This document discusses the adoption and implementation of Blackboard Learn at a college. It provides timelines showing the piloting of Blackboard Learn from 2013 to 2014, with all faculty expected to use it by fall 2014. It discusses Rogers' diffusion of innovation model and shows adoption following an S-curve. It recognizes the key roles of innovators like faculty piloting the system, as well as the Provost's office in championing Blackboard Learn. The goal is a full implementation that reaches critical mass adoption across educational institutions.
9. BLACKBOARD LEARN 9.1 TIMELINE
Table
Fall 2014
All faculty
will be in
Blackboard
Learn 9.1
Summer 2014
Pilot: 17 faculty (all
courses)
New Faculty: All new
faculty using Learn
Spring 2014
Pilot: 33 faculty (all
of their courses)
New Faculty: All new
faculty using Learn
Winter 2014
Pilot: 3 faculty (3 courses)
Fall 2013
Pilot: 1 faculty (1 course)
08/13 09/13 10/13 11/13 12/13 01/14 02/14 03/14 04/14 05/14 06/14 07/14
08/14 09/14
KNOWLEDGE STAGE
PERSUASION STAGE
DECISION STAGE
IMPLEMENTATION STAGE
CONFIRMATION STAGE
10. THE ADOPTION RATE OF BLACKBOARD
LEARN AT THE COLLEGE
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Growth
Time
Blackboard Learn S-Curve
Continued Piloting for
Blackboard Learn
Piloting Close to
Final Stages
Final
Implementation
08/13 01/14 04/14 06/14 08/14
11. KEY INNOVATORS AND EARLY ADOPTERS
• The Provost’s Office with the help
of the Information Services &
Technology Department
• Teaching Faculty Members and
Students Who Piloted the Innovation
According to this time phase 1 is the knowledge stage, where the first pilot was exposed in order to understand how Blackboard Learn 9.1 functions.
Phase 2 is the persuasion stage, where more faculty members utilized the tool in order to form some kind of attitude towards the innovation.
Phase 3 is the decision stage, where even more faculty and students utilized the tool and would get to the point to choose to adopt or reject the innovation.
Phase 4 is the implementation stage, the faculty is in this case put this new innovation into use.
And finally, phase 5 is the confirmation stage, where the we have to wait and see if this innovation is successfully integrated in the Fall.