towards a common european sakai fishing policy
DESCRIPTION
A presentation given to EuroSakai outlining what the UK Sakai community are doing in an attempt to spread the word and promote adoption of Sakai. Can the UK group join forces with a bigger European initiative?TRANSCRIPT
Towards a common European Sakai Fishing Policy
Patrick Lynch, eLearning Coordinator, University of Hull
Adam Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager , Oxford University
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University of Hull
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University of Oxford
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Why fishing? Why Fishing?
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Identity
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UK Landscape
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VLEsVLEs
LimerickLimerick OxfordOxford
CambridgeCambridge
HullHullLancasterLancaster
VREsVREs
BathBath
DaresburyDaresbury
Newcaste?Newcaste?
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Moodle!
“You don’t get fired for choosing Moodle“
Many places considering a change
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UK & Ireland Sakai Support NetworkUKissN
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History of UKissN
Bodington.org • Leeds, University of
Highlands & Island (UHI), Oxford
JA SIG• Hull (Oxford &
Cambridge attended)
Tetra• Hull, UHI, Oxford, Leeds and Cambridge
UKISSN• Hull, Oxford, Cambridge, Limerick, Lancaster, Bath and Newcastle
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Happeningshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lecercle/344310164/
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Public Meetings
• Based on Bodington buzz• rSmart, Sakai foundation, SunGard, OAE• 30-40 attendees• Made plans to face outwards more
Dec 2010 showcase at Oxford
• First joint meeting, about 30 attendees• Showcase OAE• Sakai on a mobile phone• Sharing help & teacher focused material
JA SIG UK
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Plans
• Easy to find resource • Novel usage • Answer questions • Allow people to contact us
Create and maintain a blog
• Conferences, e.g., Eden, ALT-C (papers / seminar) • Presentations to HEIs, Portsmouth, Nottingham, Imperial, Liverpool, Leeds College of Arts .. • Twitter • Identify institutional academic champions• Case studies into ALT-N• Teaching and learning webinar
Raise profile with UK academics
• Mail lists, eg, VLEs • UCISA • HELF (Heads of e-learning forum)• Learning Environment Special Interest Group (LERSIG)
Infiltrate networks
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Sakai in UK HE Blog
• 30 posts• 74 comments – hooray!!! …..74 spam – boo!! • Up 36 views per day
Google: “Sakai
UK”
• Offer information to help people choose• Show off successes• Highlight VRE usage• Give focus for Sakai in UK• Introduce UKissN
Aims
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The Message
“The Sakai community is excellent”
“Sakai is a great VRE / VLE – here’s examples”
“Why we chose Sakai”
“Commercial support options”
“Sakai OAE is brilliant”
“The UK Sakai community is buzzing”
“Sakai conferences are where it’s at”
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Raise profile
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Catching Fish
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Opportunities
VREs (portlets / gadgets)
JASIG merger
Open Academic
Environment (Moodle2?)
Oxford and Cambridge
use CLESungard
@HullShirley winning TWSIA award
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Questions …..
…. that we do not have answers for
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Questions
No new HEIs since
Hull in 2008
What else can we do?
Can we fish with Europe?
Commonality?
Do we wait for OAE?
OAE versus Moodle 2? OAE has no
tools!
What can Foundation / JA SIG do to
help?
Should we bother at
all?
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Discussion
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