Maria et al,
Actually, I think this is a serious ethical issue. We already live
in a heavily surveilled society and electronic student tracking is an
increase of this surveillance and I think we should seriously way up the
pros and cons of this before just deciding to do it. We don't follow
students around the library to see what books they are reading.
However, whatever the ethics of the situation, in law this is
covered by the data protection act and we would be obliged to make such data
available to students on request.
Regards,
Bruce
Bruce Douglas Ingraham, ILTM
Teaching Fellow &
Open & Distance Learning Policy Manager
Centre for Lifelong Learning
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough
United Kingdom
tel. 44 (0)1642 384260
fax 44 (0)1642 342293
email [log in to unmask]
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Chin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 October 2002 10:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Monitoring the use of BB
Maria,
If this is for teaching purposes then I can't see how this can possibly
be an infringement of personal freedom! Its as absurd to me as a student
claiming we can't mark their work because it would be an infringement...
Blackboard is a teaching aid (which we provide for the student) and as
such I would clearly argue that we do what we like with it to support
student learning. At Hull use of Blackboard is covered by our
regulations so anyone using Bb has to agree to abide by them, which
means that we can use access stats etc. (if we so wished) to inform us
about a whole variety of issues which can inform our use and development
of Bb as a teaching resource. This would also include monitoring to
ensure students do not misuse the system.
Just tell the student to mind their own business! ;-)
Regards
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: MLE Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Maria-Christiana Papaefthimiou
Sent: 23 October 2002 09:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Monitoring the use of BB
A student has raised with us the point that our being able to see who in
teaching group has accessed a module-dedicated blackboard site is an
infringement of personal freedom etc.
Has anyone a view on this?
Maria
--
Maria-Christiana Papaefthimiou
Learning Technology Officer
Centre for the Development of Teaching and Learning
Room 3, HASS
University of Reading
[log in to unmask]
Tel: 0118 378 7141
Fax: 0118 931 6248
-----Original Message-----
From: MLE Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kylie Baxter
Sent: 07 May 2002 11:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: POWERPOINT and Blackboard (or intranet)
At 13:03 26/04/2002 +0100, Andy Ramsden wrote:>Secondly, does anybody
know of any alternative methods of reducing the
>size of powerpoint file for distribution through Blackboard? It appears
>that some academics do like to develop large powerpoint presentations
>to support their lectures.
Switch to a monochrome colour scheme? Huge sizes are often because
lecturers use the high-colour, high-bandwith templates that come with
PowerPoint. It's pretty easy to switch colour schemes and produce
something that's smaller and easier to print out. Pale text on dark b/g
works best onscreen, but dark text on pale b/g works better for print.
I
also know a lecturer who just pastes the ppt outline into word and
uploads
that to Blackboard, which makes for a much smaller file size and easier
to
print for students.
Kylie Baxter, Information Officer
University of Hull Law School
>On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:46:44 +0100 "Kennedy, Lilian"
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I saw an interesting piece of software at the eLearning conference
> > in Manchester on Wednesday. It's called Impatica ( www.impatica.com
> > <http://www.impatica.com> ). Taken from the brochure:
> > "Launch the Impatica program and select the PowerPoint file you want
to
> > impaticize. In seconds, it will create a corresponding Impatica
file,
> > and
> > you're ready to go. Without hassle or additional software, you can
add
> > the
> > Impatica presentation to your web site and email. ...When the
> > presentation is accessed from a web page, a small Java applet
> > streams the content
and
> > dynamically shows the narrated, animated presentation. " File sizes
are
> > very
> > small, apparently.
> > You can download an evaluation copy. I think it's £299 per copy if
you
> > buy
> > it.
> >
> > L i l i a n K e n n e d y
> > ILT Co-ordinator
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> **********************************************************************
>
************************************************************************
*************************
> > This message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the
> > individual to who it is addressed. You may use and apply the
> > information only for the intended purpose. Any views or opinions
> > presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
> > represent those of Thomas Danby College.
> > Internet communications are not secure, Thomas Danby College does
not
> > accept legal responsibility for the contents
> > of this message. If this email has come to you in error please
delete
> > it and any attachments.
> > Please note that Thomas Danby College may intercept incoming and
> > outgoing e-mail communications.
> >
> > Please visit our Website at http://www.thomasdanby.ac.uk
> >
> >
> >
> **********************************************************************
>
************************************************************************
*************************
> >
> >
>
>----------------------
>Andy Ramsden
>Research Officer - Biz/ed
>Learning Technologies Adviser - LTSS
>
>Institute of Learning and Research Technology
>Bristol University
>8-10 Berkeley Square
>Bristol
>BS8 1HH
>
>[log in to unmask]
>telephone: +44 (0) 117 928 7124
|