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Live your life. Create your destiny. The Advantages and Drawbacks of Blackboard 9 Marius Pienaar 16 September 2011

The advantages and drawbacks of Blackboard 9

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  1. 1. Live your life. Create your destiny. The Advantages and Drawbacks of Blackboard 9 Marius Pienaar 16 September 2011
  2. 2. Live your life. Create your destiny. Outcomes Advantages of Bb9 Drawbacks of Bb9 Whats new in Bb9 Show and Tell: creating a Learning Module
  3. 3. Live your life. Create your destiny. Advantages
  4. 4. Live your life. Create your destiny. Advantages Increased availability Quick feedback Improved communication Tracking Skill building
  5. 5. Live your life. Create your destiny. Drawbacks
  6. 6. Live your life. Create your destiny. Drawbacks Blackboard is hard to learn Blackboard options may be restricted to particular operating systems Blackboard system inefficiencies Cost
  7. 7. Live your life. Create your destiny. Whats new in Blackboard 9.1 Learn
  8. 8. Live your life. Create your destiny. Whats new in Blackboard 9.1 Learn
  9. 9. Live your life. Create your destiny. Creating a Learning Module
  10. 10. Live your life. Create your destiny. Creating a Learning Module
  11. 11. Live your life. Create your destiny.
  12. 12. Live your life. Create your destiny. Conclusion Bb LMS allows for: the means for creation of motivational environments for learning the opportunity for students to use the familiar environment of the internet for educational purposes a medium to present curricular materials in a way that promotes the development of students organizational, communication, and time-management skills
  13. 13. Live your life. Create your destiny. Conclusion Bb LMS has found a home in distance learning with courses taken totally online, but also as a complement to more traditional instruction in hybrid courses The technology will undoubtedly become less of a goal in learning and more of a tool Bb LMS will evolve to allow students to progress at their own rates with lecturers serving as guides for the learning process Motivation of students in the online learning environment will show benefits in a skilled and knowledgeable society