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Instructor-Driven Course Site Design. Yitna Firdyiwek Instructional Technology Advisor University of Virginia June, 2010. Instructor Driven Course Site Design. Instructor Driven Course Site Design. Demographics:. Instructor Driven Course Site Design. Demographics: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Instructor-Driven Course Site Design
Yitna FirdyiwekInstructional Technology Advisor
University of VirginiaJune, 2010
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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)…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
UVaCollab: (our Sakai)
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
UVaCollab: (our Sakai) Users – 48,638 Project sites – 5,289 Course sites – 9865
Spring 2010 – 2899 …
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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)…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
Other channels:
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
Other channels: CMS Advisors – faculty driven group
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
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
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 ID teams at various schools…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
What we have learned so far:
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
University of Virginia
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…
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…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
Steps we are taking:
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Instructor Driven Course Site Design
Steps we are taking: Focus on supporting instructors
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
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…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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.
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”
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:
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/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
…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
Next steps:
Instructor Driven Course Design
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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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11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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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11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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?
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? Anything else...…
11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010 Yitna Firdyiwek, ITC
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