the future is now: teaching and learning technologies program ats town hall june 4, 2014 | radcliffe...
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The Future Is Now:Teaching and Learning Technologies Program
ATS Town Hall
June 4, 2014 | Radcliffe Gym
What’s In a Name?
Learning Management Ecosystem
Black Pearl
Teaching and Learning Technologies
• Provide core teaching and learning technologies to all Schools
• Support pedagogical innovation and research on learning
• Establish strong Harvard community based on actual partnerships with faculty and with academic support professionals
• Cultivate open source community around component development that complements core technologies
• Deliver high-quality program on time, on budget, in scope
Strategic Objectives Guiding Principles Key Performance Indicators
• Communicate and socialize program across the University
• Balance need to move quickly with thoughtful planning
• Seek early and continuous faculty input from across the Schools
• Transition program to ongoing services with sustained community and sustained vision
• Embrace fluidity
• Full-time staff focus is the rule; divided time is the exception
• University migration from previous platform(s) to core technologies
• Usable data from teaching and learning activities available for research
• Meaningful engagement with faculty / teaching teams and with academic support professionals around needs
• Harvard-specific technology enhancements and applications generated by open source community
• Program delivered on time and on budget
Provide a continually evolving set of faculty-friendly, student-focused technologies that support teaching and learning across all Harvard schools, facilitate pedagogical innovation, and contribute to educational research.
The Vision
About the Program
Canvas
Canvas
Canvas and Integrations
CanvasCourse admin tools
Integrations
Extensibility
Canvas
University T&L tools
Course admin tools
Integrations
Extensibility
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Inter-Operability
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
edX
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Inter-Operability
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
X
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Unified User Experience
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Unified User Experience
SIS
IAM
Unified User Experience
Canvas
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
edX
University T&L tools
School T&L tools
Faculty T&L tools
Open source tools
3rd party tools
LTI wrapper on
any tool
Course admin tools
Integrations
Timeline
So Far
Complete planning phase
Secure program funding
Sign license agreement with Instructure
Develop integrations and course administration tools with Canvas
Begin to engage with teaching and learning community partners
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What’s Next
Hire term positions: software engineer, dev/ops, test engineer, PM, BA, UX
Lay the groundwork for open source developer community
Develop teaching and learning components
Develop capacity and guidelines to extract data for research
Roll out Canvas across the schools
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Thank you!
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