E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

Op een bericht van de Midland User Group lees ik de eerste aankondigingen over Blackboard 9.0. Hoewel ik weet dat Blackboard heel terughouden hierin is en zegt dat alles nog kan wijzigen, is het wel een interessant lijstje:

Bb9.0

New user interface - sections that can be dragged and ddropped around on the page, different pane for editing and viewing.

engagement

• bought a communications company, so looking at provision of bulk SMS< email and voice messages through Bb
• page shown with wiki and chat in one area - very much the look of learning objects!
• iGoogle integration
• facebook integration
• RSS

assessment

• instructor and student dashboard - shows you what is new, who is late, who has submitted work,
• assignment tool redesigned to match more clearly to learning outcomes, can deploy rubrics for marking
• portfolio - new system taking best of all three available systems, launch later than Bb 9.0

Openess

• APIs opened up
• enable multiple platforms to run together - moodle and sakai can be added seemlessly (single sign on) and with access to course documents across both
• iPhone interface, othe mobile devices in planning

Als dit allemaal werkelijk gerealiseerd wordt, wordt ik toch wel blij. Ik ben benieuwd.

Via: Niall Sclater