digital learners-road-map-presentation-june-10-2011
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Digital Learners Road Map
Phase I – High Level StrategyJune 10th, 2011
Digital Learners Roadmap Goal
• Where should digital learning resources be stored, backed up, discovered, and delivered?
• Delivered to students, teachers, librarians and administrators (also possibly to parents)
• Delivered in a scalable, high-performing, user-friendly and cost effective manner.
Digital Learners Roadmap Goal
• System must accommodate free materials– E.g. Creative Commons licensed– Locally created content
• System must accommodate proprietary content licensed by vendors to all schools in B.C., or just selected districts or schools.
Big problem with no single solution
• On surface digital learners strategy sounds simple but it’s actually a very complex and difficult problem– Human side is most challenging– Technical side is actually the easier to solve
Process – Quick and Thoughtful
• Process– Individual research conducted by project lead• Best practices in other jurisdictions• Break up solution into components
– Intent to follow with RFI / RFP process in future phase
• Research into prospective solutions for different components
Process – Quick and Thoughtful
• Process– “Think tank” was held May 31st of IT thought
leaders that have background in education• Group blog set up on eraccommons.ca to help key
stakeholders continue to collaborate on strategy
– Drafted out a provincial digital learner strategy
Think Tank GroupCyri Jones IT Consultant & Project Lead, Faculty
at Capilano University & BCITReza Ghaeli e-Business Consultant
Morten Rand-Hendriksen IT architect and web developer
Brent Calvert Program Head, Interactive Design, Capilano University
Mark Bullen Dean, Learning & Teaching Centre, BCIT
Elena Kuznetsova Recent Grad, BCIT Operations Management Program
Grant Daisley Social Media Consultant
Andrei Iancu Mobile Applications Architect
Process – Quick and Thoughtful
• Process– Gather feedback from initial stakeholder group– Revise as necessary– Final deliverable in the form of a 5 minute
animated video that clearly articulates recommended approach• Plan to send to District Superintendents for their review• Brief report will also be sent
Where should digital learning resources be stored?
Everywhere!
… but wherever possible, they should be embedded within the local context
Proprietary
Open / Shared
LocalGlobal
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com
Social networks
Highest context
Student created learning resources
Teacher created learning resources
Community createdlearning resources
CBC News in Review
EBSCOs Professional Collection
Proprietary
Open / Shared
LocalGlobal
- Facing disruption- Moving to electronic versions and distribution- Bundled licenses- Prices dropping- Some very high quality, useful content, especially with global focus
- Growing rapidly- New, easy to use digital content authoring tools- Moving to Creative Commons licensing- Affordability of learning resources improving- Highly relevant content
- Relatively small number of large players that contribute most content
- Explosive growth- User generated content- Free or low cost- Affordability of learning resources improving- Paradigm shift to sharing and mash-ups- Challenge is in filtering to get top resources
LearnNowBC + Social Network can tie it all together, aid in discovery, filtering & engagement
Proprietary
Open / Shared
LocalGlobal
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com
Social networks
Highest context
Student created learning resources
Teacher created learning resources
Community createdlearning resources
CBC News in Review
EBSCOs Professional Collection
LearnNowBC Evaluation
ERAC Licensing & Evaluation
Responsibility View
Proprietary
Open / Shared
LocalGlobal
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com
Social networks
Highest context
Student created learning resources
Teacher created learning resources
Community createdlearning resources
CBC News in Review
EBSCOs Professional Collection
Student and teacher view
Single login
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ceet.ning.ca
EventsCommunities of Practice http://edcampvancouver.org/
B.C. Learning Portal Gaps
B.C. Social NetworkEnables engagement & discovery
E-Portfolios (best content & files)
Student & Teacher File Storage Space
Learning / Collaboration Tools
wikiactivity feeds
groupsblogs
Blogs
Evaluations & Purchasing
Storage (LOR)
Evaluations
cultureofyes.ca
http://gordonsthinking.blogspot.com/
http://learnnowbc.ca/
RSS to feed in related content
Publisher content
e.g.
e.g.
