Microsoft’s Learning Gateway Framework for Higher Education

Agenda

• What has changed? Learners, Technology, Education, Commercial Reality

• Managing the change• Putting the pieces together• The Learning Gateway for Higher Education• Technology underpinning the solution• Demonstration• Next steps

Today’s Students

A new generation of students ―a group called the Net Generation. NetGen’ers exhibit different characteristics than siblings who are just a few years older. NetGen’ers tend to:

Gravitate toward group activity Believe “it’s cool to be smart” Are fascinated by new technologies They are racially and ethnically diverse One in five has at least one immigrant parent

Neil Howe & William Strauss. 2000. Millennials Rising. Vintage Books.

Increased bandwidth

Collaborative tools

Wireless on campus

Connected devices

HardwareHardwareInterconnectionInterconnection

ExperiencesExperiencesAnywhere access

Merger of learning, work and play

Smaller & Faster

Cheaper

New form factors

Technological Progress

Changes in Education

Traditional Learning New Learning

Teacher Centered Student Centered

Single Media Multimedia

Isolated Work Collaborative Work

Information Delivery Information Exchange

Factual, Knowledge-Based Learning

Critical Thinking and

Informed Decision Making

Push Pull

Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers.

Commercial Reality for Education

Increasing pressure on educational institutions to become more “commercially minded”

Become more competitive (domestic and internationally)

Differentiate and provide unique value Streamline & reduce overheadsBe agile

Do More…..

….with Less

Managing the Change

Too much focus on the technology itself rather than the right application to successful delivery of education

The solution isn’t to replace everything

…but rather it’s the integration of the elements that make sense

Microsoft in Education

We are committed to providing technology tools, programmes and solutions that enable lifelong learners to realise their full potential.

“Technology is only part of the solution. All the computers in the world won’t make a difference without enthusiastic students, skilled and committed teachers, involved and informed parents, and a society that underscores the value of lifelong learning.”

Stakeholders and Their Needs

Students Educators Administration

Learn Foster Learning Assess Performance

Collaborate Manage Classes Planning and Budgeting

Demonstrate Competence Reduce Administration Time Manage Information

Be Challenged Collaborate Improve Productivity

Plan Engaging Lesson Plans Manage Student & Course Details

Personalised Experiences Rich Curricular Content Access Anywhere

Access Anywhere Best practices Scalability and Manageability

Internet a Part of Life Access Anywhere Support Standards

Have Fun Professional Development Reduced Cost of Ownership

Globally Competitive Education Data for Improved Decision Making

Professional Development

Government Community

PartnersParents

Students

Enabling Connected Learning

Putting the Pieces Together

Microsoft’s Learning Gateway delivers:

A rich portal experience merging administrative and

academic systems to create a single, secure,

personalised point of access for people to share

and collaborate.

Integrated with existing or new Student

Management and Learning Management systems

Supports the improved collaboration through the

richness of “presence awareness” and video

conferencing

Proven scale of the integrated Microsoft platform

Facilitated by certified Microsoft partners that share

our education vision to ensure the solution builds

on existing investments and is deployed in

appropriate stages

Learning Gateway Framework

AdministratorWeb

StudentWeb

EducatorWeb

3rd PartyWeb

Portal Services

Access ContentTargeting

Personalisation UserProfiling

Rendering SingleSign On

3rd partyIntegrationFramework

InstantMessaging

TeamCollaboration

DiscussionForums

Email

Calendaring

LearningManagement

System

ContentAggregation Search

My Page News

Planner

Topics Careers AccessControl

Directory

Authentication3rd Party

Applications

LDAPDirectory

Database Services

UnstructuredContent

LearningResources

StructuredContent

Role BasedClients

OtherInterfaces

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Learning Gateway – Solution Stack

CustomComponents

LMSClass Server

EducationDesktop