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CourseSites as a MOOC Platform: Getting Started

BITS Getting Started TrackBITS Collaboration TrackTrack: Getting Started & Collaboration
CourseSites.com is a free, hosted  and scalable platform that can support your open education or MOOC initiatives. CourseSites provides access to a wide variety of tools and the ability to implement badging in order to support diverse learning objectives, while creating access to learning worldwide. Attend this webinar to learn more about CourseSites, discover how institutions are utilizing CourseSItes for MOOCs and open education initiatives, and  how to easily publish your course as an OER.
Location: Web Conference using Blackboard Collaborate
Date: 6/6/2013 1:00:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
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Free and Cheap Multimedia Media Tools for Educators

BITS Collaboration TrackTrack: Collaboration
This webinar will assist participates in identifying and incorporating multimedia and instructional tools to accommodate students' diverse learning styles. The tools featured will be either free or cheap resources to easily incorporate multimedia into your face-to-face or online classroom. Many of the tools discuss have both a desktop and mobile based solution that are great to utilize for student created content too.
Location: Web Conference using Blackboard Collaborate
Date: 6/13/2013 1:00:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
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Integrating Virtual Worlds Within Blackboard Learn And CourseSites

BITS Collaboration TrackTrack: Collaboration
Learn how 3D immersive virtual worlds can augment your students' learning experience directly within Blackboard Learn and CourseSites. The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) at Ball State University will demonstrate the integration of embedded multi-user virtual environments with Blackboard Learn using Unity 3D - as well as an overview of the Version 9 update of our open source Blackboard Virtual World Building Block project – compatible with both Open Simulator and Second Life. The building block gives instructors the ability to asynchronously manage student's progress with a hybrid learning environments - facilitating course registration, validation, class lists, active user monitor, adaptive release of course content and chat logging. The project will launch publicly in June 2013.
Location: Web Conference using Blackboard Collaborate
Date: 6/17/2013 11:00:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
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Accessibility Matters!

BITS Getting Started TrackTrack: Getting Started
Come and learn why thinking about accessibility in your class matters. Even if you do not currently have students requiring particular accommodations, knowing where to go for help on campus and how to make sure your course content is doing the right things for all your students can help you ensure that you're never caught off guard. We'll talk about best practices and simple things you can do in Blackboard Learn to help you ensure all your students can be successful in their learning regardless of their physical or cognitive ability.
Location: Web Conference using Blackboard Collaborate
Date: 6/24/2013 1:00:00 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
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