WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BLACKBOARD?

 HAVE BLACKBOARD KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE? DON’T MISS THIS CONFERENCE!

The fifth annual conference of the Virginia Blackboard Users Group (VaBUG) will be held at the Holiday Inn at Valley View, in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday, Oct. 24.

This is a perfect time to enjoy the peak fall foliage in the Roanoke Valley area while you share knowledge and ideas with Blackboard users from across the state. The conference will once again have free registration, so mark your calendar now.

This year’s theme is “Broadening Educational Horizons,” and you can access additional information at http://vabug.org. You can also follow VaBUG on Facebook.

What exciting ways have you been utilizing Blackboard and other technologies in the past year? The VaBUG conference is a great opportunity for Blackboard users to discover, discuss, learn and share best practices.

In order to afford members the best possible personal and professional development opportunities, VaBUG asks instructors, administrators, staff members and any other interested members to submit proposals for concurrent sessions for this year’s conference.

The group is looking for sessions that focus on using Blackboard and related technologies to better reach learners and expand the reach of learners’ knowledge. Sessions will be organized along the following tracks:

• Blackboard administration
• Instructional design
• Faculty best practices
• K-12 best practices

Please consider participating as a presenter, and pass this message along to someone you feel may be interested in participating.

For more information, please contact George Hoffman in the Center for Teaching and Learning at ghoffman@su.edu.