Get IGI Global News
US
China
Cart
0
Login/Create Portal Account
All Products
All Products
Books
Journals
Videos
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
Video Lessons
Teaching Cases
Special Offers
IGI Global’s New Emerging Topic e-Book Collections
Acquire highly focused and affordable Cutting-Edge Peer-Reviewed Research Content through a selection of 17 topic-focused e-Book Collections discounted up to 90%, compared to list prices. Collection topics include Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Language Learning, Marketing and Customer Relations, Sustainability, and many more. Hosted on the InfoSci
®
platform, these collections feature no DRM, no additional cost for multi-user licensing, no embargo of content, full-text PDF & HTML format, and more.
Learn More
Open Access Book (Free Access) - Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Sixth Edition (ISBN: 9781668473665)
The
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Sixth Edition)
continues the legacy set forth by the first five editions by providing comprehensive coverage and up-to-date definitions of the most important issues, concepts, and trends pertaining to technological advancements and information management within a variety of settings and industries. The entire book is being published under open access.
Read Now
Open Access Book (Free Access) - Food Sustainability, Environmental Awareness, and Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Developing Countries (ISBN: 9781668456293)
Food Sustainability, Environmental Awareness, and Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
for Developing Countries provides information on the recent technology, mitigation, and environmental protection that must be applied for food sustainability in developing countries. This book is being published under Platinum Open Access through funding from Diponegoro University, Indonesia.
Read Now
Open Access Book (Free Access) - New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY (ISBN: 9781668438091)
The Walmart Corporation and the Lumina Foundation have provided funding to make
New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY
fully open access, completely removing any paywall between scholars in education and the latest research on new models for the future of higher education.
Read Now
Open Access Book (Free Access) - Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications (ISBN: 9781799898054)
Through a collaboration between IGI Global and the University of North Texas, the
Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications
has been published as fully open access, completely removing any paywall between researchers of any field, and the latest research on the equitable and inclusive nature of Open Access and all of its complications.
Read Now
Books
Books
Open Access Books
OnDemand Book Chapters
Books by Subject
Business, Administration, & Management
Scientific, Technical, & Medical (STM)
Education
Books by Field
Business & Management
Computer Science & Technology
Education
Environment & Agriculture
Government & Law
Library & Information Science
Media & Communications
Medicine & Healthcare
Science & Engineering
Security & Forensics
Social Sciences & Humanities
Journals
Journals
OnDemand Journal Articles
Journals by Subject
Business, Administration, & Management
Scientific, Technical, & Medical (STM)
Education
Journals by Field
Business & Management
Computer Science & Technology
Education
Environment & Agriculture
Government & Law
Library & Information Science
Media & Communications
Medicine & Healthcare
Science & Engineering
Security & Forensics
Social Sciences & Humanities
e-Collections
e-Book Collections
Emerging Topic e-Collections
e-Journal Collection Archive
e-Cases Collection
Pick & Choose
Open Access
View All Open Access Opportunities
Search across all of IGI Global’s available open access publishing opportunities to unleash your research potential.
Find an Open Access Journal for Your Next Manuscript
Search across all of IGI Global’s available open access publishing opportunities to unleash your research potential.
Submit an Open Access Book Proposal
Learn more about open access book publishing and how it can propel your research forward in the field.
Convert Your Work to Open Access
Already published? You can convert your work to open access to increase its impact through IGI Global’s Restrospective Open Access Program.
Utilize Open Access Collection Database
Open up your research potential by utilizing our open access content or integrating the open access collection into your library
Consider Open Access Agreements
For Libraries: consider no-cost or investment-level open access agreements with IGI Global to support your faculty's research endeavors.
Search Funding Resources
Looking for additional funding resources to support your open accesss endeavors? View industry resources compiled by our open access team.
