Agenda
8-June
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Drinks and networking Dinner
9-June
8:20am - 9:00am
Welcome Refreshments
9:00am - 9:05am
Conference Opening
Speaker: Thomas Balvig-Phillips - Account Executive Scandinavia
9:05am - 9:45am
Get an exclusive look at the upcoming product and feature releases
Speaker: Mircea Andrei Negulescu – Solutions Engineer
- Blackboard Learn: Discover a new wave of innovation coming for Assessment and Grading, exciting news about integrations with the tools educators use the most, among other exciting features and improvements you don't want to miss.
- Blackboard Collaborate: Hear more about the transition to the Chime architecture, the plans related to automated captioning, and upcoming features leveraging data to provide personalized dynamic experiences.
- Blackboard Ally: Discover the new wave of innovation to build accessible learning environments as the necessary first step towards a more inclusive experience for all students.
9:45am - 10:20am
To SaaS and beyond
Speaker: Karla Groen - Educational technologist, Universiteit Antwerpen
In this session, University of Antwerp shares their experience with moving from Blackboard on-premise to Blackboard SaaS in July 2021 and enabling Ultra Base Navigation and Ultra Experience for (some) courses in September 2022 both from technical and pedagogical point of view.
10:20am - 10:45am
Networking refreshments
10:45am - 11:25am
Online Course Design - Ensuring a Consistent Student Experience
Speaker: Mike Highfield - Principal Educational Consultant
In this engaging session, we will discuss a new approach to online course design focusing on a key question: What makes a good online learning experience? Addressing inconsistency in the use of learning management systems (LMS), Mike will explore custom course creation and set out new framework for design to provide learners with a seamless experience when interacting with LMS.
11:25am - 12:05pm
Machine Learning and Educational Data: Art of the Possible
Speakers: Steve Bailey - Director, Product Management, Data & Analytics
Stanislav Smatana – Data Science Team Leader
A presentation of some exploratory data analysis and modelling undertaken by Blackboard’s data science team, with open discussion about the possibilities this enables for reporting and automation, and the ethical issues these may raise. Help us to identify potential applications for advanced data science with a considered and ethical approach that would win your approval.
12:05pm - 12:40pm
Client Online editing of Microsoft Office Documents in Blackboard Learn
Speaker: Sven Gladines - Software Architect at KU Leuven
Dries Kesteloot - Software Architect at KU Leuven
In this session Sven and Dries will present how KU Leuven integrated the possibility to view and edit Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel documents online into the Learn context.
12:40pm - 12:45pm
Closing Remarks
Speaker: Thomas Balvig-Phillips - Account Executive Scandinavia
12:45pm - 2:00pm
Networking Lunch
