Presentation of a research about Sakai use by students and teachers at UPMC. Presented at EuroSakai 2013, January 29th 2013

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www.upmc.fr
Université Pierre
et Marie Curie
Sakai use at UPMC
Yves Epelboin
Director IT services
Yves.Epelboin@upmc.fr

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The university Pierre et Marie Curie
• Heir of the Faculty of Sciences of Sorbonne
• Moved from the old buildings on a new campus in
the 60ties
• The largest Sciences and Medicine university in
France
• Ranking first Research Institution in France
• Ranking first Research Institution in Mathematics in
the World
• 4000 Academic, 4000 support staff
• 30 000 students (20 000 in Sciences, 10 000 in
Medicine)

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Agenda
• Objectives of the study
• Sakai use
• IT: the feelings from students and teachers

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The inquiry
• Based on a framework established in 2011 by the
community
• Call for answer in May 2012
– Opened until end of June
– 330 students
– 110 teachers
• Two parts:
– Sakai tools use
– General feeling about IT and LMS

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Sakai at UPMC

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A short history
• 2000 – 2006: WebCT
– In 2006-2007: 150 courses, 1000 students
• 2007 – 2013: Sakai CLE
– 2013: 1500 active courses, 50 projects
– 20 000 students
– 1200 teachers
• Accessible from the university portal: uPortal 4
– Backdoor for non-registered students
– No connection to students system
– LDAP-CAS authentication

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Sakai use (students)
• Largely used at
Bachelor and M1
level

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Sakai use (students)
• Between 100-500
simultaneous
connections

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Sakai use (teachers)
• Not all teachers have
adopted Sakai
• Exceptions: Medicine
and Biology
• When adopted really
used

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Sakai use (teachers)
• A majority uses it as a
major tool

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Main objectives for teachers
• Collaboration
aspects rank high

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Tools use (teachers)

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Tools use (students)

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Tools use
• Resources is the most important tool
• Melete appreciation by students ranks high
– Students appreciate to be driven through courseware
– Melete is being replaced by Lesson
• Drop box used as a simple ePortfolio
• Appreciation of Tests & Quiz, Assessments linked to
the use:
– Skepticism from teachers (control of students)
– Agreement of students for remote use

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Internationalization (students)

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Support (Teachers)

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Projects

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IT and Teaching

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Sakai: what for?

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Sakai: what for?

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Attitude towards IT
• 65% of teachers use Sakai for blended learning
• 17% as a supplement only
• 4% for distance learning
• Expectations from students are higher than from
teachers
– Teachers skeptic about a changing attitude of students
– Not all ready for the work required to enhance teaching
with Sakai
• A minority does not want to change (less than 10%)

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Attitude towards IT
• 82% students want printable documents
• 70% want a moderate use of technology

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Conclusion
• Sakai well adopted at UPMC
• Considered as a major element of the IT strategy
• Sakai well appreciated
– Flexibility
– Easiness of use
– Variety of uses
• Demand
– Better integration in SIS
– Better access to external spaces
• No real controversy about its use and
implementation

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Yves.Epelboin@upmc.fr