Review Open Access Policies & Ethical Guidelines
Considering IGI Global to publish your work under open access? Review IGI Global’s open access policies and ethical guidelines
Publish
with Us
Resources
Librarians
e-Collections
Book Title List
Journal Title List
Video Title List
Library Collection Development Service
Browse Forthcoming Books
Consortia Partnerships
Library and Publisher Collaborations
Product Distributors
Catalogs
Open Access Initiative
Instructors
Course Adoption
Teaching Cases
K-12 Online Learning Collection
Researchers
Browse Books
Browse Journals
Browse Forthcoming Books
Search Open Access Content
OnDemand Downloads
Webinars
InfoScipedia
Authors and Editors
eEditorial Discovery
®
System
Peer Review Process
Ethics and Malpractice
COPE Membership
Fair Use Policy
Open Access Publishing
FAQ
Distributors
Distributor Resources
Book Distributors
Journal Subscription Agencies
E-Resource Partners
Browse Forthcoming Books
Catalogs
About Us
Newsroom
news
room
Email Updates
RSS
Search
Search:
All Posts
IGI Global News
New Title Releases
Press Releases
All Tags
A-Title (1)
Academic Writing Month (1)
Accounting & Finance (20)
Acquisitions (66)
Adaptive & Complex Systems (7)
Adult Learning (19)
AERA (3)
Aerospace Engineering (10)
Against the Grain (5)
Agent Technologies (4)
ALA Annual (1)
ALA Midwinter (1)
Algorithms (3)
AMCIS (1)
AOM (1)
Applied E-Learning (39)
Articles (189)
Artificial Intelligence (69)
ASEE (1)
Asia (86)
Author News (646)
Awards & Recognition (145)
BIBF (2)
Bioinformatics (12)
Biologically-Inspired Computing (11)
Biomedical Technologies (24)
Biometrics (9)
Blended & Mobile Learning (28)
Book Series (234)
Books & E-Books (977)
Business & Organizational Research (49)
Business & Technical Education (14)
Business and Management (283)
Business Information Systems (39)
Business Intelligence (28)
Business Process Management (23)
Chapters (264)
Charleston (5)
Chemical Engineering (5)
Chemoinformatics (3)
China (69)
Clinical Technologies (15)
Cognitive Informatics (21)
Cognitive Learning (9)
Collective Intelligence (7)
Computational Intelligence (15)
Computational Linguistics (6)
Computer Engineering (9)
Computer Graphics & Art (6)
Computer Science and Information Technology (242)
Computer Simulation (5)
Computer Vision & Image Processing (6)
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (6)
Computer-Mediated-Communication (11)
Conferences (204)
Consortia (6)
Consumer Management (9)
Contributor Collaboration (13)
COPE Resources (6)
Course Adoption (86)
Cyber Behavior (40)
Cyber Warfare & Terrorism (38)
Cybernetics (8)
Data Analysis & Statistics (17)
Data Mining (28)
Data Warehousing (14)
Database Technologies (88)
Databases (33)
Decision Support Systems (9)
Digital Crime & Forensics (20)
Digital Divide & Developing Countries (22)
Digital Libraries (22)
Digital Literacy (18)
Distance Education (32)
E-Business (30)
E-Collaboration (19)
E-Commerce (19)
Eastern Europe (62)
Education (410)
Electrical Engineering (4)
Electronic Services (15)
End User Computing (4)
Engineering Education (14)
Enterprise Information Systems (9)
Enterprise Resource Planning (2)
Entrepreneurship & E-Innovation (6)
Environmental Engineering (25)
Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences (96)
ER&L (1)
Europe (149)
Events & Collaborations (265)
Facebook (10)
FIBF (1)
Free Content (140)
Gaming (40)
Gender & Technology (13)
Geoinformatics (6)
Global Business (41)
Global Information Technology (40)
Government and Law (131)
Grid & High Performance Computing (1)
Healthcare (102)
Healthcare Information Systems (52)
Hidden (1)
Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management (10)
Human Aspects of Business (34)
Human Aspects of Technology (105)
Human Resources Development (21)
India (47)
Industrial Engineering (4)
Industrial Informatics (4)
Information Ethics (13)
Information Resources Management (23)
Information Retrieval (12)
Information Security & Privacy (29)
Information Trust (20)
Information Value & Quality (9)
InfoSci-Books (282)
InfoSci-Cases (15)
InfoSci-Databases (80)
InfoSci-Dictionary (5)
InfoSci-Disciplines (8)
InfoSci-Journals (179)
InfoSci-Medical (10)
InfoSci-OnDemand (21)
InfoSci-Select (1)
