At the end there will be a web link to download the slides\nand access a list of all the websites I mention, plus other materials.\n
Course website alternatives \nreasons for decisions\nStrategy for positioning Sakai\nwithin the technology toolset\nMetaphor for promoting Sakai\nExample of the metaphor in use\n
Applied Multimedia, Spring 2012\nCommunicate and solve problems\nFour dimensions: functionality,\naesthetics, content, usability\nProjects: image, blogs, and sound\nOther tools: Second Life, Flash\n\n
Goal - use best tools, within constraints \nChoose Sakai and external tools based on\nEase of use – design, learning curve\nFunctionality – compared w/tools students using\nConvenience – few logins, mobile-friendly\nSecurity – grades and minor assignments\n
Goal - use best tools, within constraints \nChoose Sakai and external tools based on\nEase of use – design, learning curve\nFunctionality – compared w/tools students using\nConvenience – few logins, mobile-friendly\nSecurity – grades and minor assignments\n
Goal - use best tools, within constraints \nChoose Sakai and external tools based on\nEase of use – design, learning curve\nFunctionality – compared w/tools students using\nConvenience – few logins, mobile-friendly\nSecurity – grades and minor assignments\n
Goal - use best tools, within constraints \nChoose Sakai and external tools based on\nEase of use – design, learning curve\nFunctionality – compared w/tools students using\nConvenience – few logins, mobile-friendly\nSecurity – grades and minor assignments\n
NOTE - Sakai is new at ND\nAssignments – heavy use\nGradebook – tightly integrated\nTests and Quizzes – few\nEmail Archive – in lieu of ListServ\n
Icon-based home – too much for Web Content\nProject site hides files\nGroups by color - students saw a single icon\n
External Tools - major feature enhancements\nNo new accounts required\nBox – distribute public files (vs. resources)\nGoogle Docs (ND) – group work (vs. wiki)\n
Student blogs (vs. Sakai blogs)\nSome issues with integration\n
used a few times (vs. Sakai polls)\n
External Content\nND OCW – loaded in advance\nOpen content - Creative Commons\nCalendar, assignment descriptions\nHandouts, readings, syllabus, links, \nAccessible to anyone on the planet\n\n
Safari Books Online\n2 required textbooks\n(free through library)\n
iTunes U – podcast publication (by professor)\nLynda – 2 major tutorials, 2 minor ($40)\n
No formal analysis was done, but\ndata were gathered from several sources\nSelf-reports from Focus group and CIF\nStats - Sakai, OCW, Lynda, Safari, etc.\n\n
Unfamiliar territory\nTook 2 weeks to get used to Saki + OCW\nStudents liked Sakai, esp. gradebook\nAssignment tool needs filtering\nNot excited about email archive\nBack button issues\n
OCW pageviews from Google Analytics\nThey liked the calendar and project materials\nThey liked having a complete, stable set of materials\nConfusion on assignment descriptions - my fault\nSome found going back and forth confusing, others had no problem\nThey were generally very positive on the setup\n
Safari section view stats\nNearly all students chose Safari over paper books\nNone reported issues with e-reading\n
Student feedback on other tools\nBox - liked the integration\nSome would have preferred DropBox\nND beginning institutional rollout\nIndiana U beginning work on LTI\nGoogle Docs - loved it\nGreat for group work\nWordPress - liked it as well\nFound it easy to use\nLynda - only a few liked or used it\nMany resented the cost\nFelt there were free tutorials out there\nSome would rather get assignment and look for videos \n\nThere were no suggestions for additional tools\n
Metaphor worked very well for CAPP 30523\nBest evaluations in eight years!\nSakai-plus tool mix was successful\nAssignments - huge for “studio” classes, butneeds improvement for classes w/ many items\nUse assignment descriptions in Sakai only\nGradebook - a big hit\nTests & Quizzes - reading checks valuable\nExternal tools\nG docs - awesome\nBox - explore new options as it rolls out\nWordPress - some LTI problems\n\nSakai-OCW content mix: successful\nOCW - forced major advanced organization\nLynda - make it optional and \nexplain self-teaching alternatives\n\n
Tech Demo follows - come and chat!\n\nIF TIME ** 7 principles **\nor\nSKIP to QR code screen\n
Talk about teaching has been secondary so far\nbut I’d like to send you off thinking \nabout effective ways to use the power tools\n7 principles - famous study nearly 20 years ago\nChickering & Gamson summarized years of research\n
Small groups – on a large index card, describe a creative yet effective strategy for using Assignments or Tests and Quizzes – and relate it to one of the seven principles\n\n