering had been part of the beta program, so they were ready to go the day 8.0 was officially released. Donna explains why they made the move so early, what plans they had made in advance, and how things went.

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(The Blackboard Faculty Support - BbFS - Podcast series has been renamed the Learning Management System - LMS - Podcast series. The web site is http://lmspodcast.com)

BbFS 39 Theresa Van Hoy, St. Mary's University, TX

Theresa Van Hoy is the instructor who, with Azalea Boehm (previously interviewed: BbFS34), won an Exemplary Course Award in 2007 for "The Sacred Feminine in Latin America." It is interesting to be able to hear from both the instructional designer (Azalea) and the instructor (Theresa) to see how they worked together and complemented each other's strengths. Theresa is now the Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.

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View course: The Sacred Feminine in Latin America
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BbFS 38 Joanne Nicoll, University of Pittsburgh

Joanne Nicoll, Associate Director of the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education, University of Pittsburgh, won one of the Blackboard Exemplary Course awards in 2007 for the "Allied Health Education" course. Hear the interview and review the course.

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View course: Allied Health Education

BbFS 37 Lisa Pupo, Spring-Ford HS, PA

Lisa Pupo is an instructor and course designer at Spring-Ford High School, in Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Virtual High School consortium. He course, Cultural Identity Through Literature, won one of the Blackboard Exemplary Course awards in 2007.

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View course: Cultural Identity Through Literature

BbFS 36 Kelly Dukelow, Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii

Kelly Dukelow is the Distance Learning Instructor at Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii. Their course, Hawaiian Pacific Literature, won one of the Blackboard Exemplary Course awards in 2007. Their team entered the competition to get feedback, and was selected as one of the winning entries. This was great recognition for the newly created Virtual Strategies and Distance Learning group.

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View course: Hawaiian Pacific Literature