June 10-15, 2012

Growing Community; Growing Possibilities

Robert Gray & Jeff Davidson

Innovation in Learning Center

University of South Alabama

From the beginning, we included◦ VPs

◦ Deans

◦ Chairs

◦ Faculty Senate

◦ Faculty from each College

◦ Support Staff

Sakai Community

Feature Richness

Flexibility

Project Collaboration

rSmart/Sungard Partnership

Cost

Office of Electronic Learning

Online Learning Lab (OLL)

Program for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (PETAL)

USA Online

LMS Management and Support

Academic TechnologySupport

Faculty Development and Support for Teaching and Learning with and without Technology

Director

Faculty Development Manager

LMS Manager

Academic Technology Manager

2 LMS support staff

Secretary

10 Graduate Student Designers

400 fully online courses

Rated for migration complexity

Faculty given option◦ Having course migrated

for them

◦ Receiving stipend for moving it themselves

Amount of stipend based on complexity rating

1. Publication

2. Navigation

3. Integration

4. Migration

5. Education

6. Fortification

7. Complication

8. Validation

Meetings◦ ILC with deans

◦ Deans with chairs

◦ Chairs with faculty

◦ Faculty with students

Web Pages◦ Announce the migration

◦ Navigation page

◦ Post policies

◦ Training events

◦ Training aids (How-to guides and instructional videos)

Bulk Email

Midweek Memo

• Course Information• Instructor Information• Student Information

(Current)

• Grades (Future)

When will course migrateWho will migrate content

Workshops

• On Campus (various locations)

• Trained Instructors• Interactive

How-to Guides

• Topical• Step-by-step• Screenshots

Instructional Videos• Topical• Brief (3-5 minutes)• Organized by Sakai 4 Parts

FAQs• Q&A• Instructor/Studen

t Driven

• Embanet 24/7 Support• Phone• Chat• Email

• Local Support , M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.• Phone• Email• In person

• Local Extended Hours Support--(during peak times such as first week of course availability, week before and after first day of term, following upgrades, etc.)• Phone• Email

• rSmart Support/Third Party Tools Support• Sakai Community Support

Complication

1. Instructors reluctant to move

2. Course sites not automatic

3. FERPA/J-numbers displayed

4. Importing content – Resources not working

5. Publishing courses

6. Incompletes

7. Interrupted exam

8. Site quota (500 MB)

Solution

1. Stipend, chair timetable2. Instructors control site setup3. Vendor masks J-numbers4. Site repository5. Auto publish 1st day of term

/manual publish up to 14 days in advance (early access)

6. Inactivate other students/ republish course

7. Pad time for technical difficulties8. Media Gallery (unlimited quota)

“You’re doing a great job, my phone’s not ringing”

“The best sign of success is silence”Shhh….

“The best sign of success is silence”

Competency-Based Training

◦ Part 1: Getting Started in Sakai

◦ Part 2: Creating and Delivering Content

◦ Part 3: Assessment and Grading Mechanics

◦ Part 4: Working with Communication Tools

On-Campus Workshops◦ Four 2-hour workshops

◦ At least one full round offered each week

Online Training Modules◦ Self-paced training

Do-It-Yourself◦ Master the competencies

and apply for certification review

Out of 750 faculty◦ 325 have been certified so far

◦ 430 have attended at least one workshop

◦ 140 have registered for the online version

◦ About 25 have completed the online version

Teaching Seminars

Technology Workshops

Teaching & Learning Camp (TLC)

F2F Support

Online Resources

Transition Blog

eNewsletters

SACS “Reaffirmation” review begins this fall

USA’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) project is Collaborative Teaching & Learning

We wrote the proposal for that project, especially the Collaborative Teaching portion, because of the available functionalities in Sakai◦ Content Sharing

◦ Collaborative Development

◦ Improved Communication

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