The next few posts will no doubt be about the Durham Blackboard User Group conference - ignore me for a while until normal service resumes if this isn't your cup of tea!
The first session I'm presenting is entitled: The best of both worlds: the controlled meets the social. It's really about how at the University of Brighton we run Blackboard alongside Elgg to provide a traditional VLE platform and a social platform for tutors to best support and teach their students. I'll be highlighting where this works well, how we can help tutors understand the differences (this is the bit that involves a Lego demo - read the rest of my blog to find out more!) and some honest home truths about how it works in reality...
The presentation is viewable on Google Docs, feel free to have a look and hopefully it won't put you off actually attending!
My second session (as part of the show and tell on Day 2) is about The Never Ending Uni Quiz, an initiative to help teach students (and staff) about all aspects of life at University in a competitive quiz format - the leaderboard being the key feature!
This presentation is also viewable on Google Docs (but is screenshots only, so you'll have to come and listen!)
I'm also looking forward to catching up with some colleagues - many of whom I've only met on twitter, and no doubt having endless conversations about the future of the VLE - our favourite topic! I'm also interested to see how twitter in particular is used at the conference, there's already a Twub, and I was pleased to see the hashtag (#durbbu10) promoted far in advance of the conference, so I've been following chat about preparations and delegates for a while now.
This morning I've spent far too long thinking about packing (a lot of snow forcast, and only hand baggage allowed) so assuming the ice holds off long enough for the flight I look forward to being there by dinner time tonight!
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