Everyday millions of users log in to Blackboard with an aim to meet the specialised needs of evolving learners. An efficient and seamless system for course delivery is a key requirement for many educational institutions, particularly those targeting a unique approach to the online learning experience. How are educators responding to the challenges associated with effective content accessibility, assessment and student engagement? Our technology solutions support the Blackboard 9 series users each day with centrally stored course content, LTI integration, QTI assessment, as well as Kaltura and Echo360 integrations. Additionally, we focus on models of teaching in new physical and digital spaces and will share examples of how we have partnered with universities to cater for diverse learners in these new realities. There is a strong need for reporting and analytics on learning outcomes as part of a stable eLearning ecosystem and in response to these, we will share the core capabilities for our integrated solutions that interact with, and compliment Blackboard; EQUELLA, Learning Catalytics, and MyLab & Mastering, while providing an update on the latest integrated services relating to these solutions. What does each solution deliver? EQUELLA: Our digital repository provides one platform to house your teaching and learning, research, media and library Delivered at Innovate and Educate: Teaching and Learning Conference by Blackboard. 24 -27 August 2015 in Adelaide, Australia.

1. Supporting Blackboard today and
tomorrow with integrated solutions
Bronwyn Leong, Learning Technologies Manager &
Mike Wierzbicki, Manager Business Development,
PEARSON

2. The Pearson Story
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3. Solutions for Higher Education
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Pearson. We’re a learning company.
People
&
Partnerships
Innovation
Efficacy
We believe in learning - all kinds of learning for all kinds of
people, delivered in a personal style.

4. Shaping Change
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5. Product Agenda
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6. Today’s Product Agenda
Learning Catalytics: Our “bring your own device” for student engagement and assessment, is
also a dedicated classroom intelligence system
MyLab & Mastering: Our online homework, tutorial, and assessment products improve learning
results
EQUELLA: Our Digital Repository provides one platform to house your teaching and learning, research,
media and library content
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7. Insights
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8. Technology Tools
• Personalisation
• Adaptive Learning
• Peer Learning
• Analytics
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9. Learning Full Circle

10. Learning Catalytics
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11. Learning Catalytics
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12. Queensland University of Technology
Learning Catalytics
Dr Gavin Nicholson
Associate Professor
School of Business

13. Reinventing the Lecture
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14. Seat Map & Analytics
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15. 19 Question Types
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16. Queensland University of Technology
Outcomes:
● Student engagement
● More practical
● Impact on performance
● Positive perceptions of subject

17. MyLab & Mastering
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18. MyLab & Mastering

19. Hints, Feedback and Remediation
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20. Metadata and Item Analysis
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21. University of Technology Sydney
Dr Scott Chadwick
Lecturer
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

22. Learning Full Circle
• Single Sign On with LMS
• Before Class - Online Pre-Labs
• During Class - Diagnostics &
analytics, collaborative workshops
• After Class - Practice, hints &
feedback
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23. Student Feedback
Goal: For students to gain confidence in abilities and knowledge
From a student survey:
• 94% of students = online pre-labs helped me understand what was
expected
• 88% of students = online pre-labs helped me feel more confident in
chemistry knowledge
• 90% of students = online pre-labs helped me do better in the
practical classes
• 90% of students = overall were satisfied with the online pre-labs
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24. Student Feedback
“helped me gain an understanding of what we were doing for the practicals”
“practice questions were related to the classes and tied to chemistry content
well for me”
“can do them in your own time and there are lots of resources available”
“the system knew exactly what was wrong whenever I gave an incorrect
answer and in a cryptic hint kind of way it let me come to my own conclusion
without being hand held”
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25. EQUELLA: Our Digital Repository
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26. EQUELLA
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Our Digital Repository
provides one system to
search, manage and create
course content online

27. Blackboard Partnership
EQUELLA, our Digital Repository has been an integration
partner of Blackboard for eight years now.
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EQUELLA content in Blackboard course
EQUELLA integration screen

28. Integrate with your Blackboard Learn
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EQUELLA integrates with
popular learning
management systems,
including Blackboard Learn,
enabling users to discover,
contribute and import
content into courses

29. Educational content lifecycle & challenges
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Discovery
Authoring
Collaboration
Sharing
Management
Delivery
Ease-of-use, access, security, awareness, filtering
Ease-of-use, blending & linking resources, in-place editing,
reuse
Security, access, tracking, versioning, in-place editing,
permissions, workflow
Awareness, security, access, usage tracking, moral rights
Duplication, security, versioning, usage tracking, permissions,
archiving
Ease-of-use, seamless linking, security, usage tracking,
deployment to multiple platforms

30. Content Platform
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31. The solution: A client’s perspective
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32. Distributed content sharing
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Content without Borders
OER EQUELLA repository
oer.equella.com
Over 1 million resources

33. Kaltura & Echo360
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A Blackboard, EQUELLA &
Kaltura or Echo360
ecosystem can co-exist to
enable seamless content
delivery for in-class, online,
distance and blended
learning.

34. LTI Integration
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LTI Integration: Standards based LTI integration
supports the Blackboard Learn integration, enabling
users to configure LTI tools and complete an LTI launch
from inside EQUELLA & the LMS.
Users can embed any EQUELLA content into a
Blackboard Learn course, and connect to any EQUELLA
URL as well as resources.

35. QTI Assessment with Gradebook Integration
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Support for IMS QTI v.2.1 allows for the contribution of
QTI packages to EQUELLA as resources for viewing and
delivery.
Users can manage and share assessments in EQUELLA,
deliver them through Blackboard Learn, and record the
student’s progress in the LMS Gradebook

36. Reporting & Analytics
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Reporting and analytics on learning outcomes are also a
key part of a stable eLearning ecosystem.
Users can also complete reporting on which content is
being used in Blackboard Learn courses by whom and
when, as Blackboard Learn is part of a central outcomes
tracking student analytics environment.

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Client Showcase: Griffith University
The Challenge:
• Provide well-tagged video content through a
central discovery platform
• Capture and report on video content
licences and usage
The Solution:
• Utilising Blackboard Learn and Echo360
integration to deliver streaming media
• Utilise EQUELLA to provide Part VA and
200AB reports for licenced or off-screen
video content

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Client Showcase: University of Adelaide
The Challenge:
• Capture and report on Copyright usage
The Solution:
• Implement EQUELLA Copyright collections
and reporting.
• Integrate EQUELLA with Blackboard Learn
and library systems

39. Have a question? Just ask us!
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Contact us @
mike.wierzbicki@pearson.com
bronwyn.leong@pearson.com
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