During Fall 2008 and Spring 2009, UNC Chapel Hill conducted a pilot of Sakai, a community-source collaborative learning environment. This slideshow summarizes the results. (n=165)

1. Sakai Pilot Data:
Students
UNC Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/sakaipilot/

2. Make me full screen!

3. This is a summary of student
survey data collected during
Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.
Surveys were based on U of Michigan
CTools Surveys.
For more information about UNC’s
assessment, go to:
http://www.unc.edu/sakaipilot/blog/?page_id=33

4. 165
student surveys
completed

5. Students: Year in Program
56
53
32
19
16
7
Year in program
Fr So Jr Sr MA/MS PhD

6. Students: Rate your computer expertise
9
37
120
Advanced Intermediate Novice

7. Students: Information Technology
Preference in Courses
19
61
102
limited moderate extensive

8. Students: Sakai is valuable for...
Accessing a syllabus 9 14 154
Accessing multimedia content 14 53 109
Accessing lecture or course notes BEFORE class 12 45 120
Accessing lecture or course notes AFTER class 9 26 142
Accessing online readings 15 16 143
Using a single access point for materials 15 32 128
Accessing grades 10 39 126
Accessing self-tests and sample exams 19 66 90
0 50 100 150
Disagree Neutral Agree

9. Students: Sakai is valuable for...
Improving my instructor's teaching 50 79 40
Improving my learning 35 62 72
Saving me time (efficiency) 33 22 112
Accessing material any time 11 12 144
Managing my course activities 39 57 72
Improving my instructor's communications to me 28 44 97
Improving my collaboration with other classmates 40 48 81
0 50 100 150
Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree

10. Students: Sakai is valuable for...
Viewing a calendar of activities 30 52 85
Receiving messages from instructors 25 41 100
Taking exams and quizzes for grading purposes 27 100 38
Getting assignments back with comments and grades 34 81 52
Using a structure provided by instructors 23 80 63
Visiting online office hours 35 104 25
Being part of instructor-created ad-hoc student groups 26 83 58
Having instructors monitor/observe my progress 26 94 47
Supporting distance learning 15 81 70
0 50 100 150
Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree

11. Students: Sakai is valuable for...
Posting questions BEFORE class 15 102 49
Posting questions DURING class 24 119 22
Posting questions or responses AFTER class 7 77 81
Commenting on other students' coursework 15 87 62
Sharing instructional materials with my classmates 19 73 74
Working with my classmates on an assignment 25 89 51
Turning in assignments online 13 73 77
Accessing library resources 26 94 46
Providing course or lecture feedback 16 98 50
0 50 100 150
Disagree Do not use/neutral Agree

12. The following Sakai tools are valuable for my course-related activities
Announcements 10 35 119
Assignments 9 28 127
Blogger 17 105 42
Calendar 24 69 70
Chat room 24 111 27
Discussion forum 16 69 78
Drop box 16 84 64
Email archive 17 118 28
Forums* 14 99 51
Gradebook 10 46 108
Mailtool 17 110 35
Messages 19 84 61
Lessons 11 53 100
My Workspace 22 95 46
News (RSS) 20 123 19
Polls 18 118 27
Resources 12 57 93
Syllabus 5 25 133
Wiki 16 95 50
Web content 14 86 61
0 50 100 150
Disagree Do not use/neutral Agree

13. Students: General LMS Comments
Pick just one!
Please change to Sakai, it saves time and
helps me make sure I know what teachers
want, due dates. Communication with
professors is easier.
Sakai is not different or more special than
Blackboard.

14. For more student perspective, see
Daily Tarheel articles:
Cheers to Sakai (2.28.09)
Professors test beta site to replace
Blackboard (2.23.09)

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