By Eric Wilson, Technology Trainer/Part-time Faculty and Blackboard Certified Trainer, Orange Coast College
BbWorld ’08 is nearly around the corner now—it looks to be exciting and, as you know, what better way is there to learn about and share lots of different teaching and training techniques with e-Learning tools.
I look forward to attending this year’s users conference as both an attendee and presenter. I’m thrilled to be able to present during a pre-conference workshop, on collaborative learning and how the Blackboard Learning System – Vista Enterprise License can be an easy and effective tool for this. The title of my workshop is “Learning Together Online – Collaborative Learning.” Check out the list of pre-conference workshops for details about mine and others.
My hands-on workshop will include a workbook I’m developing with lots of useful information, best practices and resources. Here is a sneak peak of the topics I’ll be covering:
- The Pathway – How It All Started and How Collaborative Learning and Cooperative Learning Complement Each Other
- Setting the Collaborative Learning Environment
- What Does Collaborative Learning Have to Do with Online Learning?
- So Where Does It Start? YOU – The Moderator
- Develop a Purpose and Goal
- Phases on Development – 6 Steps on Building the Collaborative Learning Environment on Blackboard Vista
- Evaluations and Gratitude
- What about the Inactive Learners – How to Handle Them
This workshop will be fun-filled, and there will be an open discussion for attendees to share their own ideas, feedback, and training and teaching experiences. If you want to take full advantage of collaborative learning, or want to improve on what you’re doing already, Blackboard Vista software can help you. And the software isn’t limited to use in an online class – it’s for everyone at your institution!
If you’d like more information about my workshop, please don’t hesitate to email Kristen Cooper, who will let me know. And in the mean time: Get registered for the conference! Limited seating available!
See you in Las Vegas!
If you’d like to respond to Eric’s post, submit your own entry for the Blackboard Training Blog or seek information about the Blackboard Certified Trainer Program, please email me, Kristen Cooper.
