eLearning workshops in August

Want to know how to use LEARN@PolyU (理學網) for your teaching? Are you interested in MOOCs? Then come along to our workshops in August to find out more! Introduction to LEARN@PolyU (理學網) Weds 13th August 12:00-14:00 This introductory workshop will provide you with the necessary skills to navigate and use the Blackboard interface, and become proficient in performing basic key...

Horizon Report 2014

The internationally recognised Horizon Report on educational technology, its trends and challenges, has been released for this year. The Higher Education Edition is of particular interest. It contains three sections: Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption Significant Challenges Impeding Higher Education Technology Adoption Important Developments in Educational...

Our BOT graduates!

The first offer of the BOT course came to an end on Friday 9th May.  Thirty teaching staff graduated with the Certificate in Becoming an Online Teacher after completing all three modules over the semester, having started the course in early January. There were graduates from all of the PolyU Faculties and from SHTM. The numbers of staff who completed: Faculty of Health & Social...

Blackboard Upgrade: June 2014

This Summer the University will upgrade LEARN@PolyU. We are currently running Blackboard Version 9.1 SP8. We will upgrade to Service Pack 13 (SP13) . The new system should be available for your use in early June 2014. Workshops on key new features will be offered from May onwards. There are quite a lot of new and improved features we will benefit from. Details about system availability...

Building Block Guidelines

Building blocks are mini-applications that run within Blackboard to extend the functionality of the system. Guidelines have been developed to help staff understand what building blocks, how to develop them, and the process for requesting building block help. Download the Guidelines...