Touro College Graduate Programs in Education and Special Education

Blackboard Learning Initiatives

Touro College Graduate Programs in Education and Special Education

Blackboard Learning Initiatives

About the program

Improving the program Assess, Analyze, Act, Reassess

Online Prof. Dev. BB Webinars

BB course enhancements

Increasing BB enrollment

Online information

Lehrer APP (in R & D)

edTPA (Fill in Student Response)

About the Program Graduate Programs in Education and Special Education

A single program within the

Graduate School of Education

M.S in Ed./ Sp. Ed (Online/Face to Face)

2500 students (Approx.)

Students Israel, Canada and U.S.

70 Blackboard Sections

Improving the Online Experience Assess-Analyze-Act-Reassess

Assess

BB Student Survey

BB Course Evaluations

Informal - student/instructor

Analyze

“Lacked a Sense of Community”

Act

PD BB Online Webinar

Enhancing “Community”

Faculty Video Introductions

Reassess

Positive! (Faculty and Students)

Dr. Sara Fischer

Blackboard Course Enhancements

Online Resources (Faculty/Students)

Inside and outside of Blackboard

“Living Syllabus” Can be downloaded/printed

Features: Interactive Table of Contents

Graphics and Videos

Links to online resources

Back to Table of Contents

Index

Scalable and Searchable

Increasing BB Enrollment New location – The Bronx

A. Polemeni, L. Miller ,

Y. Karpov (et. al.)

Limit 5 courses – (remainder BB)

Email Blasts to Students

With graphics, links, videos, etc.

Events- NYC DOE - D. Rocker

Video Email to Students

Online Information

Personal website (approved)

Ronald Lehrer.com

Over 405,000 visits Key to Recruitment Request information in

Online programs Living Syllabi Online student teaching

guides with Fill-in-Forms Links to resources Links to NYSED Test Prep Learning Quizzes Teacher Resources for Online

students and Alumni

Lehrer APP in Development

Enter BB through the Portal

Research Schedules

Blackboard will be accessible on Mobile Devices A Video Demonstration - The App (in development)

Registrar, Bursar, Fin. Aid

Access Living Syllabi

A new “front door” to Touro.edu

edTPA – New Teacher Certification The Touro Student Response Document

Project based assessment

4 complex tasks

Video lessons

Online Students upload tasks to Bb for faculty review/comment

Use of Discussion Boards

Available for Online students through BB

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