bboogle: bringing blackboard and google apps together for collaborative learning
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Bboogle: Bringing Blackboard and Google Apps Together For Collaborative Learning. Brian Nielsen, Northwestern University With support from Jonathan Smith, Patricia Goldweic, James Altman. Google Apps for Education: a quick review Alternative models for learning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bboogle: Bringing Blackboard and Google Apps Together For
Collaborative LearningBrian Nielsen, Northwestern University
With support from
Jonathan Smith, Patricia Goldweic, James Altman
Overview
• Google Apps for Education: a quick review
• Alternative models for learning
• Bboogle: integrating Bb and Google Apps
• What can one do with Bboogle?
What Is Google Apps for Education?
• http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/
• Gmail
• Google Docs (docs, presentations, spreadsheets and forms)
• Google Calendar
• Google Sites
• Northwestern students have been using GAE since 2007 in Our “@u” domain
“Traditional” Model for Teaching
Today’s Model for Learning
What is Bboogle?• A “connector” technology: Google Apps in
Blackboard Learn
• An open source Building Block, available at http://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/bboogle
• Developed at Northwestern for Blackboard 8 , 9, and 9.1
• As open source, we are encouraging other developers/instructional technologists to join us in contributing to the future of Bboogle
What Does Bboogle Offer? 1 2
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Google Bookmarklet
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Single SignOn5
But What Does Bboogle Do?
• Collaborative writing
• Group presentations
• Aggregating data collection and management
• Calendar overlays for coordination of personal and academic life
• Collaborative multimedia hypertexts – Google Sites
And, Importantly …
Manages permissions and
Creates Groups
A Class Project
• “The subject of this course is vast and in order to create an organized mental map of the people, places, concepts, and events we encounter, as a group we will collaborate to create a web-based encyclopedia that will both help you prepare for your midterm essay and final exam, and serve as a source for future reference.”
-- Prof. Geraldo Cadava
Project Scenario
• 27 Students in a 10-week course• A group of 2-3 students becomes “editor for
the week”– Responsible for determining and assigning articles– Manage editorial review and style uniformity
• Remainder of students become author/ researchers, submitting 2-3 entries per week
• Weekly rotation of responsibilities
Demonstration
Google Site: Encyclopedia of Latin American History
Student Entry: Encyclopedia of Latin American History
Collecting Student Papers
Other Applications
• Data sharing
• Calendar coordination
• Sharing student writing
• Collaboration on group presentations
• etc., etc.
• For developers, work with the Google API
Thinking About Evaluation
• Students are engaged
• Instructors are pondering possible instructional activities/designs
• Many instructors need more assistance and support for Google Apps than for Bboogle
• Modeling other learning project scenarios will help promote adoption of Bboogle
ResourcesProject site: http://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/bboogle
Meetings of Bboogle Community Developers/Users twice monthly via AdobeConnect session
A listserv: email [email protected] or [email protected] to subscribe
Test/demonstration accounts available through Northwestern University
Video featuring Encyclopedia of Latin American History http://new-learning.northwestern.edu/bboogle
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Bboogle: Bringing Blackboard and Google Apps
Together For Collaborative Learning
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