The document discusses interviews conducted with various people from the University of Twente regarding their use and opinions of Blackboard and other educational technologies. It mentions that Vincent Kalis from the IT department likes the idea of an interactive portal but there is no budget. Henk Akkermans believes universities are behind consumers in their use of technology and wants to get rid of Blackboard. Marije van Amelsvoort from expertise in collaborative learning and ICT suggests doing usability testing from the student perspective and improving collaboration and notification features.

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2. TasksChristiaan: Chief Coffee ConsumerGertjan: Chief Communications ChappyFang: Chief Coordination ChineseLars: Chief Interview OfficerKarlien: Chief Science Officer

3. Input fromyouIntegration with M-driveIntegrate islands of IT, i.e.Grading moduleStudy guideEasier to use forumMake old items invisible automaticallyUsability

4. Interviews Vincent KalisFunctional Manager IT-departmentLikes idea of interactive portalNo budgetUvT has the right personnelVersion 9 separates interface and codeImproved performance and usabilityStill isolatedUvT Blackboard top of Dutch universities

5. Video lectures, non-Blackboard collaborationNo PowerpointDoesn’t want to be networkedUse of tablets for studyingUniversities behind on consumersGet rid of BlackboardSaaS toolsFreedom for lecturerMIT as exampleHenkAkkermans

6. Marije van AmelsvoortExpertise: collaborative learning, ICT and educationSee how students see BlackboardCurrent/future functionalitiesEffect interface on use/community > designCollaboration features, i.e. discussion boardSuggestionsMore rights for studentsAuto notification on new papers relating to interestsCoincidenceAccess to course Digital Collaboration

7. Coordinator HAITNon-Blackboard toolsGrading assignmentsSeparate forumUsability issues BlackboardInflexible for templates/wishes/codingSee what students seeMany clicksNr. New messages on discussion boardReward/status system #durftevragenCommunity within course or studyHardly interaction or contactSharing information doesn’t workMenno van Zaanen

8. Interviews still to comeBob van den BrandKristel de NobregaHannekeSchoormansRoelRuttenBartel van de Walle

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