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Scholaris Learning GatewayPresented by: Justin Cantrill, Asia Pacific Regional Manager
Sydney, 28th March
Deep Dive – Maitland Newcastle
Strategies
Challenges
Change Management
Professional Development
Lessons Learnt
The Future
Objective of Scholaris
To assist teachers in engaging and
developing learners
Some of the Challenges facing Teachers
Time
Change Management
Access to information
Administration
Duty of Care
Engaging Students
Parent involvement
Professional Development
Access to Learning Content and Resources
Dependency on IT Department
What is Scholaris?
Scholaris is an enterprise framework and comprehensive set of
tools and applications that allow your whole school community
access to everything they need in one personalised place
Teachers
Students
Parents
School Executives
Administrators
What is Scholaris?
Parents
Students
Teachers
Parent contact
details
Online learning
environments
Reports /
feedback
Bookings /
organisation
Timetabling data
Learning needs
information
Learning
materials
Communication
Attendance dataProfessional
learning
Must be easily
accessible from a
single point…..
1. School Intranet
1. School Intranet
2. Enterprise Search
3. Learning Object Repository
4. Communication and Collaboration
4. Communication and Collaboration
5. Document Management
6. Managed Learning Environment
PLANNINGConsiders all evidence,
Sets Target grouping and
Goals for new cycle of
Teaching and Learning
ASSESSMENTAssess assignment
submission - quantitative
and against Outcomes
goals, including
Discussion contributions
LEVELLING Considers Assessments
and other evidence to
apply a formal Level to an
Outcome for a
student.
COURSE
BUILDER
Plan and build
Courses to facilitate
the goals of the Profiler
ASSIGNMENT
MANAGERDistribute Course
activities or Quick
assign activities for
easy delivery of
lessons
Managed
Learning
Environment
Technology Stack
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Latest SP or R2)
Provides core functionality, such as Active Directory and Internet Information Services
6. Also provides Network Load Balancing, and Clustering technologies to improve
scalability.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007
Provides effective knowledge sharing through collaboration, news, surveys,
discussion boards,document libraries and enterprise search.
Microsoft ISA Server 2006
Provides reverse-proxy features, including single sign-on, link translation and
aggregation of multiple servers into a single URL.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (Service Pack 2) or 2007
E-mail, tasks, calendar, and public folder functionality.
Microsoft SQL 2005 Server
Storage for SharePoint and Scholaris databases.
Maitland Newcastle – Scholaris Learning Gateway
Presented by: Dr. Doug Ashleigh
Sydney, 28th March
Why implement the Learning Gateway?Why
How
What
How was the Gateway implemented?
What has been learned?
Situation Analysis
Why a Portal Approach?
Why implement the Learning Gateway?
The Catholic Schools Office Maitland – Newcastle
The CSO provides educational services for the community in
the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Hunter and Manning areas.
Maitland Newcastle
Maitland Newcastle
17 245 students1 850 staff 56 Schools, 3 remote office sites45 primary schools11 secondary schoolsTwo senior colleges year 11 – 12 ( Newcastle and
Maitland area) Five 7 – 10 high schools (Newcastle – Maitland
areas) Three 7 -12 regional high schools (Lake
Macquarie, Taree, Aberdeen)One K – 12 regional college (Singleton)
Maitland Newcastle
SOE in all sites based on windows 2000 - Office 2000 – Server
2000 ISA 2000
Moving to windows XP, Office 2003, Server 2003
MPLS WAN
Identical server configurations – Server 2000, ISA, Exchange
Proactively working with schools to upgrade hardware – 3 year
replacement life
Migrated the CSO to Active directory
Progressively updating school servers and moving to Active
Directory across all sites
NAME FUNCTION
Accident OHS Stores accident information supplied to the Catholic Schools Office from office and schools.
Human Resources System
Stores a list of all available applicants and casual teachers
Ombudsman Reporting Track child protection notifications to the Ombudsman
Construction Certificate Stores students who have completed the VET Construction Course induction program.
Directors Bulletins Stores all documents sent out in the Directors Bulletins.
Directors Mail Lists List of Contacts such as Parish Priests.
Payroll Data Stores current school and personnel data which has been extracted daily from the Catholic Schools Office Payroll System
Data Integration
Postcodes An Australia Post database used for data entry in other databases to ensure Postcode information is valid.
Professional Development
Stores all PD courses and all personnel attending courses.
QUILT Stores statistical date for the QUILT project
RE Course Records and tracks students attending the Religious Education Certificate Course.
SLC Clients Stores a list of all SLC clients
Volunteers Register Stores the names of all Volunteers registered at schools for Child Protection
Job Vacancies Store job vacancy details for access via web and to streamline advertising development
AFW Info Stores Version and Library Info for Schools. Used to send report to Ideas web site.
Seasons for Growth DB Store Facilitator and Teacher Program information for Seasons for Growth Program
Integration Database Track financial details of Special Education grants and spending.
Census Data Store diocesan teaching details for the DEST and CEC census. Links to the Statistical Information System to generate adhoc queries for staff and student data.
