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BbWorld 2016 Executive Listening Session

Discussion created by vivek.ramgopal on Jul 4, 2016
Latest reply on Jul 7, 2016 by cullom

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Hi everyone - I'm facilitating this year's Executive Listening session (the open forum with our Leadership team) at BbWorld. I've got my list of about 20 that I assume will be asked, but I'd like to take questions from the Community as well. Post what you would like the team to address here!

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cmduke Jul 7, 2016 2:08 PM
Assessment is at the very core of teaching and learning; if assessment is not occurring, teaching and learning is not occurring. When will there be a focus on improving Learn's assessment tools at all levels: course, program, or institution?

Several examples of specific, deeper dive questions:
- At the classroom level, it doesn't seem the range or type of assessment tools have changed or been improved dramatically in quite some time, e.g. the question types on an exam type assessment haven't expanded or changed in 5-10 years; the rubric tools could be improved as well. When will innovation begin occurring at that level?
- At the program level, there's little to no tools available that enable aggregating learning outcomes-centered results across multiple course sections, e.g. being able to have a shared/institutional test bank in which questions are aligned to relevant student learning outcomes; that alignment is maintained across all sections that use the question. A system-wide report against that outcome would show each question with aggregate, system-wide results available including the broader psychometric type data across all sections (item difficulty, discernment etc); ideally, drill-down by college (campus, faculty) or student (ethnicity, semester credit hours completed) characteristics would be available. When will resources be invested in developing those type of tools?
- At the institutional level, Outcomes is an incredibly powerful tool, but it does not appear to have received any prioritization for development resources to improve and to enhance the tool. When will it receive greater attention and resources? For me, it could and should be the differentiating feature between Bb Learn and any other LMS in the industry.
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cmduke Jul 7, 2016 2:08 PM
What's your list of 20?

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Chris
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cullom Jul 7, 2016 6:11 PM
Hi Vivek,
Thanks for the opportunity to provide input. Unfortunately, we don't have the budget for me to attend this year. I would like to know if Bb plans to create TRULY collaborative tools within Learn. Wikis are cumbersome and only useful for certain use cases. Discussions aren't really collaborative... and even Collaborate isn't very collaborative. I'm talking about tools at the level of Google Docs, RealTime Board, Padlet, and the like - spaces where students can really work together on ideas and in real time if they want to. The platform is really lacking in this regard IMHO.
Similarly, I can't understand why an IM environment isn't baked in to Learn. BB IM is old and is a separate client. Why is that? I'm an online learner at a school that uses Moodle and I love being able to see who else is online when I am. Quick chats are great for mutual encouragement and getting quick answers to questions.
Have fun in Vegas!
Carine
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