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Keynote Presentation: 'Learning 2020' | Brisbane
Professor Suzi Vaughan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), Queensland University of Technology
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Keynote Presentation: Higher Education 1.0-3.0 | Perth
Professor Gilly Salmon, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation), The University of Western Australia
In this session, Professor Gilly Salmon looks backwards and forwards to trends in learning and teaching in Higher Education, with exploration of the growth of the deployment of the LMS over the years and into the future.
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Keynote Presentation
Allan Christie, VP, eLearning, APAC, Blackboard With over 20 years of experience in the education industry, Allan also has a deep insight into the strategic changes Blackboard has implemented in recent years. With a focus on the student and innovative practices, Allan will share his thoughts on how Blackboard can help improve key performance indicators at your organisation including student engagement and retention, academic adoption, and more.
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Innovation and Your Institution (Part 1) | Panel Session
Hosted by Chris Ross, Director, International Solutions, APAC, Blackboard
In this session we’ve assembled the innovation crew of which you’ll be a key ingredient. Through the session we’ll explore the following topics and facilitate round table discussion amongst the team to unpick and build a plan for seeding Innovation back at your campus.
- Strategies for Assessing, Planning, Seeding & Mainstreaming innovation at your institution.
- Mobility bringing the University to your students with Bb Student.
- Industry Alignment & Graduate Outcomes with Competency Dashboards & MyEDU.
- Maximizing Student Engagement and Flexibility with Blackboard Collaborate.
- Connected Assessment Ecosystem with Blackboard Collaborate.
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Innovation and Your Institution (Part 2) – Learn Roadmap
Chris Ross, Director, International Solutions, APAC
Glenn Philpott, Director, Cloud Services, APAC
Eoin Haluch, Senior Director, Client Support, APAC
This session will provide insight into the future development directions for Blackboard Learn. Join us as Chris & Glenn share what’s coming to Learn (including 9.1, SaaS, and the Ultra experience).
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Innovation and Your Institution (Part 2) – Open Source Roadmap
Grant Beevers, Senior Manager Solutions Engineering APAC Increase rates of satisfaction and student engagement with online classrooms from Moodlerooms, and actionable data from X-Ray Learning Analytics. Join Grant as he introduces Moodlerooms’ latest mobile-first Snap theme which user-friendly design removes barriers to online learning, enabling delivery of engaging content and activities in an intuitive manner. Also find out how Blackboard’s predictive analytics tool X-Ray Learning Analytics provides deep insights into student behaviour and identifies trends that can be used to improve student learning experiences.
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Using Video to Engage and Create a More Personal Experience | Workshop
Grant Beevers, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, APAC
Mark Bailye, Customer Success Manager, ANZ
Lindsey Nickalls, Strategic Account Executive/ Platform Specialist, ANZ
With video becoming more ingrained in the education experience, some organisations have displayed innovative ways to engage their students, make assessment more interesting, and show how they are leading the industry with video in their courses. Attend this workshop to earn a deeper understanding into how video could play a role at your organisation, and leave with some actionable ways to implement it.
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Learning Analytics: You’ve Got the Data – now what can you do with it?
Chris Eske, Senior Platform Sales Executive, APAC
The data now available to educational institutions on student engagement, enrolments, course success rates and more is phenomenal. However, many are still learning how best to use this data to improve their performance indicators and show a ROI on their analytics solutions. In this session, Chris will share how organisations can use this data to correlate to direct results – including targeting at risk students, improving teaching practices and more. |
Please speak to your account manager for more information on Analytics
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Using Tools in your LMS to Increase Student Engagement and Retention
Mick Garner, Solutions Engineer, ANZ
Mark Bailye, Customer Success Manager, ANZ
In this session Mick Garner and Mark Bailye will provide demonstrations on several tools within your LMS that can be used to improve student engagement and retention. The interactive session will allow participants to reflect on their current practices and how they might implement some of these ideas and tools at their own institution.
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Addressing Organisational Challenges – How Bb Can Help Your Institution with Strategic, Technical & Functional Plans
Maneesh Sarvia, Director, Consulting, APAC
Glenn Philpott, Director, Cloud Services, APAC
Many staff in the Blackboard team have come from an educational background and have many years of personal experience in teaching, educational design and perhaps an IT background. With the insights into many different approaches and strategies of global institutions, both large and small – we’re able to help your organisation plan for technical, strategic or functional changes and create a direction that will make you excited for the future. Join this session to learn more about what we can offer.
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Exploring the Grades Journey and Improving Assessment Feedback: A Game Plan | Workshop
Mark Bailye, Customer Success Manager, ANZ
Mick Garner, Solutions Engineer, ANZ
Grading used to be an extremely time consuming process which kept academics at their desks and dreading the task. With the advent of new technologies, mobile apps and beautiful new features which make the job more practical – not only is it a quicker and more pleasant process but academics now have the chance to reflect further on assessment style, effectiveness and take on board feedback for future courses. Join this session for an insight into how to implement best practice in grading at your organisation.
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