Staffing Information System
Store extra staffing details that are not available from Payroll. eg. Email addresses
Web Databases Contains data to maintain the mn.catholic.edu.au website.
Our Learning Agenda
foster significant improvements in learning by facilitating the use of the most advanced and proven educational techniques
develop our present and future generation of learners with a strong knowledge and understanding of information and communication technologies
facilitate collaborative learning experiences among learners
utilise technology as a tool to repurpose, recycle and reuse digital learning resources
provide quick access to just in time information and resources for staff.
encourage and support staff with the contextual integration of ICT into the classroom.
Internal environment
Task environmentExternal environment
Mega-environment
ICLT Service
International
Dimension
Political-Legal
Dimension
Technological
DimensionNew technologies are
evolving exponentially
E-learning – LMS, LO
Socio-cultural Dimension
Economic
Dimension
Global shift to knowledge
and intellectual resources
- Information Age
Changes in funding
arrangements to
Catholic schools
Fiscal restraints Catholic
Schools Office
ICT key driver in Australia’s
productivity growth & future
prosperity
Digital Divide -Inequitable access
especially for indigenous & rural Australians
Life long learning & learner centred education
Increasing technology uptake
Schools without boundaries
Technological driven generation gap. Children
natives to technology, adults as ‘immigrants’
Shift in jobs from traditional areas to knowledge &
service industries
Digital Agenda Bill
Privacy Legislation
Anti spamming legislation
Disability Discrimination Act
Child Protection Legislation
Interoperability &
standards
Affordable high
bandwidth
Accelerated
generation of
information, coupled
with greater access
Globalisation demand for different
skills and more flexibility from
employees
Heavier emphasis in education on
accountability: quality assurance; and
comparisons at local,
national and international
levels
Technical Foundation Stone
Implementation of Microsoft Active
Directory services will enable Catholic
Schools System to store, find, and
update mission-critical data about users,
files, applications, printers, and
resources in one centralised location
instead of in diverse directories across
the network
We wanted………
Rich portal experience merging administrative and academic systems
Single, secure, personalised point of access
Web parts that enhanced sharing and collaboration.
Seamless integration with existing Student. Management system
Solution that was scaleable and added value to our IT investment
Reliability
Robust performance
Quality support
Why a Portal Approach?
Build on what we knew and what our
stakeholders were comfortable with in
a ‘one stop shop’Microsoft Office functionality
Sharepoint useability
Outlook features
Add value to the standardised network
structure and Active Directory designUse payroll data as the authorative data source
Integrate SQL data bases
Why a Portal Approach?
The Catholic Schools Office engaged SolutionsIT
to develop the Scholaris product to meet the
specific requirements of the CSO
Significant influences
Complexity
Stakeholders
Future direction
How was the Gateway implemented?
Project Scope – working document
Issue Resolution
Key data integration with
school timetable
package
St. Joseph’s High School Aberdeen – Trial 2006
All Saints College St. Peter’s Campus Maitland
All Saints College St. Peter’s Campus Maitland
All Saints College St. Peter’s Campus Maitland
Key data integration with
school timetable
package (Time Chart)
What has been learned?
Layers of complexity
Diffusion and adoption process
Focus on the core work of an organisation
Key drivers
Supportive
work
environment
Key
Technology
Drivers
Social osmosis
LeadershipRelationships
Innovation
Successful Implementation of an ICT initiative
Resources
RelationshipsLeadership
Learning and Teaching
When technology was used as a tool to support learning the greatest effect on the achievement of learning outcomes occurred
Learning focused on a context that was real and meaningful
Multi-sensory, collaborative and inquiry-based
Teaching and Learning
Schools that are successful with the implementation of a school-based technology initiative have a clear focus on the learning environment
Strong link between successful classroom integration of technology and the type of teaching pedagogy adopted by the classroom teacher
Innovative Teachers are key
Effective schooling driven by creative &
passionate teachers
Students rely on stimulating instructors to
engage them in the learning process» Gallup Youth Survey 2004
What Has Been Learned . . .
Sharing of knowledge and skills
Valuable learning takes place when teachers learn from the mistakes
Learn just in time from the help of colleagues
“… undertaking professional training
was as important as installing the
technology itself”
Successful implementation and
management of the LG
Novelty
Ubiquitous diffusion
Leadership – Principal
Key driver/s
Support of staff
Linked to learning /
performance outcomes
Just in time learning
Phased Implementation Approach
Scholaris - Roadmap
First Half 2007
Student Reporting Engine
TLF Syncronisation
Greater support for IMS/SCORM and SIF
Enhancements to existing features
Second Half 2007
Attendance Upgrade
Early Learner Portal
Enhancements to existing features
Scholaris – Early Learner
Scholaris Learning Gateway – Special Offer
Solutions IT will subsidise a relief teacher
for 5 days to the value of $1250 for schools
purchasing Scholaris before June 30th 2007
and
A voucher for one individual to attend a one
day Scholaris group training session.
Further Information
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