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A presentation by Ronald Stephenson
& Stephanie Berridge
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There’s a revolution going on in education, and we are going to have to adapt quickly not as followers, but as leaders, if we still want to be in this business 10 years from now.
- The Paperless Classroom (2010) Systems
Contractor News (18)10, 26
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Compared with the traditional approach, the paperless classroom pedagogical approach...exemplifies a wide range of benefits to students, including:
- an anytime and anywhere learning environment where the instructor’s assistance is only a couple of clicks away; students’ questions are answered promptly
- a set of convenient tools to manage course materials and team projects
- strong knowledge management (KM) capabilities
- a transition to active and hands-on learning
- a learning community in which students feel always connected
- useful online skill sets that will prepare them for the digital future
Fei Wang, J. (2010) Creating a paperless classroom with the best of two worlds. Journal of Instructional Pedagogies (21), 1-22.
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• College of Education - Use educational technology as an instructional and management tool
( http://www.wilmu.edu/education/education.aspx
)
• College of Health Professions - Access, use, and evaluate information effectively and appropriately. Use technology to effectively locate and communicate information( http://www.wilmu.edu/health/nursing_competencies.
aspx )
• College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Demonstrate effective utilization of current technologies
(http://www.wilmu.edu/behavioralscience/behavsci_about.aspx)
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• There are many different options available, but since WU uses Blackboard, we will review a few options available through this platform, such as:
– Assignment Manager
– Online Assessments
– Gradebook
– Discussion Board
– Using Bb as a knowledge repository for students & faculty
– Other options, including attendance, through
WebCampus
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• Student submission is time and date stamped
• Instructor feedback is time and date stamped
• No more lost papers
• Feedback can be provided directly to My
Grades (student Gradebook on Blackboard)
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• Click on the assignments tab on your course homepage/create assessment/assignment
• Name your assignment and type the instructions in the space provided
• Add a point value in the space provided
• Complete the availability information, add a due date, and hit submit
• More complete training is available from our
Technology Training Department
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• Overview of “how to” covered by another workshop
• Works for any test format, but multiple choice is preferable
• Grades are calculated by Blackboard when the student hits submit
• Grades are entered into My
Grades/Gradebook automatically
• Saves time in calculating final grades
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• I don’t know how!
• I don’t have the right hardware/software!
• I didn’t know this was a technology class!
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• I don’t know how!
– Provide extra credit assignments that help students learn how to use assignment manager and how to take tests online
– “The Assignment Manager Test Drive”
– Practice Quiz
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Instructions:
Successful completion of this Assignment Manager Test Drive by Sunday, September 16, 2012 will earn you five (5) extra credit points.
Please follow the instructions exactly to earn the extra credit points.
Here's what you need to do:
Please create a word file (.doc, .docx, or .rtf) and type "this is my assignment manager test drive" in the file. Save the file under the file name "Assignment Manager Test Drive". Submit the file by clicking on the phrase "Assignment Manager Test Drive" (the label for this section), clicking on the "Browse" tab, choosing the file you just created and attaching it to Assignment Manager - it's like attaching a file to an email. You will also see a place to write me a note to go along with your assignment. This is optional. Once you have uploaded the file, click "submit".
After submitting the file, click on the "My Grades" tab, which is available on the course homepage, and confirm that your assignment was submitted. Look for the green box with the white exclamation point. This is the symbol of an assignment waiting to be graded and tells you that the file you submitted was uploaded correctly. It does not guarantee that I can open the file.
After you have confirmed that your assignment was submitted successfully, please send me an email from your WU email account with the subject line "Assignment Manager Test Drive
completed". Emails from non-WU email accounts are not acceptable. My email address is mary.s.berridge@wilmu.edu
. You don't have to send a message with this, but please type your name and the class number (PHI 302) in the message area, since I can't always figure out who you are from the email address. Once you have done this and we are both confident that you will be able to successfully use Assignment Manager, I will add five (5) extra credit points to your grade.
Please remember: you must complete this assignment as presented by September 16, 2012 to earn the extra credit points. If you complete this assignment after that date and/or do not complete the assignment as described in this posting, you will not receive any extra credit points.
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– 5 question multiple choice quiz with easy questions about the class (i.e., what is the course number)
– the practice quiz questions can also be used to reinforce course policies (i.e., what is the late assignment submission policy for this class?)
– students can take the quiz multiple times
– the goal is for students to be comfortable taking tests on Bb
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• I don’t have the right hardware/software!
• Tech support can confirm if student hardware/software is compatible with Bb
• Students are correct – not all file formats are compatible with Bb. If the student does not have
Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx documents), the student can convert Microsoft works (.wps) documents to .rtf documents by choosing .rtf format from the "save as" function.
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• I didn’t know this was going to be a technology class!
• Two ideas -
– First – Employer expectations
– Second – Graduation competency
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• Once the grade is in the gradebook, it can’t get lost
• Student and instructor work is time and date stamped
• Instructors can provide feedback using the track changes feature in Word & in the comments box in the grading section
• Students can review instructor feedback at their convenience
• Instructor and student can monitor progress
• Saves time in calculating final grades
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• For Students
– Course outlines
– Course syllabi
– Discussion Boards
• Students tend to share (sometimes “over share”) more in the perceived anonymity of the online environment
– Course materials
• Web links
• Videos
• Blogs
• Wikis
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• For Faculty
– Bb organizations sites
• Place to store collected program and college knowledge
• Facilitates communication with faculty
• Facilitates course outline submission and review process
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• Assignment through assignment manager
• Grading through the gradebook
• Online Assessment
• Discussion Board
• Bb as a knowledge repository for students
• Bb as a knowledge repository for faculty
• Announcements
• Attendance (and other cool stuff) through
WebCampus
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