{"id":8699,"date":"2025-01-08T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:51:09","slug":"mini-conference-blackboard-exemplary-practice-materials-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2025\/01\/08\/mini-conference-blackboard-exemplary-practice-materials-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Conference: Blackboard Exemplary Practice: Materials Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2019\/08\/accesibility-icons.png\" alt=\"Accessibility icons showing 3 images: a checklist, a computer workstation, an image\" class=\"wp-image-631\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday 18 December, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit hosted an online mini conference taking a look at Blackboard Exemplary Practice. With over 40 attendees, and 5 sessions, it was one of our biggest mini conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The materials from the event are now available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aber.ac.uk\/en\/is\/it-services\/elearning\/networks-and-events\/academy-mini-conference\/2024\/\">on our webpages.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were delighted to welcome Carol Chatten from Edge Hill University and Robert Farmer from Northampton University to showcase their award-winning courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol\u2019s course is designed for medical professionals completing their placements. Robert\u2019s course introduced undergraduates to critical thinking skills. Both courses have been awarded Blackboard\u2019s Exemplary Course Programme Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were then joined by Dom Gore and Richard Gibbons from Anthology (Blackboard). They gave an overview of the new developments that are coming in Blackboard, as well as introducing attendees to the new AI Conversations tool. 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