{"id":1503,"date":"2013-02-22T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T01:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2019-01-08T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T16:51:38","slug":"blackboard-im-a-brief-survey-of-how-one-professor-is-using-the-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2013\/02\/22\/blackboard-im-a-brief-survey-of-how-one-professor-is-using-the-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard IM: A Brief Survey of One Lesley Professor&#8217;s Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2013\/02\/BBIM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1511\" alt=\"BBIM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2013\/02\/BBIM.png\" width=\"343\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2013\/02\/BBIM.png 343w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2013\/02\/BBIM-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesley.edu\/faculty\/paul-naso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Paul Naso<\/a>, an assistant professor in the PhD in Educational Studies Program at Lesley GSOE, has adopted Blackboard Instant Messaging for a variety of communication tasks.\u00a0 Below is a list of some small steps he and his students have taken during recent semesters:<\/p>\n<p><b>In his online course<\/b> <i>Critical Contexts for the Principalship:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Office hours, by appointment meetings, and occasional unscheduled meetings with students<\/li>\n<li>Use of audio, video and text message functionality<\/li>\n<li>All students were Bb IM users and approximately 75% of students used Bb IM frequently for within-cohort interactions, in pairs or small groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>As part of the online component of<\/b> <i>Adult Learning and Development Semester IV<\/i>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Office hours, by appointment text chat<\/li>\n<li>Audio chat with students to get individual feedback on plans for how they would approach their assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>In the Educational Leadership PhD specialization<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unscheduled, student-initiated text chats to\n<ul>\n<li>Check-in about program requirements, program schedules<\/li>\n<li>Request suggestions for research topic literature<\/li>\n<li>Schedule appointments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through his use of Blackboard IM so far, Paul has observed that as the numbers of his students using the tool increases, the more uses for it become evident.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about Blackboard IM please review the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/faculty\/blackboard-im\/\" target=\"_blank\">help documentation<\/a>\u00a0on the eLIS website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Paul Naso, an assistant professor in the PhD in Educational Studies Program at Lesley GSOE, has adopted Blackboard Instant Messaging for a variety of communication tasks.\u00a0 Below is a list of some small steps he and his students have &hellip; 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