Accor Citygate Hotel
Tuesday March 25

270 Flinders Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000

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University of Technology, Sydney
Wednesday March 26

Harris Room, Aerial UTS Function Centre
Level 7, 235 Jones Street,
Ultimo NSW 2007

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Pan Pacific, Perth
Thursday March 27

207 Adelaide Tce, Perth CBD
Western Australia 6000

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University of Queensland
Thursday April 3

Brian Wilson Chancellery (BWC Building 61A)
Level 5, Room 61A (Senate Room)
Brisbane, St Lucia QLD 4072

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  Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane (local times) Agenda
8:30 - 9:00   Registration
9:00 - 9:05   Welcome
9:05 - 9:50   Staying Ahead of the Higher Education Curve - Allan Christie, GM
Why is it important for successful institutions to focus on mobility, connectivity and openness? To stay ahead of the curve, what are the top higher education trends for institutions to achieve sustainable growth, improve academic outcomes and institutional performance? This session will highlight and draw on trends from the different partnerships Allan has worked on in Australia and New Zealand.
9:50 - 10:20   Improve Student Collaboration & Engagement across all study modes - Lindsey Collins, Platform Specialist
Join us as we explore how institutions have provided flexibility across their programs through effective collaboration frameworks that support student engagement.
10:20 - 10:30   Break
10:30 - 11:00   Maximising Assessment and driving for continual program improvement - Chris Ross & Michael Garner, Solutions Engineers, Academic Platforms
Measuring learning is a key element to outcomes assessment, and is the foundation for improvement. Join us as we look at how an institution's assessment framework can be managed within Blackboard, empowering timely and rich feedback to students whilst at the same time ensuring institutional insight into desired program and graduate level outcomes.
11:00 - 11:30   Improve Institutional Performance by better, faster, data-driven decisions - Chris Eske, Platform Specialist
Sound executive decision making is at the heart of a flourishing Institution. But the data on which to make choices is often dispersed, and hidden deep in discrete enterprise systems. This session will discuss the current trends in “big data” and give participants concepts of how this may aid multiple divisions within their organisations to inform decision making.
11:30 - 12:15   Future Directions, Open Forum & Close - Led by Steve Watt, RVP
12:15 - 13:00   Networking Lunch

 
Perth (local time) Agenda
7:30 - 8:00   Registration
8:00 - 8:45   Staying Ahead of the Higher Education Curve - Allan Christie, GM
(Breakfast will be served during this session)
8:45 - 9:15   Improve Student Collaboration & Engagement across all study modes - Lindsey Collins, Platform Specialist
9:15 - 9:30   Break
9:30 - 10:00   Using Student-centred Communication to Improve Engagement and Success - Kahiwa Balfour, Solutions Engineer, Academic Platforms
Student retention is still one of the most important issues in education. It is vital that at-risk students are quickly identified and processes are implemented to improve the student experience and identify predictors of early academic success.
10.:00 - 10:30   Infusing Mobility – What Students Want - Student Panel
As more and more learners are starting to access information via their mobile devices, what are institutions doing to create a mobile strategy to improve their communications and outreach campaigns, boost their enrollment strategy or market themselves? Join us in this interactive Q&A session as we invite students from local institutions to be part of the speakers' panel.
10:30 - 10:45   Break
10:45 - 11:15   Improve Institutional Performance by better, faster, data-driven decisions - Chris Eske, Platform Specialist
11:15 - 11:45   Maximising Assessment and driving for continual program improvement - Michael Garner, Solutions Engineer, Academic Platforms
11:45 - 12:30   Future Directions, Open Forum & Close - Led by Steve Watt, RVP
Join us on one of our tour dates where we will share with you the latest trends we are seeing in the Higher Education space and the different roadmaps for solutions you are using within your institution for effective teaching and learning. This is a great opportunity to meet and give feedback to the Blackboard team who are immersed in the tools that you use every day.

Our first stop is in Melbourne. After that, we travel to Sydney, Perth and Brisbane.

Registrations are now closed.

We are looking forward to seeing you and your colleagues in March and April!
The Blackboard Education On Tour Roadshow Is Coming To You!
An Event For Education Professionals
The Blackboard Education on Tour roadshow is focused on professionals in higher and further education. We encourage you to join the Blackboard team to discuss and learn more about the roadmap for the wide range of Blackboard solutions, and tell us your views and thoughts in our Future Directions and Open Forum section of the roadshow.
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Agenda Blackboard Education On Tour 2014
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Blackboard Professionals Attending & Presenting

Your opinion and experience matters to us. That's why we are bringing a wide range of Blackboard experts on the tour. Below is an overview of some of the key people who you will be able to meet during the Blackboard Education on Tour 2014 series.

Allan Christie
Steve Watt
Chris Eske

General Manager, Australia and New Zealand

 

Regional Vice President, Australia and New Zealand

 

Platform Specialist, Australia and New Zealand

Lindsey Collins
Michael Garner
Chris Ross

Platform Specialist, Australia and New Zealand

 

Solutions Engineer, Academic Platforms, Australia and New Zealand

 

Solutions Engineer, Academic Platforms, Australia and New Zealand

John Young
Kenneth Beard
Juli Rush

Strategic Account Executive , Australia and New Zealand

 
Strategic Account Executive , Australia and New Zealand

Strategic Account Executive , Australia and New Zealand

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Where Will The Tour Be Heading?
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*Agenda subject to change without notice