Educational Technology Notes

GGC Center for Excellence Teaching
Educational Technology Notes

Students expectation
1. Accurate, fresh, and organized content on blackboard
2. Prompt feedback on assignments on their blackboard courses
3. Accurate grade updates in their blackboard courses throughout the semester
4. Interactive content on blackboard

Recommendations for Better Use of Educational Technology
1. Establish grade book schema before class start
2. Create all numeric and calculated columns in grade book before class starts
3. Build an active learning community in the blackboard course during the first week of class.
4. Do not use your course primarily a placeholder for power points and other materials.

Recommended Tools on Blackboard
1. Announcement tools
2. Assignment tool
3. Calendar tool
4. Mail tool: Ask all students to use this blackboard internal mail tool to communicate with the instructor.
5. Roster tool
6. Learning modules tool

Chickering and Gamson Principles: Good practice in undergraduate education.
1. Encourages contact between students and faculty,
2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students,
3. Encourages active learning,
4. Gives prompt feedback,
5. Emphasizes time on task,
6. Communicates high expectations, and
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.