Blackboard Usage in RIADA

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Blackboard Usage in RIADA
Yasser Massoud, PMP Education Technology
Consultant Al-Andalus Private Schools, Saudi
Arabia Ymohamed_at_as.sch.sa
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Agenda

• Background
• Saudi Arabia
• AlAndalus Schools
• JEEL RIADA Pioneer Generation
• Educational Challenge
• E-learning Model (Bb/smartBoard/Share Point)
• Lessons Learned
• Future Hopes

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Background
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Background Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• The largest and the richest Arab Country.
• Member of the G20 Economic Summit.
• Most important resources are Oil and religious
  tourism.
• Exceptional position in the heart of Muslims
  (Pilgrimage in Holy Makkah city.)
• Diversity of cultures and nationalities.

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Background Al-Andalus Schools

• One of the most famous group of private schools.
• The Kingdom Education Distinction Award for 5
  successive years.
• 756 Employees, 4129 Students, 5 branches in 3
  cities, 2 branches for American Diploma, 2 under
  construction branches in Knowledge Smart City.
• Advanced facilities, 5-stars Buildings,
  Entertainment media, Smart classes, Labs and
  Knowledge resources rooms
• Local international events (participation/spons
  orship)
• CITA accreditation candidate

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Background Al-Andalus Community

• High Class, Businessmen Fathers.
• Mothers spend most time watching their
  children.
• Students study university abroad (USA, Canada,
  London)
• Spoiled children inside class, negative attitude
  towards learning.
• Students professional users of technology
  (hackers sometimes)
• Professional Staff, well-trained academic
  advisors. (PhD, Master, Postgraduate Diploma)

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Background JEEL RIADA

• E-learning classes / traditional classes
  (2002-2005)
• Blended Model integrated in JEEL RIADA 2006
• 5 Strategies (cooperative learning /
  explorative-based learning / thinking-based
  learning / project-based learning / Elearning)
• Emphasizing interactive learning rather than
  traditional passive teaching.
• Extracurricular activities, Researches, Tasks
  and Assignments, continuous evaluation, portfolio
  (student, teacher, school)
• Audio-visual aids, Field Visits, Dissections,
  Sensors, Virtual Lab, Edutainment, society
  interaction.

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Educational Challenge
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Educational Challenge..Typical Situation
Why didnt you finish your assignment?
Ah, I was busy. Maybe Ill finish it later.
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Educational Challenge..Typical Situation
Well, you have to do better job or you are not
going to get marks or pass the exam easily!
And why do I have to bother myself all the year
long, Ill read that boring book before the exam
and find a tutor and everything will be OK.
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Educational Challenge..Typical Situation
Well, you have to do better job or you are not
going to get marks or pass the exam easily!
And why do I have to bother myself all the year
long, Ill read that boring book before the exam
and find a tutor and everything will be OK.
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E-Learning Model (Bb)
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E-Learning Model
Got You!

• Tradition theory of E-learning any time,
  anywhere (home, resort), anyone (mother, tutor.)

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E-Learning Model
Choose Your Option!

• Attractive and filtered resource (instead of a
  boring curriculum or dry book)

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E-Learning Model
Whatever You Need Is There!

• Diversity of content with multimedia support
  (video, flash, photo, mp3, ppt, word..)

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E-Learning Model
No Excuses!

• Plenty of tools (Announcement, mail, discussion
  groups, chat, digital dropbox)

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E-Learning Model
Mom will kill me!

• Tracking, reporting, grading, grouping, peer
  assessment

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E-Learning Model
You deserve what you get!

• Multiple trial quizzes, different question types,
  highest mark grading, bonus marks for extra work

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Lessons Learned
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Lessons Learned

• Variety of techniques and implementation of
  powerful tools can overcome some motivation
  issues.
• Parental support is valuable effective.
• Powerful learning platform DOES make a
  difference (students, teachers, parents,
  competitors, community)

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Future Hopes
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Future Hopes

• Motivation and Attitude of learners (partly
  unsolved issue)
• Arabic language enrichment (Scholar/Safe Assign)
• Implementation life cycle and standard processes
  (The Path Project)
• Value effective PDP (Master Tech Project)

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