UTAS is a multicampus university based in Tasmania with over 25,000 students. It currently uses Blackboard Vista as its learning management system but is undertaking a review to select a new system by 2012. The review will involve establishing requirements through stakeholder consultations and comparing alternative systems through pilots. Its goals are to select a robust, user-friendly system that meets current and future staff and student needs and supports flexible, mobile and rich media learning.

1. UTASLearning Environment Melanie Pittard – Manager, Web & Learning Services Gary Williams – Co-Head, CALT

2. UTAS is an international university based in Tasmania Founded on 1 January 1890 – 4th oldest in Australia 2,500 Staff 25,000 Students (Enrolments 2009) 31 sites 1600 units with online content Encompassing: Australian Maritime College, Menzies Research Institute, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania (UTAS)

3. UTAS Learning Environment

4. UTAS Learning Management System MyLO (My Learning Online) Blackboard Vista Enterprise License (Release Vista 8.0.3), Version 8, service pack 3) UTAS Wikis Atlassian Confluence version 3.2; internally hosted UTAS Blogs WordPress MU version 2.8.6; internally hosted Other learning systems Elluminate Lectopia (Echo 360) PebblePad Impatica Turnitin Respondus Equella ... Major Learning Systems

5. MyLO - 2010 Central administration/ support and support into two faculties Faculty/school support UTAS learning technologies accessed via MyLO Copyright ManagementSystem: Equella (hosted UTAS, plugin to MyLO) Contact: Derek Rowlands, Library Currently using Equella 3 Recorded LecturesScreen/audio captureSystem: Lectopia (hosted UTAS, plugin to MyLO) Contact: Aaron Holmes, ITR Currently using Lectopia 2.5 (Echo 360). Academic integrity System: Turnitin (hosted Turnitin, plugin to MyLO) Contact: Doug Colbeck, CALT ePortfolio System: PebblePad (hosted PebblePad, plugin to MyLO) Contact: Bronwyn Davies, ITR Currently using PebblePad 2.4.3 Integration with UTAS systems Staff details Student details Enrolment information Course and unit offerings Wiki System: Confluence (hosted UTAS, plugin to MyLO) Contact: Bronwyn Davies, ITR Currently using Confluence 3.2

7. Your Voice @ UTASFuture Needs

8. In November 2008, the University Teaching and Learning Committee endorsed a proposal that a UTAS eLearning strategy be developed in order to improve decision making about the deployment and use of technologies for the enhancement of learning. The project was led by CALT. The enquiry sought to collect evidence about current practice and to discover perceived strengths and weaknesses in our provision, delivery and management of eLearning. eLearning Strategy

9. The Centre for the Advancement of Learning & Teaching (CALT) provides leadership & support for the advancement of teaching & learning at UTAS. The clients of CALT are all UTAS staff and students. CALT

10. Systems – To provide & support a robust set of core teaching & learning systems, extended by additional targeted systems, to enable better practice in eLearning and multicampus operations & to expanded the reach of the institution. Students – To embed eLearning in existing support & transition initiatives for all students, distance & on-campus, to ensure their ongoing participation in higher education & their attainment of graduate attributes. eLearning Strategy Recommendations

11. Staff – To establish support structures for eLearning that enable faculties & schools to achieve growth in targeted areas, & to assist, recognise & reward staff advancing eLearning practice &scholarship. Organisation & decisions – To align organisational areas responsible for eLearning planning, provision & support, & to establish formal governance structures. eLearning Strategy Recommendations (cont)

12. Quality – To actively address equivalence of experience for students studying on & off campus, &harness current good practice in eLearning at UTAS in the development of contextualised quality guidelines, standards & evaluation schemes. eLearning Strategy Recommendations (cont)

13. The Your Voice @ UTAS staff satisfaction is a project sponsored by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) & Provost designed to: give employees a chance to “voice” their opinions about how well UTAS is functioning help us track the health of UTAS and identify areas for improvement lead to worthwhile improvements in the working environment establish a data “benchmark” so that we can compare ourselves with other Australian universities and track how we are doing over time. Your Voice @ UTAS

14. Survey & Analysis The Your Voice @ UTAS survey was carried out in April-May 2009 to better understand staff attitudes and levels of engagement with the University, and to identify issues of concern to them. Your Voice – Stage 1

15. Recommendations for Action Three working parties were established in November 2009 to investigate the results of Stage 1 in more detail and to develop recommendations on University-wide actions to respond to the findings. Culture and Communications People Technology Your Voice – Stage 2

16. The Your Voice Action Plan was endorsed by University Council on 11 June 2010. Reference groups for the three areas will now be established. Your Voice – Stage 3

17. The provision of technology, & services to support its use, which enables the effective operation of a multicampus university & supports teaching & learning. Including to: Expand the use of innovative teaching & learning technologies Provide the UTAS community with campus-wide mobile, anywhere, anytime, network access Encourage more flexible delivery Increase rich media content Your Voice - Technology

18. Commencing now Following PMM@UTAS based on Prince2 project management methodology Investigate systems in use, being considered & to be implemented in the Australian HE sector Provide a robust, user-friendly & feature-rich LMS to meet the current & future needs of staff & students Implementation & change management processes completed ready for Semester 1, 2012 LMS Review

19. Establish Project Board Chair: Pro-Vice Chancellor (Students &Education) Representatives from UT&LC, CALT, Library, ITR, Staff, Project Leader Reports to Teaching Systems Management Group and then to UT&LC Establish Working Group: Website & Blog Determine requirements Focus groups: Technology, Academic, Educational Developers, Students Conduct requirements survey Information forums Compare alternatives – run pilots Decision Implementation LMS Review - Approach

20. Minimum online presence Online teaching evaluations (SETL) eLearning quality standards Assignment management Mobile delivery Cloud services LAMS Interoperability/integration Possible future directions