InfoSci-Videos (12)
Instructional Design (30)
Interactive Technologies (35)
Internet Technologies (30)
Interview (203)
IT Governance (13)
IT Policy & Standardization (11)
IT Research & Theory (14)
Journals (366)
Knowledge Discovery (64)
Knowledge Management (103)
Knowledge Society (49)
Latin & South America (20)
Library and Information Science (180)
Library Collaboration (25)
Library Information Systems (102)
Library Technology Innovation Series (14)
Marketing (37)
Materials Science (1)
Mechanical Engineering (5)
Media and Communications (173)
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences (184)
Middle East & Africa (73)
Mobile Computing (26)
Multimedia Technology (41)
Music Technologies (2)
Nanotechnology (10)
Networking (39)
Neural Networks (6)
Newsletter (242)
North America (400)
Oceania (70)
Open Access (64)
Open Access Week (42)
Open Source Software (5)
Partnerships (19)
Peer Review Week (8)
Presentations (78)
Public & Sector Management (19)
Public Policy & Administration (100)
Research Essentials (22)
Research Trends (217)
Resources for Distributors (274)
Resources for Instructors (401)
Resources for Librarians (417)
Resources for Researchers (537)
Resources for Translators (119)
Reviews & Indexing (102)
Robotics (21)
Science & Engineering (99)
Security and Forensics (132)
Semantic Web (2)
Sensor Technologies (1)
SLA (2)
Small & Medium Enterprises (3)
Social Computing (62)
Social Sciences and Humanities (198)
Software (96)
Strategic Information Systems (5)
Supply Chain Management (10)
Surveys, Measurements & Response Systems (7)
Sustainable Development (36)
Systems & Software Engineering (5)
Teaching Cases (61)
Technologies in Higher Education (46)
Technologies in K-12 Education (34)
Telecommunications (7)
Topic Collections (30)
Twitter (16)
Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing (3)
Urban & Regional Development (9)
Videos (19)
Virtual Communities (47)
Virtual Learning Environments (71)
Web Services (8)
Web Technologies & Engineering (13)
Web-Based Teaching & Learning (45)
Webinar (59)
Wireless Systems (9)
World Forgotten Children's Foundation (1)
Posted any time
Posted this week
Posted this month
Posted this year
Sort by:
Relevance
Newest first
Oldest first
Search
Reset
"The Development, Design, and Pedagogical Implications of Blackboard" offered for open access
Taking the White out of Blackboard
By
IGI Global
on
Mar 17, 2015
Contributed by Dr. Mary-Lynn Chambers, Assistant Professor at Elizabeth City State University
Does color really matter – especially online? Technology is the racial equalizer, or so many believe, but the whiteness within Blackboard challenges racial equality based in learning styles and should be examined and addressed in order for all online college students to experience success. Who would have thought that four white guys who developed a Learning Management System (LMS) that was launched at a predominately white university would have needed to consider their racial “whiteness” when designing a technologically based product? Yet, color makes a difference, even online, and if we identify the difference, we can make pedagogical shifts that help address the difference.
So, what makes Blackboard so white?
A text based approach to disseminating information
Assignments that are designed for independent rather than group learning
Delay in an instructor’s response
These are a few of the indicators that whiteness is prevalent in an online Blackboard course. Picower (2009) identifies the ideological basis for whiteness, which involves the “way of being in the world that is used to maintain white supremacy” (p. 198). Within Blackboard, the traditional text based design enables students who work well in a text based environment to experience agency, but the students who do not work well in a text based environment will experience challenges. So, who experiences success in a text based environment? The answer – field independent learners. Then, who are the field independent learners? The answer – those students who have a “White” approach to learning (Mestre, 2008). Finally, who, typically, are the field dependent learners? The answer – minority “non-white” students (Gonyea, 2010).
