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- Title
The Blackboard Course Makeover of Ethics and the Media.
- Authors
Gerdes, Craig; Kuhr, Peggy
- Abstract
The article focuses on the faculty use of the computer assisted "Blackboard courseware" and also designs an approach to more innovation in its use. The Instructional Development and Support (IDS) unit at the University of Kansas (KU), Kansas City in Kansas, reviewed 893 Blackboard courses and randomly surveyed 150 instructors. The response revealed that Blackboard was being used extensively to post documents, pictures, graphics, web site links, videos, assignments and other information. 68 percent of the responding faculty who use Blackboard said that they access it two or more times per week. IDS invited KU faculty to apply for a "Blackboard Course Make-Over," which was a personalized, private, course site review and redesign. One course that particularly benefited from a makeover was a Journalism 608 class, "Ethics and the Media," taught by Professor Peggy Kuhr. The instructor wanted an easy way to create and deploy weekly "Ethics Polls based on current media events. The instructional designer introduced a web-based application called "PollMonkey." A poll can easily be added, along with a photograph or additional links if needed, directly into an announcement within Blackboard.
- Subjects
KANSAS City (Kan.); KANSAS; COMPUTER assisted instruction; COLLEGE teachers; MASS media; UNIVERSITY of Kansas
- Publication
TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2004, Vol 48, Issue 5, p73
- ISSN
8756-3894
- Publication type
Article