StudentsTeachersLibrariansSchool AdministratorsParents
@bookminder
Learning resource evaluations & discovery
Mobile access
Social network
Ideally Hosted in BC
Context
Equitable Access (computers / devices and Internet access)
High Speed, Reliable Bandwidth
Fast, Reliable, Scalable Hosting
Authentication
Student and Teacher Support
Teacher Training
Change Management
LearnNowBC – Website & Social Learning Network
Mosteffective & affordable as provincial system
LOR | E-Portfolios | Learning Tools | Student File Storage
ERAC – Evaluation & Licensing of Proprietary Content & Software
Requirements for Effective Digital Learner Strategy in B.C.
Provincial Digital Learners K-20 Strategy
Provincial Bandwidth – PLNET / BC Net
District Local Area Networks
Learning Resources Content Storage
VideoPublisher Video, Teacher Created Videos
TextPDF e-books, Word docs, etc.
BandwidthHosting
Personal File Storage
Learning Applications
K-12 StudentsElementary Secondary
Teachers & Librarians Parents Post-SecondaryStudents & Faculty
Continuing Ed
End Users
Social Network
Websites
Google Apps for
Ed.Dropbox
Microsoft @live edu
Kaltara dSpace
Q9
E-Portfolios
LearnNowBC
Azure Akimai
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ERAC
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QualityFilter
WordPress / BuddyPress
ElggDrupal
Live Video / Conferencing
Open Web
Filtered Resources(Ratings, tags Categories)
Publisher ProprietaryResources
Authentication (with PEN for K-12 students)
BCCampus | BC CommonsOpen School BC
School Districts Post-Sec. Inst.
Academic Earth
blogswiki groups
Shibboleth
Provincial LOR
Quality Filter
iTunes University
Key issues
• Importance of effective filtering / context tools– Want to avoid “echo chamber” approach– Want to ensure the “crowd” you are
crowdsourcing from has compatible values
The problem of the modern age isn’t information overload at all, it’s “filter failure”
– Clay Shirky
Key issues
• Breaking down of key roles, existing “pain points” and solutions– Students– Teachers– Administrators– Parents
Key issues
• IT Solutions are readily available• Challenge is more a change management one
Vendor list
Social NetworkSoftware – build
connections(e.g. Sakai
WordPress/BuddyPressDrupal)
Authentication Layer (e.g. Shibboleth)
Project Management & Integration
Proprietary Content
Open Content
Apps / Toolkit(e.g. Google Apps, Share Point, Zoho
ERAC Evaluations (ERIS)
Content
E-Portfolio(e.g. Mahara, WordPress)
Context: 1) IRPs 2) Grade Levels 3) Topics 4) e-Portfolio / bookmarks 5) community
Walled garden: BC stakeholders
Purpose: Student, Teacher and Parent Engagement, Improved Access & Pedagogy
Hosting (e.g. Azure)
Mobile friendly Provincial Website (revised LearnNowBC)
Key Users:TeachersStudentsParentsAdministrators
e.g. Fedora, Kaltura, Equella
Possible IT Solutions
LOR /Storage / Rich Media Solutions
• Kaltura• The Platform• Bright Cove• Fedora Commons• Equella (proprietary incumbent)
Authentication
• Shibboleth
Social Networking Software
• Example of components• Open source alternatives– Elgg– WordPress / BuddyPress– Drupal– Sakai
Social Commons Components• Activity streams• Extended profiles• Friend connections• Private messaging• WordPress blogging• Discussion forums• Extensible Groups• Wiki (using Media Wiki tool)The following examples show functionality from WordPress/BuddyPress but many other systems are available with similar functionality
Friend Connections
Note: You can change the word “friend” to “connections” for professional networks
Source: http://buddyPress.org
Wikis
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
Existing social networks
Implementation
• RFI ASAP this summer• Some initial pilots started in the fall– Social network added to LearnNowBC?– District pilot social network?
• Fall 2011 -- Full RFP process and vendors selected
• Solutions rolled out between Jan. and June, 2012
• Full provincial system rolled out by Aug. 2012
