Making the Move from a Commercial LMS to Sakai
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Making the Move from a Commercial LMS to Sakai
Nancy O’Laughlin, Ed.D. University of Delaware VA Tech Regional Conference November 2008 Copyright © Nancy J. O’Laughlin 2008. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the authors. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author. Historical background Planning/strategies Implementation Lessons learned UD is one of only three institutions with Land, Sea, Space and Urban Grant status Carnegie Research University Founded as a small private academy in 1743 About 16,000 undergraduates, 3,500 graduate students, and 1,000 professional and continuing studies students 1,117 full-time faculty positions (07-08) 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 – – – – – – Faculty selects WebCT Run WebCT CE 4.1 Evaluate upgrade options Install Sakai for portfolio pilots Create faculty LMS committee UD adopts Sakai ◦ Provost announces Sakai as LMS, March ◦ Sakai available for credit classes, September Why change from WebCT? What were LMS options? When? ◦ timeline Who was involved? ◦ Steering Committee ◦ IT Teams ◦ LMS committee Members (32) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Vice-Provost, Academic Affairs Faculty representing each College (15) Other University wide units (6) IT (10) Criteria ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Using or ready to use LMS Willing to become Sakai user Attend meetings (4 annually) Recommended by dean 2 year appointment Expectations of Faculty, other Units ◦ Pilot a course or experiment with course site tools ◦ Provide feedback and recommendations ◦ Advise development directions for Sakai tools and enhancements in UD’s implementation of Sakai ◦ Be ambassadors within their college, department or organization Stakeholder implementation planning Technical considerations Migration strategy Training and Support Communication ◦ http://www.udel.edu/udlms/ New Policies/Procedures Targeted Semester Courses from WebCT Faculty 20% Fall 2008 180 114 50% Spring 2009 450 (+270) 285 (+171) 80% Fall 2009 720 (+270) 456 (+171) Totals ~900 ~570 Long term access to student data Course site creation Length of time courses are active Outsider or guest access New challenge—non-credit courses IT staff testing (collaboration with GA Tech) Faculty pilots ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 7 by LMS committee faculty 2 electronic portfolios 11 Wikis/ Blogs 1,272 user accounts Sakai 2.5 in production June 1 Sakai introduced at Summer Faculty Institute, 127 attended keynote; 4 Sakai related seminars offered to Institute participants Training sessions, consultations, documentation 150 academic Sakai courses were created (as of June 27) Training stats ◦ Reached 5 colleges and 20 departments ◦ 26 classes 145 faculty 67 support staff ◦ 62 scheduled consultations Documentation Users Course sites Ongoing feedback ◦ January LMS Committee Retreat ◦ Comments ◦ Faculty survey Ongoing training and documentation Project Site pilots begin Winter 2009 Portfolio Site pilots underway New versions of Sakai Copyright policies 10 pilots to begin Jan 2009 Target production for June 2009 Issues ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Roles Self-create or IT create Functionality Lifetime of site ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 3 roles (maintain, access & custom) IT create Same functionality as credit courses Lifetime? Decisions 2 pilots completed 2007-2008 ◦ Nutrition and Dietetic Internship Program (39) ◦ Secondary Science Education (10) Meeting with Electronic Portfolio Steering Committee June 2008 New pilots – 2008-2009 ◦ Freshmen Year Experience (500 undeclared) ◦ Latin American Studies (20+) ◦ Secondary English Education (120) Community replaces vendor ◦ Patches, settings, support, Q & A UD’s involvement ◦ Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award ◦ Participate in Q & A efforts ◦ Vote on priorities in community ◦ Participate in conferences ◦ User interface initiative Communicating to all constituents Appreciating the amount of time needed for successful implementation Securing appropriate resources Applying good project management practices Understanding the implications of policy issues such as FERPA, access, copyright Have campus representation on planning teams Keep current server running in parallel as you migrate Define migration process and plan Offer training and support for the faculty who are migrating University of Delaware http://www.udel.edu/udlms/ Nancy J. O’Laughlin ([email protected])