Promoting Exemplary and

Innovative Teaching with Sakai

• Janet de Vry, University of Delaware• Mathieu Plourde, University of Delaware• Maggie Lynch, Oregon Health & Science University• Kate Ellis, Indiana University Bloomington

Overview of the Session

• Goals• 2008 TWSIA Project Timeline• Rubrics• Honorable Mentions• Other Submissions of Interest• Next Year’s Award

Goals

1. Bring pedagogy to the center of Sakai.2. Promote practices worth replicating.3. Put faculty in touch with developers.4. Increase faculty participation.

Sharing Best

Practices

Rewarding Exemplary

Courses

Repository Idea

What should be shared?

Overall Process

DrupalDemo

Rubrics Finding Judges

OSP Library Merger

TWSIASubmission

s

Judging Process

Logistical Issues

• What to award?• What to collect?• Who would be the judges?• Judging process?• Communication?

Rubric

• Avoid the “I’ll know it when I see it” syndrome.

• Evaluate the best-practices literature.

• Develop a scale for performance.

• Define all terms.

Rubric Performance Measures

• Communication and Collaboration• Learning Material• Learning Outcomes and Assessment• Course look and feel, web usability• Learner Support

http://openedpractices.org/twsia/rubric

Advanced Placement English Literature and Language

“Sakai has helped me to transform the class from a lecture-hall style of teaching and learning to a place where students leave the lecture to go discover, collaborate, and explore the lesson on their own terms.”

Michael BurnsMinisink Valley Central School DistrictNew York

Hybrid Format

• Students meet face-to-face only 5 times

• “Without the students realizing it, Sakai has allowed me to triple the amount of time the students spend in AP English class.”

Michael Burns

Principle—Student Centered

Work in a Rich Environment

Submit Assignments

Receive Feedback

Michael Burns

Principle—Coaching Students

• “Sakai lets you give students as many extra chances as you want. I used Sakai’s coaching protocol to help all of my students ace the course…The ability to coach students is one of the most important elements of learning.”

Fred HofstetterUniversity of DelawareNewark, DE

Coaching Tools

• Blogs for self-reflection• Wikis for group projects• Chats to give each other feedback• Assignments for coaching

Fred Hofstetter

Fred Hofstetter

Other Examples

More Information

PresentationThurs.,11:00 - 12:00 Spreading Community Thick: Open

Source Communities of PracticeWed. 14:30 - 15:30  BOF

http://openedpractices.org

BOF’s

Wed. 2:30-3:30 Open Educational Practices

Thurs; 4:00-5:00 p.m. Teaching & Learning Group/Award

Committee Meeting

Committee Self-

Selection

JudgeNomination

AdvertisingStarts

Submissions on

OpenEdPractices

Judging(Initial + Final)

Work on Showcase

July-August ‘08

September ‘08

October ‘08

November-December ‘08

January-February ‘09

March-April-May ‘09

Contact and Join Us!

• Teaching & Learning Group of the Sakai Community.– http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/PED/Home