Greetings!
The Summer, 2008 issue of the BGSU eLearning Newsletter is available at:
http://cobl.bgsu.edu/newsletters/june08/index.php
In this issue:
1. Read about the new Center for Online and Blended Learning (formerly IDEAL).
2. Listen to a podcast interview with Dr. Bruce Edwards, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Technology.
3. View information about “Quality Matters”, a faculty-centered, peer review process for online courses.
4. Read about the Blackboard “grade center”, the new gradebook available in Blackboard 8, which will be implemented this coming fall.
5. Register for online faculty training.
The Center for Online and Blended Learning welcomes your feedback! If you have suggestions or ideas for future issues of the eLearning Newsletter or for the COBL web site, please send email to: cobl@bgsu.edu.
Dr. Buce Edwards explains some of the upcoming changes that are happening at IDEAL/COBL as well as discusses the focus of Academic Technology.
COBL Podcast #4 – Dr. Kristine Blair – Professor and Chair of the English Department
by: Carolyn Kraut
Instructional Designer – COBL, BGSU
Dr. Blair stopped by to talk about the new online Master of Arts in English Plan II, faculty reactions to teaching online, and what it takes to get an online degree program up and running. Click here to visit the English Department’s Blog referenced in this episode.

The Ohio Learning Network featured the BGSU Weblogs and Podcast Solution, created by IDEAL, as their Resource of the Day on April 22. Click Here to read more about it.

Terence Arementano, Assistant Director of IDEAL has been invited to do a break out session at the OLN Teaching and Learning Expo about the development, implementation, and administration of the BGSU Weblog and Podcast System.