1.Dynamics of a UniversityEducational Technology Portfolio: Sakai at Charles Sturt UniversityAssoc Prof Philip Uys, PhDDirector, Strategic Learning and Teaching InnovationDivision of Learning and Teaching ServicesCharles Sturt University, Australia Sakai-Jasig Conference June 2012 LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICESDIVISION OF

2. On the menu1. Charles Sturt University (CSU)2. Integrated within a blended learning framework3. Student and teaching staff feedback4. Enhancing learning and teaching through technologies5. Key educational technology developments6. Aligned and integrated with other CSU developments and projects DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 3. 1. Charles Sturt University (CSU) Charles Sturt University (CSU) is a confident andforward-looking university in Australia. CSU meets its commitments regionally, nationally andinternationally by focusing on: an enriching and supportive Student Experience for its diverse range of students a Course Profile that reflects student demand and meets workforce needs Research that creates new knowledge and practice.DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 4. CSUs NSW campuses are located in some ofAustralias fastest growing regional cities, offering aunique study experience with access to the best of cityliving along with the benefits of a regional lifestyle. Also the biggest distance education provider inAustralia (70% of our 40 000 students = 28000)The appropriate and skilful use of learningtechnologies to enhance the student experienceunderpins much of CSUs teaching and helps theuniversity meet its goals around flexible learning. CSUuses an extensive range of educational technologies inproviding contemporary education to our students.DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 5. Continued evolution of quality in learning andteaching at CSU and growing expectations ofour students for fitting technology responses CSU professionals need to skilfully use anever growing set of internal and externaleducational technologiesDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 6. potential and issues trend at CSU to increased digital, mobileand paperless learning and teaching fordistance education and on-campus challenges for strategists, those using thetechnologies and learning and teachingsupport DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 7. What is the rationale for this trend? affordances of new technologies for quality l&t student demands eStudent experience project open educational market professional approach skilful use of technologies keeping learning materials current increased of digital technologies in all spheres of life also in higher ed remain competitive, notcomplacent environmental concerns DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 8. 2. Integrated within a blended learning framework Balanced and extensive portfolio leadingedge variety CSU Ed Tech Framework Learner Analytics DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 9. CSU Interact = Sakai CLE and OAE http://www.csu.edu.au/division/lts/docs/role/ltsystemsdashboard.pdf DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 10. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 11. Growth of educational technologiesat CSU DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 12. CSU Interact = Sakai CLE and OAE Para-analysis(Buchan, 2010)DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 13. IntroductionCSU is committed to ICT-enabled learning and teaching and introduced Sakai (CLE) in December 2007 within a flexible and blended learning framework with a focus on.. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 14. learner engagement & interactivity DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 15. Deeply engaged in Sakai Open AcademicEnvironment project since June 2010o OAE SGo OAE URGo OAE TRGo OAE pilot groupo Currently $200K: cash contributions and JamesSloane (full time developer)DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 16. ... and then there are a wide range ofexternal/not centrally CSU supportededucational technologies that teachingstaff are using- such as Twitter; Facebook; weebly; wikispaces; edublogs;wordpress; Youtube; Flickr; Slideshare; TeacherTube; 2ndLife; cloud hosting; Google+DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 17. Student survey (n=3952)- 94% see educational technology as making their learning more flexible- 84% see educational technology as making it easier to interact withfellow students- 90% agree that educational technology supports their learning- 77% that it increases their satisfaction with their learning- 84% see educational technology as important for their future careers- 94% would like to have their assignments returned online- 87% want to revisit work from lectures on their handheld/mobile device PDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 18. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 19. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 20. Teaching staff survey (n=246)- A quarter of staff do more than 10 hours teaching online per week- Over 50% are teaching online from home- 75% have a positive approach towards the use of educationaltechnologies- Announcements, posting lecture notes, and discussion forums veryhighly used (all >50% weekly)-Only 15% use Interact because students demand it academics use itmostly for educational reasons- 68% would like to use online summative assessmentDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 21. 77% not dissatisfiedDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 22. About 75% not dissatisfiedDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 23. 4. Enhancing learning andteaching through technologiesJ DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 24. Responsive assessment,aligned with learning outcomesTurnitinDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 25. GradebookDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 26. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 27. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 28. Electronic AssignmentSubmission Tracking System(EASTS) paperless markingDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 29. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 30. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 31. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 32. Academic Plagiarism Detector(TURNITIN)DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 33. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 34. ePORTFOLIO/Personal Learning EnvironmentDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 35. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 36. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 37. Developing & sharing engaginglearning resources LibraryDatabases JDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 38. Digital Object ManagementSystem (DOMS)DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 39. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 40. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 41. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 42. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 43. Active teaching - online JDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 44. CSU INTERACT (OnlineCollaboration and LearningEnvironment) DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 45. