Updates from the Sakai Teaching and Learning Group

Updates from the Sakai Teaching and Learning Group

Session Overview

History and Background on Teaching and Learning Group

Updates on 2013 – 2014 Initiatives

• Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA)

• Sakai Showcase Webinar Series

• Next Generation LMS Visioning

• T&L Capability Review Process

New Initiative: Lessons Enhancement Project

Goals and Initiatives for Next Year

Please ask questions as we go!

Teaching and Learning Group History

Formed in 2007 at Sakai Conference in Newport, CA

Goal was to bring more of a teaching and learning voice

to the Sakai Community

Closely affiliated with the Portfolio group

Has ebbed and flowed terms of size and activities

Past T&L Group Activities

Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award

• OpenEdPractices.org

Teaching with Sakai Webinars

Learning Design Lenses

Support Documentation

Student Involvement

• Design or other competitions

Learning Design Lenses v1.0 Release

Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award

TWSIA

Annual competition-entries from all over the worldTWSIA CommitteeRecognition of excellence in teaching and learning

Categories

1. Traditional Higher Education (including web-enhanced courses)2. Higher Education: Fully Online or Hybrid Course

3. Primary & Secondary Education (K-12)4. Projects & Other Uses

5. Portfolios

Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award

TWSIAhttp://www.apereo.org/twsia/past-winners

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PED/TWSIA+2014

TWSIA 2013 Winners

Sponsored by Asahi Net International (ANI)

Sakai Showcase Webinar SeriesHosted by Longsight

Wilma HodgesDirector of Training and eLearning [email protected]

This Free Webinar Series:Covers a variety topics of interest to the Sakai community

Offered approximately once a month (Jan. through Oct.)

Upcoming sessions are announced on Sakai listservs

Recordings of previous sessions are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SakaiCLE

Webinar info also available on our website: http://www.longsight.com/learning-center/news-events

Jan. 22• “Using Sakai to Promote Inter-Institutional Collaboration”• Martin Ramsay, LAMP Consortium

Feb. 26• “The What, How and Why of Streaming Media in Sakai”• Dave Eveland, Johnson University

Mar. 26• “Designing MOOCs using Lesson Builder in Sakai”• Reba-Anna Lee, Marist College

Apr. 23• “Karuta Open Source Portfolio for LTI Integration with Sakai”• Janice Smith, Three Canoes & Jacques Raynauld, HEC Montreal

May 28• “ePortfolios and Sakai at Virginia Tech”• Marc Zaldivar, Virginia Tech

Jun. 25

• “The Future of Sakai”• Chuck Severance, University of Michigan

Jul. 23

• “Sakai QA and Release Cycle Process”• Neal Caidin, Apereo Foundation

Aug. 27• TBA

Sept. 24• TBA

Oct. 22• TBA

Speakers for 2015…Maybe you!

Contact Wilma Hodges [email protected] if you or someone you know would be interested in sharing best practices or innovative uses of Sakai at your institution or organization.

Next Generation LMS VisioningWhere will the LMS market be in 5, 10 or 15 years?

To learn more and discuss please attend Next Generation Sakai: A Community Dialog on a Vision

for the Future (Tuesday 3 – 3:45 PM Symphony II)

T&L Capability Review Process

Goal: Create feedback loop into development efforts by leverage the collective knowledge of the

Sakai T&L community

Initial T&L Capability Review Idea

Start Up: Engage with relevant developers/stakeholders

Phase One: Preliminary brainstorming on enhancements

• Community Check-in and comment periods

Phase Two: User research and usability testing

• Community Check-in and comment periods

Phase Three: Release Review Report and seek funding

T&L Capability Wiki: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/QwzzB

T&L Capability Proof-of-Concept

Decided to focus on Lessons/Lesson Builder

• Relatively new tool gaining a lot of attention and interest

Engaged with Charles Hedrick and TCC/PMC

• Received encouraging feedback as well as important input

• History of unfunded mandates was shared

Began initial Phase One activities in December 2013

Documented brainstorming ideas in Google Spreadsheet

T&L Capability Proof-of-ConceptInitial Assessment

Not sure if use of spreadsheets was the best approach

• Not easy to format and comment, became unwieldy

Discussed and debated importance of “user stories”

Decided that it was best to focus on UI improvements

• New capabilities would create more UI complexity

Clearly needed expert UX design resources to be involved

• As well as UI developer resources

Lessons Enhancement Project

T&L Group Special Meeting in March 2014

• Outcome was decision to focus on major redesign of UI

• Discussed with Charles Hedrick at Rutgers who agreed

Engaged Sam Peck, UX Designer for Sakai and OAE

• Estimation of Design report identified cost $25k

Currently seeking ~$35k for Lesson Enhancement Project

• Goal is to complete work by mid-Fall for inclusion in Sakai 11

Lessons Enhancement Project Wiki: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/C4CLBQ

[email protected]

http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/pedagogy

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/PwBPAQ

Confluence Wiki and Mailing List

Discussion on Focus for 2014-15

Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award

• Changes for next year? “Apereo Innovation Award”?

Webinar Showcase Series

• New topics for next year? Topics?

Lessons Enhancement Project

• How to best collaborate? Engage the larger community?

New ideas or areas of focus? – Next Gen LMS?

Please plan to join our next Teaching and Learning

conference call!

Wednesday, June 11th

2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Call-in information and notetaking Etherpad at:

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/BwrzB