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Creating Change & Transforming Education for Global Learners
Allan ChristieGM and Learning Technologist, APAC
Introduction
Topics
▶ About Me
▶ To MOOC or not to MOOC?
▶ Blackboard Open Education
▶ The ‘new’ Blackboard - supporting International Growth
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Outline
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I have been using educational technology in T&L for a long time!
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Allan Christie, GM and eLearning Technologist, Blackboard APAC
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Allan Christie, GM and eLearning Technologist, Blackboard APAC
• 20 years on the ascilite Executive
• Post-graduate research “evaluation of educational technologies in teaching & learning”
• Excellence in Teaching Award – UniSA
• 1998 – Founder and MD of NetSpot Pty Ltd
• 2012 – acquired by Blackboard Inc.
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International Growth
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SHOWCASEOPEN
ACCESSEXPERIMENTATION
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There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!
https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths
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There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!
https://www.edx.org/course/snux/snux-snu216b-226-1x-international-1515
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There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!
http://www.openculture.com/free_certificate_courses
There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!
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https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/mooccatalog.html
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What is involved in making a MOOC
Planning – being clear about “why”
Time – it will always take you longer than you expect
Assessment – accreditation? Open Badges
Your involvement – how much interaction, ? Support from T/A’s
Promotion – twitter, FB, blogs, web site, promotional video, etc.
Resources – video, OER (copyright)
SHOWCASEOPEN
ACCESSEXPERIMENTATION
The above slide represents our current intentions, but such offering/functionality may be modified, delayed or
abandoned without prior notice.
FAMILIAR
PLATFORM
INNOVATIVE
TOOLS
FULLY
SUPPORTED
BRIDGED
EXPERIENCES
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Open Education powered by Blackboard
Blackboard’s MOOC platform is available for existing clients
An “existing client” can have any Blackboard product!
Includes Learn, Mobile Learn, Collaborate and xpLor functionality
Clients can brand with their own institution branding
Blackboard Open Education will be available in 19 languages (incl. Korean) at launch
General Availability is next month – July 2014
at no cost!
Experience and insight makes us a trusted partner
73% OF WORLD’S LEADING ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS WORK WITH BLACKBOARD*
SERVE 19,000+ CLIENTS
IN 100 COUNTRIES
3,000
HE Institutions in North America
1,900
International Institutions
12,300
K-12 Schools
And Districts
1,800
Corporate And Government Orgs
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COMPANY ROOTS IN EDUCATION SINCE 1997
* Source: 2014 THE University ranking
60% OF TOP 100 ASIA UNIVERSITIES WORK WITH
BLACKBOARD*
With the largest global community of practice
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30M USERSACROSS
19KCUSTOMERS
WORLDWIDE
By partnering with Blackboard, a global company that acts locally, we can work together to expand your offerings both within and beyond South Korea.
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Conclusion
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Three major takeaways:
• My approach to eLearning
o Who I am and what I stand for
• Open Education powered by Blackboard
o MOOC platform – free for existing clients and fully supported
General Availability – July 2014
• The ‘new’ Blackboard
o Investment in International
e.g, new Blackboard data centre opens in Singapore August 2014
Staff in region to support your ADOPTION of technology
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Upcoming conferences
Allan Christie
GM and Learning Technologist, Blackboard APAC
@ns_allanc
Blog: christie.com.au
