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Blackboard Backpack, Elluminate & Apreso Classroom

Created by Rodney B. Murray (University of the Sciences in Philadelphia) on September 28, 2006

I thought my latest podcast might be of interest to this community...

RPP #24 Blackboard Backpack, Elluminate & Apreso Classroom

Topics covered during this 26 minute podcast:

* Interview with Dr. Tony Frisby, Director of Education Services, Academic & Instructional Support & Resources, Thomas Jefferson University
o Blackboard Backpack (backpack.blackboard.com), a personal learning tool, allows students to download all of their course content to a laptop, tablet PC or desktop PC. It supports creating annotations and notes on course documents along with highlighting, searching and other helpful features.
o Elluminate (www.elluminate.com), a synchronous learning tool, offers Internet-based video conferencing, also called 'webcasting,' to extend the reach of live classroom teaching to students at remote locations.
o Apreso Classroom (www.apreso.com), an asynchronous learning tool, captures the classroom experience and makes it available to students for online review at a later time. It enable students to improve comprehension and retention, and professors to improve the effectiveness of class and office hours.


 
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