Blackboard Academy 2023 Global Cohorts

Learn with other education practitioners in an engaging environment that allows peer interaction and resource sharing while having guidance from our expert facilitators.

Digital Teaching and Learning Series

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Become an expert on Digital Teaching and Learning with a three-course professional development pathway. The series consists of three courses that can be taken either individually or as part of the same cohort of colleagues from around the world. The courses must follow the curriculum to achieve the Expert status, but each course completion also awards a certificate a badge.

Series Course Offering:

  • Course A: Fundamentals of Digital Teaching and Learning
  • Course B: Designing for Digital Teaching and Learning
  • Course C: Excellence in Digital Teaching and Learning
     
Course January March June August October
DTLS Course A: Fundamentals of Digital Teaching and Learning Jan 18 - Mar 14 2023 Mar 29 - May 23 2023 Jun 7 - Aug 1 2023 Aug 16 - Oct 10 2023 Oct 25 - Dec 19 2023
DTLS Course B: Designing for Digital Teaching and Learning
DTLS Course C: Excellence in Digital Teaching and Learning

Learning Analytics Series

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Improve your skills and understand how to use data to address students’ performance issues and discover analytics tools embedded in the LMS and other educational technologies. The series provides professional best practices in the use of Blackboard Learn while interacting with specific reports within Blackboard Data and the Analytics portfolio. The courses are asynchronous and can be completed in any order or standalone. However, it his highly recommended to follow the series for a deeper understanding.

Series Course Offering:

  • Course 1: Getting Started with Learning Analytics
  • Course 2: Data-informed Teaching and Learning
Course February April June September
Course 1: Getting Started with Learning Analytics Feb 7 - Mar 6 2023 - Jun 27 - Jul 24 2023 -
Course 2: Data-Informed Teaching and Learning - Apr 18 - May 15 2023 - Sep 5 - Oct 2 2023

Why Blackboard Academy?

Blackboard Academy offers high quality professional development for educators, by educators, through self-paced courses, cohort-model series and stand-alone courses.