instructor-driven course site design

Instructor-Driven Course Site Design

Yitna FirdyiwekInstructional Technology Advisor

University of VirginiaJune, 2010

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Demographics:

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Demographics: Four-year, primarily residential (~14,300) Graduate program/medical school (~6,500) Faculty (~2,100)…

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

UVaCollab: (our Sakai)

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

UVaCollab: (our Sakai) Users – 48,638 Project sites – 5,289 Course sites – 9865

Spring 2010 – 2899 …

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

How we gather information regarding user needs:

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

How we gather information regarding user needs: Requests for support (Helpdesk, email, etc.)

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

How we gather information regarding user needs: Requests for support (Helpdesk, email, etc.)

Individual faculty consultations

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

How we gather information regarding user needs: Requests for support (Helpdesk, email, etc.)

Individual faculty consultations

Annual survey (2009, 2010)…

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Other channels:

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Other channels: CMS Advisors – faculty driven group

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Other channels: CMS Advisors – faculty driven group SHANTI/UVACSE – faculty driven

technology groups

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Other channels: CMS Advisors – faculty driven group SHANTI/UVACSE – faculty driven

technology groups TRC – teaching and learning support

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Other channels: CMS Advisors – faculty driven group SHANTI/UVACSE – faculty driven

technology groups TRC – teaching and learning support ID teams at various schools…

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What we have learned so far:

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

University of Virginia

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

What we have learned so far: Users are now more comfortable with Collab…

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

What we have learned so far: Users are now more comfortable with Collab…

-- but are using only a few tools-- mainly for communications & resource distribution

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

What we have learned so far: Users are now more comfortable with Collab…

-- but are using only a few tools-- mainly for communications & resource distribution

Student/faculty perspectives are not aligned

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

What we have learned so far: Users are now more comfortable with Collab…

-- but are using only a few tools-- mainly for communications & resource distribution

Student/faculty perspectives are not aligned Request from faculty advisory groups for “content-

driven” course design…

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Steps we are taking:

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Steps we are taking: Focus on supporting instructors

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Steps we are taking: Focus on supporting instructors Give instructors control of the course interface

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Steps we are taking: Focus on supporting instructors Give instructors control of the course interface Provide design assistance with templates

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Steps we are taking: Focus on supporting instructors Give instructors control of the course interface Provide design assistance with templates Focus on online editor training for instructors…

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach:

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions:

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions:

TTI, TTSP, FAC, SHANTI, UVACSE, etc.

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions :

TTI, TTSP, FAC, SHANTI, UVACSE, etc.“low floor/high ceiling”

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions :

TTI, TTSP, FAC, SHANTI, UVACSE, etc.“low floor/high ceiling”

Resource restrictions:

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions:

TTI, TTSP, FAC, SHANTI, UVACSE, etc.“low floor/high ceiling”

Resource restrictions: Cannot afford to develop/modify tools

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Why we chose this approach: Instructor-focused solutions:

TTI, TTSP, FAC, SHANTI, UVACSE, etc.“low floor/high ceiling”

Resource restrictions: Cannot afford to develop new toolsCannot afford to expand support

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Next steps:

Instructor Driven Course Design

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Instructor Driven Course Design

Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, editor icon order,

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Design

Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, editor icon order,More templates, more templates, more templates…

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Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, icon orderMore templates, more templates, more templates…Allow external editors

Instructor Driven Course Design

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Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, icon orderMore templates, more templates, more templates…Allow external editors

Near future -Use entity broker -- better method, more tools

Instructor Driven Course Design

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Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, icon orderMore templates, more templates, more templates…Allow external editors

Near future -Use entity broker -- better method, more toolsPortability from site to site

Instructor Driven Course Design

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Next steps: Immediate -

Fixes - buttons, default settings, icon orderMore templates, more templates, more templates…Allow external editors

Near future -Use entity broker -- better method, more toolsPortability from site to site w/o losing linksetc.

Instructor Driven Course Design

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Instructor Driven Course Design

Conversation:

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Design

Conversation: What is your institution like

-- in terms of resources, faculty, students needs?

11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC

Instructor Driven Course Design

Conversation: What is your institution like

-- in terms of resources, faculty, students needs? Where does the “interactive syllabus” fit in the

design of course management systems?

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Instructor Driven Course Design

Conversation: What is your institution like

-- in terms of resources, faculty, students needs? Where does the “interactive syllabus” fit in the

design of course management systems? Anything else...…

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For more information, please contact:collab-support@virginia.edu

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