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| I feel glad that the 'Star Count System' not only energized my students, but also won this year's 'Blackboard Award, 2021'. |
On Winning Blackboard Award, 2021
for ‘Optimising Student Experience’
Today, I feel glad to share that the 'Star Count System' not only energized my students, but also won this year's 'Blackboard Award, 2021'.
I must admit when I got introduced to Blackboard as a virtual teaching technology, I felt a little nervous.
Regular training from the university was of great help. Additionally, my colleagues were always available whenever I sought their support.
Being a Life Skills coach, I was supposed to have highly engaging and interactive sessions, and that too virtually (due to lockdown).
It took me considerable amount of time to learn the technology. In the meanwhile, I also kept experimenting to engage my students through various tools and techniques.
During this one year of using Blackboard technology, I did develop a student-engagement framework and named it as 'Star Count System'.
I incorporated this framework into all of my virtual classroom sessions, and sooner I realized that it worked magically.
'Blackboard Analytics' showed me some really unbelievable results (300% increase) in terms of student-participation as well as student-engagement.
I could see my students attending these virtual classes with so much zeal and excitement.
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| When teaching is your work of heart. |
My experiences with online teaching have taught me three important lessons,
1. Don't fear the unknown. Embrace the opportunity.2. Keep learning, it's essential for growth.3. Teaching is a work of heart.
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