Distance Learning Advisor Email

Full text of the email Ben sent on 11/13 to BCTC Academic Advisors is linked below:

http://district.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/ben.worth/distance_learning/LoD_Advisor_Email.pdf

UK Moves to Canvas

The LMS Selection Committee, which began reviewing learning management system needs and usage in January 2014, has completed its work. The committee has recommended that UK no longer use Blackboard as its LMS after the contract ends on June 30, 2016, and it has endorsed Instructure�s Canvas for meeting the teaching and learning needs on this campus.

More information may be found at http://www.uky.edu/lmsreview/.  

Online Learning Consortium / MERLOT Call for Papers and Conference

The Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan Consortium), MERLOT, and our Emerging Technologies steering committee welcome you to the 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (ET4Online), which will be held Dallas, TX on April 22-24, 2015.

Details:

http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2015/et4online/welcome

Starfish 5.2 Update

The Starfish updgrade will begin Saturday, November 15 starting at 12:00 AM and will approximately 4 hours.

Click here to read more details about new features.