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 46. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 47. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 48. CSU Replay (Lecture andlesson recording linked withiTunesU)DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 49. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 50. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 51. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 52. ONLINE MEETINGDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 53. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 54. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 55. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 56. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 57. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 58. Online Evaluation of Subjectssystem (OES) DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 59. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 60. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 61. DISCIPLINE BASEDTECHNOLOGIES DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 62. Paramedic simulationsDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 63. 21st century learning spaces- Each teaching space includes 8 interactive whiteboards,high definition dual camera video conferencing facilities,one-one netbooks for 64 students, and flexible furnitureallowing for a range of possible uses. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 64. Vet Science Clinical System(VISION) DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 65. Vet Science Diagnostic Laboratory System DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 66. Dentistry X-Ray SimulationDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 67. Picture Archiving and CommunicationSystem (PACS) system DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 68. 5. Key educational technology developments Mobile learning at CSU 2011 2013 CSU ED Tech Plan: i2; mobilelearning; learner analytics New workplace learning system Course development system (Education) Results of International ACODEbenchmarkingDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 69. External/cloud-based systemsCourse design : Smart tools (Alan Bain)I2 plans and demoPDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 70. Mobile learning Podcasting tool in Interact ePortfolio/PLE (Pebblepad) iPhone/iPod/iPadapps, as well as mobile web CSU Replay (Echo360) which caters for lessonrecording and vodcasts - access now also viaiTunesUDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 71. Podcasting tool in InteractDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 72. ePortfolio/PLE (Pebblepad) iPhone/iPod/iPad apps, as well as mobile web http://eportfolio.csu.edu.au/pebblepad/mobileDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 73. mLearn Project Device trials being conducted throughout 2012 & into 2013. Trials are being conducted in a range of learning contexts across our student population and course profile MRS222 nuclear medicine; ITC594 eCommerce; EML302 literacy; 2013 more pilots Developing mobile friendly learning resources that makeuse of the opportunities created by digital publishing. Mobilising access to Interact First Phase - Subject outlines & Gradebook Second Phase Interact2 as a whole with Sakai OAE community Mobilising the online subject evaluation system Library trials for workplace learning with electronicmaterials on mobile devicesDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 74. Interact2 (OAE) rollout &support Phased rollout beginning with automated provision of optional course/program sites to support planned approach to course design: October2012 Opportunity from October 2012 to develop project sites Provisioned subject sites late 2013 and into 2014 Professional Development plan to suit needs of all end-users as partof the distributed approach to change management PD aligned with appropriate level of need to know at each phase Focus on workflow comparisons between Interact & Interact2 ratherthan direct tool comparisons DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 75. Interact2 Why? https://interact2.csu.edu.au/ Contemporary, more personalised and contextualexperience in which the process of learning is more closelyconnected with content of learning Powerful content authoring and abilities for sharing &reuse Everything is content and can be tracked, commentedupon or assessed Activity-focused, not site focused Ability to share content with the world, CSU, a group, ornot at allDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 76. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 77. Interact2 - features Ability to add functionality from widgets (as per iPhone/iPadapps) that can be inserted where & when required Efficient, powerful searching for people, content, groups Ability to integrate some tools from Interact if required Ability to import content from Interact Modules tool as pages Ability to integrate Subject Outline, Gradebook, DOMS,EASTS, other CSU tools & systems DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 78. DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 79. Interact2 Change Management 4 Plans to guide the processes &communications (staff & students) Using an adaptive management approachbenchmarking i.e. where are we now - build on thegood, identify where we need to be and how wewill get there Distributed approach to change managementthrough formation of i2 Guiding Teams DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 80. Interact2 Guiding Teams Guiding teams will operate at Faculty, and/orschool, course team, divisional and institute levelas appropriate Guiding Teams will develop an i2 ImplementationAction Plan suitable for their area - supported bythe i2 Change Management TeamDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 81. 6. Aligned and integrated with other CSU developments and projects focus on course/program design eStudent experience paperless, interactive teaching and markingo timely feedback via EASTS and mobile learning Subject Experience Surveys (SES) SystemUpgrade/New with mobile interface Academic Support DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 82. close working relationships with Ed TechReference Group; DIT, FLI; Library;Academic Support; Student Services Office ILSC, ILSCOSC AuSakai 2012: 18 and 19 September L&T innovation through technology supportservice (LATISS) - facilitated by SLTI ICTCOP using YammerDIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 83. LATISS sharing by innovators, and support for innovators https://www.yammer.com/csu.edu.au/pages/63705 DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 84. ICTCOP - the CSU community of practice interested in ICT-enabledlearning - over 650 members in Yammer DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 85. 7. In closing comprehensive and balanced portfolio dynamic interactions among systems Sakai CLE (Interact) is central Sakai OAE (Interact2) will be launched in October2012 and will become central from end 2013 Stay in touch! DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES 86. Thank youCSU Educational Technologieshttp://www.csu.edu.au/division/landt/resources/Assoc Prof Philip Uys, PhDDirector, Strategic Learning and Teaching InnovationDivision of Learning and Teaching ServicesCharles Sturt University, Australia DIVISION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING SERVICES