The field independent learner has some defining qualities that are listed below (Witkin, Moore, Goodenough, and Cox, 1977; Shearer, 2003):
Prefers solitary learning settings
Has self-defined goals and self-developed strategies
Values text based learning
Can you see some similarities between the list above and the bulleted list for whiteness within Blackboard? Well, consider the following list of determiners for field dependent learners (Witkin, Moore, Goodenough, and Cox, 1977; Thompson and Knox, 1987):
Values community based “Group” learning
Prefers externally defined goals and reinforcement from the instructor
Requires frequent and immediate feedback from the instructor
Can you see the challenge a field dependent learner would have in a learning environment where the instructor is not readily available and where there is no group interaction? Yet, instructor immediacy and group interaction are two elements that are traditionally not part of the online classroom experience.
Of course, there is also the “white” approach to learning that most higher education instructors embrace; thus, there is a natural “whiteness” within their pedagogy, and this whiteness has nothing to do with their race, but rather with their “White” field independent approach to learning and teaching (West, Waddoups & Graham, 2007). If we have spent any time in an online course, as a student or as an instructor, then we know that an independent, text based approach is the common experience.
What happens when you first enter an online class that has been designed by a professor who takes a traditional “White” approach to Black board? You enter the online class site and in front of you is the announcement page. You are struck with the written text, most often in black and white, giving instructions. There are no faces to greet you, no words to establish the tone of the class, no sense of community, just written words. Some students might respond to this approach, yet there are other students who struggle with this approach. My chapter entitled “
The Development, Design, and Pedagogical Implications of Blackboard
” investigates the challenges faced by field dependent “minority” students who need their online instructors to step away from the text based approach to the online course, and consider incorporating elements within their pedagogy that will allow the students to experience more instructor presence and community interaction.
So, what is available within Blackboard that will help reduce the whiteness?
Blogs - where “real” talk can happen
Contact - allows images to be uploaded
Discussion Board - promotes community
Groups – gives that community interaction
NBC Learn – offers film and video archives
It is time for online instructors to recognize their whiteness, the whiteness within Blackboard, and the strategies for reducing whiteness so that our field dependent students can experience more agency.
Dr. Mary-Lynn Chambers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Literature and Communication at (Elizabeth City State University, USA. Dr. Chambers' article "The Development, Design, and Pedagogical Implications of Blackboard" is currently being offered for open access through April 16. Featured in the title
Critical Examinations of Distance Education Transformation across Disciplines
edited by
Dr. Abigail G. Scheg
(Elizabeth City State University, USA), this research is part of the
Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning (AMDL)
) book series, a collection of research encompassing a variety of topics related to all facets of mobile and distance learning. This series aims to be an essential resource for the timeliest research to help advance the development of new educational technologies and pedagogy for use in online classrooms.
Read Dr. Chambers' chapter The Development, Design, and Pedagogical Implications of Blackboard here.
References
Gonyea, N.E. (2010). The impact of acculturation on Hispanic students’ learning styles. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. 9(1), 73-81. Mestre, L.S. (2008). Designing internet instruction for Latinos. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 2(4), 185-199. Picower, B. (2009). The unexamined whiteness of teaching: How white teachers maintain and enact dominant racial ideologies. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 12 (2), 197-215. Shearer, R. (2003). Instructional design in distance education: An overview. In M.G. Moore & W.G. Anderson (Eds.), Handbook of Distance Education (275-286). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Thompson, G. and Knox, A.B. (1987). Designing for diversity: Are field-dependent learners less suited to distance education programs of instruction? Contemporary Educational psychology, 12(1), 17-29. West, R., Waddoups, G., & Graham, C.R. (2007). Understanding the experiences of instructors as they adopt a course management system. Education Tech Research Dev., 55, 1-26. Witkin, H.A., Moore, C.A., Goodenough, D.R. & Cox, P.W. (1977). Field-dependent and field-independent cognitive styles and their educational implications. Review of Educational Research, 47, 1-64.
