Digital Learning Days
All you need to know about #BbDLDays in Singapore
Things to know
Before you go
Please take note that registration starts at 9.00am and presentations will begin at 9.20am sharp. Upon arrival, please report to the registration desk to collect your name badges. Morning Tea Break and Lunch will be served during the event.
About Digital Learning Days
Blackboard Digital Learning Days is a series of roadshows that aims to provide educators, learning designers, and system administrators insight into trends in education technology that address today's challenges in higher education. Combining expertise from the Blackboard solutions team and users from our client institutions themselves, these roadshows will also explore best practices addressing student engagement, technology adoption and inclusive learning. Programs and agenda are unique to each city, and we will look at various facets of teaching & learning that also contribute to institutional development. Roadshows are designed for academics, faculty members, course designers, system admins and e-learning managers.
Program Theme
Delivering Academic Effectiveness
Through a highly-flexible and consistent learning environment, institutions are empowering excellence in teaching and learning through simplified integration, open access to content and teaching tools and connections with existing systems and platforms; achieving the personalised experience users demand.
Agenda
9:00am - 9:20am
Registration
9:20am - 9:30am
Welcome Note
Speaker: Eng Tang Lau, Regional Business Manager, Asia, Blackboard
9:30am - 10.15am
The Teaching & Learning Portfolio - A Roadmap Update
Speakers: Ash Rafipour, Solutions Engineer, APAC | Eng Tang Lau, Regional Business Manager, Asia, Blackboard
Join Ash and Eng Tang as they double-team to deliver the latest updates on our solutions and the innovations that we are currently working on. Hear the latest on exciting Ultra developments, where we're at with our global SaaS footprint, the latest in our analytics developments and many more. We're constantly improving and innovating, so we can be your best partner in change!
10:15am - 11:00am
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Made Easier
Speaker: Dr. Susan D'Aloia, Client Success Advocate, Asia, Blackboard
Learning institutions increasingly use Problem Based Learning as a pedagogical approach. Such a framework requires learner-led thought and inquiry to address today’s challenges. Some instructors use this approach to frame a single sequence and other programs structure entire courses using PBL. Join this interactive presentation to see how easy it is to use Ultra to implement Problem Based Learning (PBL).
11:00am - 11:30am
Morning Tea Break
11.30am- 12:00pm
Making Web Content More Accessible
Speaker: Ash Rafipour, Solutions Engineer, APAC, Blackboard
Blackboard Ally has been helping people around the world tackle the challenge of course content accessibility, and now we are taking the next steps to help you create more accessible web content with Bb Ally for Web. Think about how your users interact with your website today. With first impressions being as important as ever, the quality and usability of your design plays a key part in making sure a visitor stays on your site.
Join Ash as he reveals why 800 over institutions globally use Blackboard Ally, and how Blackboard Ally for Web helps you build a more inclusive digital environment, and improve the user experience by helping you take clear control of your content, with usability, accessibility and quality in mind.
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Rising to the Challenges of 21st Century Learners
Speaker: Dr. Susan D'Aloia, Client Success Advocate, Asia, Blackboard
Effective eLearning practices can help to meet the challenges of 21st Century learners. However, even the most accomplished institutions recognise gaps within their professional development offerings. The globally successful eTeacher program has responded to this need. In this session, you will have the opportunity to recognise some of the potential gaps within your institution and how eTeacher can address them.
12:45pm - 12:50pm
Announce Lucky Draw Winner
12:50pm - 2:00pm
Lunch & End
Event Location
Distrii, Singapore
Distrii Singapore @ Republic Plaza holds a prime and prestigious address at the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District (CBD). This is their first international coworking space and is also the single largest coworking facility in Singapore, spanning 62,000 sq ft across 6 levels where inter-connected smart office technology drives work efficiency and productivity within its digital and physical space.