the next “killer app” or… so you thought your administrative system was expensive! carl berger...
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The Next “Killer App”or…So you thought your administrative system was expensive!
Carl Bergerhttp://sitemaker.umich.edu/cberger
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For the ”Killer App”
A ubiquitous system for students, faculty and support to carry out learning, instruction and research.
What can we predict?What can’t we predict?
Predicting from what we use today!
Pieces today of the killer app and how
we use them(Our Legacy Systems)
Used by Students
Used by Faculty
Are they really effective?
ProCan be a combo of off the shelf and home madeCan pick and choose
ConNot integratedNot automatic push/pullMust design the integration of pieces
So if we want to build a killer app, how do we know what’s important?
Ask them…Student Survey
3,000 Students (Surveyed 3,000)1,583 responses
Faculty Survey3,600 faculty (surveyed 1,500)764 responses
Used for what…
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Write codeTeach or take a
Create web pagesNewsGroups/chatsGive presentation
Manage dataPlay games
Buy/sell on webCreate presentation
CollaborateUM activitiesqOnline library
Web surfingE-mail faculty
Research on webWriting
Daily 1-2/week Sev/mo 1/month Sev/yr 1/yr Never
Web use…
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Perform comp/danceTake entire web course
Pay Tuition/FeesInterview employersJoin clubs/socializeOnline discussions
Auto UM newsDo simulations
CollaborateTake exams/papers
Facillitate Collaboration/WorldPresent work at U
Present work to worldFacillitate Collaboration/U
Access calendarAccess bookmarks anywhere
Buy/sellView interest areas
Retrieve and post filesCreate web pageArchive materials
AutoResearve materials
Find directions/mapsComm with U Offices
Share filesShedule health appt
Do researchCheck degree progress
Order TranscriptsAccess assignments
Access documentsAccess/update Records
Am doing now Would very much like to do Would somewhat like to do Not at all
Grouped into UM projects
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Perform composition/dance
Take entire course on the web
Interview employers
UM.SiteMaker
Wolverine Access
UM.CourseTools
My.umich
IFS (Institutional File Server)
Already use Very much wan't to use Somewhat wan't to use Don't want to use
19. What features would you like to see in a faculty Web portal?
0 100 200 300 400 500
buy/sell personal items (classifieds)
don't want/would not use
receive customized news
schedule appointments at U-M Health Services
access vacation/sick,retirement balances
review course and faculty evaluations
automatically receive info from my school or college
learn about/review campus events by area of interest
create my own, personal Web page
find directions and maps to campus locations
post/retrieve files from IFS file
Web-based email
purchase tickets for campus events
find and submit travel and expense rpts
personal calendar, course schedule, to-do, address book
"Portable" bookmarks
Key features of the app…
•One ID, pswd and single sign on
•Tabbed screens that…put and get data, info, fun
•HomePage easily made…administered, personalized, skins
•Access to courses…lists, groups, assign, roles, tests, grades
•WINWINI about classes, school, life and what is due (in my face!)
•Negotiated filters for friends, profs, family, school
•Assignment progress and Portfolios
Key features of the lab app…
Single screen that…
Takes me to visualization when necessary
Uses data from how I learn to help select material that is comfortable and yet challenging
Allows me to move from visual to literal to symbolic to case study to analysis
Keeps track of my progress and allows me to refer or revisit old places and products
Helps me build a portfolio of skills and knowledge that I can use in future learning (courses)
Real Processor (vision)
On a beautiful fall day, Maria Jones walked onto campus carrying her usual “stuff.” Stacked in with a book, a clipboard, and a magazine was Maria’s 7.5-by-9-inch “minibook” computer, buzzing merrily away.
Rather than buzzing as the result of a reminder that Maria had set earlier, her computer was buzzing because she had come into proximity of and triggered another computer about one hundred feet away, which then sent information about her courses for the day to her minibook.
Reaching into the stack, Maria took out the minibook and looked at the exposed flat screen. She noticed that one of her classmates had sent the charts for a class presentation later that day. “Whoops, something wrong here,” she thought, looking for a convenient bench nearby.
Maria sat down and cantilevered the screen upward to reveal a full keyboard underneath, which automatically slid open to full size. She tapped the “respond” icon on the screen, typed in a message, used her pen to circle the error on the graph, and tapped the send”icon.
A clear chime rang, not from the belltower of the quadrangle but from her minibook. She closed the mini, yelled at Ira to wait up, and started yet another normal day. Although Maria didn’t really care about or understand the technology involved, she was deep in the next ‘Killer app” for learning.
For professors
A single interfaceGrows as I grow in use and confidenceAble to plug in slightly different modules to suit my needsAllows me to change groups and roles of studentsSyncs with student database and grading system
Allows me to set up collaboration and research groups fluidlyAllows me to do remote sensing and data gatheringAllows me to archive, search and retrieve Let’s me know of changes, ideas, opportunities
Instruction: Research:
For support
A single interfaceAllows me to provide a simple interfaceAble to find and integrate modules that link within the appAllows the administrative system to work with the app
Allows me to trace students through their career and provide resources accordinglyProvides students with a growing portfolio of work that is self selectedA trusted advisor on learning resources and decisions
Why is it important?
•Changing nature of educational process
•Changing nature of technology
•Everywhere-Everytime
•Push-pull
•WINWINI
•Changing understanding of administrative support needed (Top level understanding that the integration of the tools would be expensive- can we all say PeopleSoft)
•But most important…
• The changing role of student, teacher and support
For students...
It used to be that they could regurgitate the knowledge from the teacher.
Then (in addition) they could explore, interact and discover the knowledge of the teacher.
It will be that (in addition) students create knowledge with the teacher.
Is it any wonder we need the Next Killer App?
For teachers…
It used to be that the sign of an educated man was that he knew the knowledge of his subject.
Then it was the sign of an educated woman that she added to the this.. where to find the knowledge of her subject.
It will be the sign of an educated teacher that we will add to the above.. We will know the veracity of the knowledge of our subject and how to teach with a variety of differing students.
Is it any wonder we need the Next Killer App?
For those who support technology in teaching and learning
It used to be that we would help faculty use technology for the most exciting.
Now (in addition) technology is used to support classroom management and tough problems.
It will be that technology (in addition to the above) will be used to allow teachers and students to taylor individual learning processes and content and evaluate and change "on the fly.”
Is it any wonder we need the Next Killer App?
Conclusion…
We can build toward the next killer apps!
We have the pieces
We have the talent, energy and ability
Hang on, it’s going to be a bumpy ride! (has it ever been different?)