Innovation with Technology
How the University of
Groningen has become student centric by extending the
functionality of Blackboard Learn outside of the Core Learn capabilities and bringing in other data sources and developing extensions via custom
Building Blocks.
Students as Collaborators
The use and benefit of employing students for support. Groningen have between
20-30 students employed as first line support for its technologies, as
well as for exam invigilation, and as stakeholders in deciding on TEL strategy.
Digital Exams
See how Groningen examine student’s knowledge and skills on a more
regular basis through online testing for summative assessment including
the submission of essay based exams and how this has enabled them to:
- Run examinations up to 15 hours a day, 6 days per week
- Save academics 6600 academic marking hours
Provide Students With One Place To Manage All Aspects Of Their Education Experience
One of the challenges many institutions encounter is correctly surfacing information and communicating this to students. Groningen use the Blackboard Community Engagement Module to communicate dynamic information from their own internal systems such as timetables, grades, appointments with lecturers and career paths. We'll look in detail at how they can integrate their timetabling system (Scientia) with Blackboard Learn, by using a custom API to draw student specific timetabling information.
Personalising and Mobilising The Online Environment
Groningen have created a "one stop" mobile shop to enable students to see information that is “harvested” from across the University on their mobile devices. This includes authentication and single sign on for Mosaic for a more personalised view for students using their mobile apps to display information such as My Events, My Grades, My Schedule, Workplaces.
Learning and Educational Analytics
Arguably the most important data for students are predicted grades. Find
out how Groningen has developed a custom building block designed in a
visual way via a speedometer which shows students attainment and progression of how they are achieving
with their studies.
Using Data For Student Intervention
Discover how Groningen are highlighting early intervention
with students via combining a pre-existing risk (Academic Readiness
Report) with using data predicted from Learn (via visual indicators) and
using this to assess students who require intervention and increased support with their studies.
Institutional Agility in the Blackboard Private Cloud
Learn how the Blackboard Private Cloud underpins Groningen's success by enabling true agility and allowing them to free up valuable assets to focus on their core business.
Find out how they prepared their business case and calculated the
impact of improvements in operational efficiencies and resource
utilisation, as well as considerations when defining their cloud
strategy.
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