Other IGI Global titles on on distance learning and educational software:
Browse for more posts in:
Education
Social Sciences and Humanities
Software
Blended & Mobile Learning
Computer-Mediated-Communication
Distance Education
Human Aspects of Technology
Instructional Design
Interactive Technologies
Book Series
Books & E-Books
Chapters
Free Content
North America
Author News
Resources for Instructors
Resources for Librarians
Resources for Researchers
Resources for Translators
No comments
Comments
Log in
or
sign up
to comment.
Be the first to comment!
Please complete the following form to proceed to the video:
First Name*:
Last Name*:
Email*:
Affiliation (Please do not provide abbreviations)*:
Highest Educational Degree Earned?*:
Your Major Areas of Research?*:
Submit
Close
More from IGI Global
Mar 26, 2024
A Q&A with Dr. Akwesi Assensoh-Kodua
Dr. Akwesi Assensoh-Kodua answered some questions about their background and what went into the development of their chapter...
IGI Global
Read More
Books & E-Books
Interview
Author News
Mar 21, 2024
Creepy Crawly Intruders Find a Home in a Human Nose
A Florida man sought medical attention for persistent nasal congestion. During the procedure, he discovered approximately 150 live bugs in his nose and sinus cavities, which caused discomfort and health risks...
IGI Global
Read More
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences
Books & E-Books
Research Trends
Mar 14, 2024
You can Trust… AI?
As AI advances, companies are challenged to sell it to a skeptical public, addressing concerns such as job replacement by highlighting AI's role in enhancing human capabilities.
IGI Global
Read More
Computer Science and Information Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Research Trends
Mar 7, 2024
Teachers are Falling Behind the Times
EdTech providers are collaborating to address the interoperability challenge in educational technology, aiming to create a seamless experience for educators and students by developing common standards and protocols.
IGI Global
Read More
Feb 29, 2024
Participate in the IGI Global Annual Academic Publishing Trends & Open Access Survey 2024
In its second year, the IGI Global Annual Academic Publishing Trends & Open Access Survey 2024 seeks to create a realistic outlook on problems faced by the academic community and their potential solutions.
IGI Global
Read More
Open Access
Feb 29, 2024
An Open Letter from the President of IGI Global
A Message to Librarians from the President of IGI Global, Lindsay Wertman
IGI Global
Read More
Education
Business and Management
Computer Science and Information Technology
Newsletter
Books & E-Books
Journals
Open Access
Feb 23, 2024
Why Businesses Need Whistleblowers
The tourism industry faces challenges from unethical behaviors that damage trust and reputations. Whistleblowing emerges as a potential solution, where companies can encourage employees to report misconduct to identify and rectify problems swiftly, though barriers such as fear of retaliation and lack of protection for whistleblowers exist.
IGI Global
Read More
Business and Management
Research Trends
Feb 20, 2024
IGI Global Expands Journal Collaboration with ResearchGate
IGI Global is excited to announce a significant collaboration with ResearchGate, the premier platform for global scientific networking...
IGI Global
Read More
Journals
Articles
Open Access
Feb 20, 2024
How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Increase the Discoverability of Your Research
Recording Now Available of the Free Webinar Co-Hosted by: IGI Global and eContent Pro
IGI Global
Read More
Webinar
Contributor Collaboration
Feb 15, 2024
Turning the Human Heart into an Electrical Generator
In an article from Medicalnews.net, a remarkable breakthrough has emerged: an experimental wireless pacemaker that recharges...
IGI Global
Read More
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences
Books & E-Books
Research Trends
First
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
...
Next
Last