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Sakai strategy at UPMC-Paris 6
Author: Yves Epelboin, Manager, Head of IT for EducationNarrator: Jean-François Lévêque, Sakai Chief Technical Officer (team of one)
UPMC SGTICE/CPM
Agenda
• UPMC vision• Sakai integration at UPMC• Practice• Next…
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A few data about UPMC• Heir of the Faculty of Sciences of “La Sorbonne”• 4 000 academic staff, 3 000 support staff• 30 000 students (20 000 in Sciences, 10 000 in
Medicine)• A Research university:• First French university in all international
rankings• The largest offer at Master and PhD levels
in Sciences: 7 00 PhD/year (8% total French U.)• 10 diploma at Bachelor level• 10 diploma at master level with 60 specialties
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IT organization
CoStraSI
DSISG TICE
CoPil ENT Departments :Departments :AdministrationAdministrationLibraryLibraryResearchResearchTeachingTeaching……
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Teaching at UPMC
• Computer literate• Mostly interested in research, not in teaching:• Few rewards for innovation in teaching• Carrier based on research
• Students not too proactive• Ask for conventional lectures• Ask for written documents• Not so much “digital native”
• Officially few students work part or full time
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The university nightmares
• Multiple technologies• Expertise of technical staff
• Multiplicity of platforms• Staffing• Confusion for teachers
• Multiplicity of tools• Confusion for teachers• Training• Support
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Standards!
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The standards
• Confluence:• Technology:• Portal: uPortal• VLE: Sakai
• Users• Single password, single access• All services accessible through the portal• Sakai as a service in the portal
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The vision• One single point of entry both for staff and students• Three levels of environment:• University vision • Teacher vision • Personal vision
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Portal
Learning Environment
My space
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Sakai INTEGRATION AT UPMC
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Integration
Full hardware integration in ESUP/uPortal
IBM blade center SAN
ESUP/uPortal
SAKAI
•Same hardware architecture
•Database on the Same storage system•Four blades in parallel for redundancy and load balancing
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Course support• Full manual in French:
http://wiki.cpm.jussieu.fr/doku.php?id=libre:sakai:table
• Hotline:• Level 1: simple questions referring to manual• Level 2• Course opening• Bugs• Support
• Level 3• Bugs, malfunctions…• Referring to the community
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Storage and video
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Sakai
iTunesU
ESUP/uPortalVideolibrary
www.edu.upmc.fr
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PRACTICE
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Practice : level 1
• Resources• Ask more than storage of documents• Control yourself their use/date of availability…• Problems when hiding
• Communications1. Mail/announcements… 2. Chat, forum: seldom used except for distance learning
• Pedagogical path: Melete• A fundamental tool but poorly integrated into Sakai• Need for a more sophisticated one
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Practice: level 2
• Tests and quizzes• Use of various templates• Problems for final exams• A very appreciated tool
• Assignments• A very popular tool
• Drop box (sometimes instead of assignments!)
• Calendar
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Practice: level 3
• More sophisticated tests• Gradebook• Podcast: problem to control space for users• Wiki, blog?• Web pages…• ….
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Demands
Limitations:• Information available from university directory• Group constituency• External participants
• Performances in exchanges with university directory• WebDAV• Large classes
• Better translation into French: problems in internationalization
• More pleasant interface
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Other uses
Continuous Education:A Sakai course is not a course but a room.Common rooms for all students: 1.Library: resources2.Communication room: mail, chat…
Restricted rooms for each module:1.Melete2.Test & quizzes…
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Use of Sakai
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2006: WebCT2007-2010: Sakai2006: WebCT2007-2010: Sakai
More than 11 000 students500 teachersMore than 11 000 students500 teachers
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Some data
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NEXT…
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2010 and next…
• Translation improvements: internationalization• Replacements of old tools: Melete• Better use of calendar• New tools: EVO,Wims?
• A growing community at UPMC: 150 academic taught/year
• A growing community in France and elsewhere in Europe
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SAKAI 3• A more attractive interface• Sakai 3: a personal space urgently needed but use
unknown
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BUTBUT
•Sakai 3 is useless if all former tools are not integrated
•In case Sakai 3 is not ready, Sakai 2.8 will be needed
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