Title: The Future of Course Management Systems Dr. Deborah Everhart, everhart@georgetown.edu Sr. Architect, Blackboard Inc. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
1The Future of Course Management SystemsDr.
Deborah Everhart, everhart_at_georgetown.eduSr.
Architect, Blackboard Inc.Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Georgetown University
- At Blackboard, Dr. Everhart provides leadership
in product strategy and development. Her
responsibilities include researching, analyzing,
and designing features and functionality for new
products, including the next generation of
Blackboard and WebCT integrations. - She teaches in Georgetown University's Medieval
Studies program. She received her Ph.D. in
English from the University of California,
Irvine. Dr. Everhart has been using computers in
the classroom since 1985. The Labyrinth, the
medieval studies Website that she co-directs with
Martin Irvine, was the first Web project at
Georgetown University. - She served for six years as the Sr. Internet
Development Coordinator in University Information
Services at Georgetown University, where she
acted as Internet2 Applications Representative,
coordinated the University's Web development and
policies, and implemented and supported
Blackboard.
2YesterdayInefficiencies and Lost Productivity
- No such thing as online
- Manual processes
- Walking to offices to fill out forms
- Waiting in line for course registration
- Ordering textbooks on hardcopy forms
- Typing the syllabus and other handouts
- Photocopying
3YesterdayLimited Access to Content
- Only hardcopy
- Students lost the syllabus
- Difficulty adjusting the syllabus
- Out of date textbooks
- No good way to make links between the materials
- Books checked out of the library
- Interlibrary loan
4YesterdayFew Communication Methods
- Classroom
- After class
- Office hours
5YesterdayKnowledge Sharing and Creation
- Faculty to student knowledge sharing outside the
classroomoffice hours, mentoring - Student to student knowledge sharingstudy groups
- Student knowledge creationsolitary, often
unverified
6TodayEfficiencies and Improved Productivity
- Materials can be always available online,
anytime, anywhere - Processes and services can be delivered online
- Syllabus and assignments are online
- Auto-grading of quizzes and tests
- Online Gradebook
- Performance Dashboard to monitor student progress
and participation - Online calendar, tasks, contacts
- Full environment of supporting services to enable
success
7TodayAccess to Content
- Always available online
- Links to library materials
- Online journals (and entire books)
- Online course reserve readings
- Rapid updates in textbooks
- Online connections to supplementary textbook
materials and tools - RSS subscriptions for personalized delivery of
updated information - Real time news connections
8TodayCommunication Methods
- Discussion boards
- Email
- Chat
- IM
- Whos Online
- Online presentation tools
- Conference calls
- Virtual Classroom
9TodayKnowledge Sharing and Creation
- Faculty/Student knowledge sharing via
collaboration online without physical barriers - Feedback instantaneous
- Online testing
- Self-testing
- Student to student knowledge sharing organized
both by faculty and by the students - Student group work in online private spaces
10Near TermEfficiencies and Improved Productivity
- Web 2.0inline editing, personalization, memory
of recent actions and preferences - Early notifications of student progress
- Efficiencies of online evaluation and continuous
improvement processes - Online tools for institutional surveys, course
evaluations, and other feedback mechanisms
11Near TermAccess to Content
- Learning Object repositories
- Unbundling content
- Static content gt Collaborative content
development - Wikis
- Blogs
- Podcasts
- Online gt untethered
12Near TermCommunication Methods
- Increasingly portable
- IM and email on cell phones
- Forwarding services
13Near TermKnowledge Sharing and Creation
- Course-centric gt learner centric
- Faculty-centric gt Empowering students
- ePortfolios
- Solitary learning gt Social learning and peer
review - Notes to oneself gt social tagging
14Future Think Efficiencies and Improved
Productivity
- Proximity alerts
- Ubiquitous wireless
- Access to the Web of global information from any
device - Search agents
15Future ThinkAccess to Content
- Augmented reality
- Global online libraries with full content
digitized and highly hyperlinked
16Future ThinkCommunication Methods
- Ubiquitous real-time communication and
collaboration
17Future ThinkKnowledge Sharing and Creation
- Vast networks of socially constructed knowledge
- Bookmarks and tagging/commentary of peers--
folksonomies - Subscriptions to follow the paths of others