This document provides an agenda and information about MEDBUG, a group that facilitates collaboration among medical institutions that use Blackboard. The group's mission is stated as sharing best practices and offering peer support to impact student learning and engagement. The agenda includes introductions, a discussion of group goals and leadership, communication tools, and topics for the next meeting in January. Members are invited to join online and in-person meetings to discuss Blackboard use in medical education.

1. Welcome to MEDBUG! INSERT ICON/LOGO HERE

2. AGENDA Introductions Bill Harlow, Alison Donohue Blackboard’s Community Programs, Tiffany Tooley MEDBUG’s Mission & Vision Roundtable discussion Group goals Leadership Communication tools Topics for next meeting in January. Face-to-face meetings

3. Join us on Connections http://alturl.com/bha72 MEDBUGS’s Mission & Vision The Blackboard Medical User Group exists to facilitate collaboration among medical, dental and nursing schools and institutions. This group of educators, trainers, instructional designers, and administrators meets every two months to share best practices, solve problems, policies and offer each other peer support for unique challenges related to Blackboard use at Medical institutions. Through the sharing of best practices, and innovative uses of leveraging Blackboard, we hope to impact the engagement levels and learning outcomes of students, while increasing the effectiveness of educators, instructional designers, and administrators.

4. Roundtable Discussion Group goals Leadership Communications? Secretary? Communication tools Connections (CourseSites) Listserv? Twitter? Facebook? Web Site? Topics for next meeting in January. Tuesday, January 31?

5. Join us in discussing MEDBUG, meeting your peers, and discuss topics related to medical use of Blackboard. Contact Bill for more information on the VCCS conference, wharlow@tcc.edu Face-to-face Meetings MARCH 21-23, 2012 VCCS NEW HORIZONS CONFERENCE ROANOKE, VA HTTP://ALTURL.COM/9F8SQ JULY 10-12, 2012 BLACKBOARD WORLD NEW ORLEANS, LA HTTP://WWW.BBWORLD.COM