Project 4
Learning Management System Review
In the past decade, CSUEB has been adapting Blackboard as the sole Learning Management System (LMS) for online, hybrid and traditional face-to-face instruction. Faculty members often complain about the high cost and limited features of the system. As the University’s license with Blackboard will be expired in June 2016, a learning management system committee was established to assess the university community attitude towards the LMS during Fall quarter 2014. At that time, the goal of the committee was to determine if faculty and staff were satisfied with this LMS or if there was a desire to move to a new system. I volunteered and represented College of Education and Allied Studies (CEAS) to join the committee. The committee consists of 14 members with two selected faculty members from each of the four colleges at the campus and 6 staff in various fields. So far, we had four meetings, discussed issues, formed focus groups, interviewed users, and produced a survey.
The committee is still ongoing and is expected to provide a report to the entire CSUEB community regarding their examination of the effects of Blackboard as well as the recommendation whether to continue using Blackboard or not. The foreseeable impact will be tremendous as it will influence more than 700 faculty members’ instruction at CSUEB.
Learning Management System Review
In the past decade, CSUEB has been adapting Blackboard as the sole Learning Management System (LMS) for online, hybrid and traditional face-to-face instruction. Faculty members often complain about the high cost and limited features of the system. As the University’s license with Blackboard will be expired in June 2016, a learning management system committee was established to assess the university community attitude towards the LMS during Fall quarter 2014. At that time, the goal of the committee was to determine if faculty and staff were satisfied with this LMS or if there was a desire to move to a new system. I volunteered and represented College of Education and Allied Studies (CEAS) to join the committee. The committee consists of 14 members with two selected faculty members from each of the four colleges at the campus and 6 staff in various fields. So far, we had four meetings, discussed issues, formed focus groups, interviewed users, and produced a survey.
The committee is still ongoing and is expected to provide a report to the entire CSUEB community regarding their examination of the effects of Blackboard as well as the recommendation whether to continue using Blackboard or not. The foreseeable impact will be tremendous as it will influence more than 700 faculty members’ instruction at CSUEB.