8th Sakai Conference

4-7 December 2007Newport Beach

Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning Community GatheringCommunity Gathering

Let’s talk Teaching

with Sakai

8th Sakai Conference

4-7 December 2007Newport Beach

Josh BaronJosh BaronDirector, Academic Technology and eLearningDirector, Academic Technology and eLearning

MARIST COLLEGEMARIST COLLEGE

Welcome and IntroductionsWelcome and Introductions

• Introducing today’s meeting planners• Who else is in the room?

– Faculty?– Instructional/Support staff?– Developers? User Experience?– Other?

• Have you been following the Pedagogy list?– Use of “teaching and learning” vs. “pedagogy”

• This is a working session, please participate!

Why are we here?Why are we here?

• Sakai is a teaching and learning tool

• An importance voice has been missing

• We want to add this voice to the existing chorus (developers, UX, requirements, QA)

• Bursts of activity on “pedagogy” list

• Discussion and group not sustained

• If we can work together to solidify this group we will all benefit! (please be selfish!)

Meeting OverviewMeeting Overview• NOTE: Session spans first two time slots• Review of Breakout Group Topics (20 minutes)

– Group #1: Mission and Roadmap– Group #2: Sharing Exemplars– Group #3: Faculty Engagement– Group #4: Requirements Coordination– Group #5: Faculty Support

• Breakout Group Meetings (30 minutes)

• BREAK (15 minutes)

• Group Reports and Discussion (45 minutes)

• Wrap Up and Next Steps (15 minutes)

Background on Breakout TopicBackground on Breakout Topic

• Issues have been identified through prior discussions (online/phone conferences)

• Breakout groups will be formed around them – Pick a group to participate in!

• Each group will have a “Discussion Guide”

• Roles and facilitators will be assigned

• GOAL: Identify action items and action leaders for follow up after conference

Mission and Roadmap (#1)Mission and Roadmap (#1)Objective: Draft a mission or vision statement for the teaching

and learning group and develop specific plans for coordination with other groups within Sakai.

1. What are the key challenges the T&L group will focus on?2. What limits, if any, should be placed on the scope of issues this

group will work on and address? (e.g. Should we spend time addressing usability issues?)

3. Which groups within Sakai will we want to collaborate with on a regular basis?

4. What are the needs of these groups and how will T&L help address them?

5. How will this collaboration be organized? Would having “liaisons” that would work within both groups be useful? Should efforts be made to actively participate in pre-conference session in the future?

Sharing Exemplars (#2)Sharing Exemplars (#2)Objective: Identify specific types of exemplars that would be

of value to the Community and develop a specific plan for sharing these exemplars

1. How might we develop and share exemplar courses? Exemplar tool use?

2. How to we decide what is an “exemplar” and was is not?3. How might we develop and share “best practice” documents (e.g.

How to facilitate an online discussion?)4. How might we map tool use to pedagogical concepts? (e.g. How

tool X can be used to facilitate project-based learning)5. Are their professional societies or other organizations with whom

we might work? (e.g. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, Quality Matters, etc.)

6. When sharing content how do we ensure it can be used at the local level where course sites and skins may be very different?

7. What tools or technology would be best to collaborate on and distribute exemplar materials (e.g. RSS feeds, Confluence, etc.)?

Faculty EngagementFaculty EngagementObjective: Identify specific plans for increasing faculty

involvement within the Community and connecting faculty across institutions.

1. What is the “value proposition” for faculty members to engage with Sakai? (Might we find ways to help with issues like accreditation, tenure and promotion, publishing, etc.)

2. How might we increase faculty attendance at conferences?3. How might we implement a local, regional, and/or international

“Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award” program?4. What might a local or international “Faculty Showcase” event look

like and would it be useful?5. Would creating a “social network” within Sakai for faculty be

useful? If so, how might we create such a network (e.g. using something like LinkedIN)?

Requirements Coordination (#4)Requirements Coordination (#4)

Objective: Identify specific ways in which the T&L group can help coordinate local faculty requirements gathering with the Community-wide requirements process.

1. What value, if any, would establishing a standardized local faculty-based requirement process be to the existing requirements process?

2. What type of standards might be useful to establish? (e.g. cycle for requirements gathering, etc.)

3. How might local requirements groups coordinate with each other? Would such coordination be useful? (e.g. math instructors from a range of institutions working together on requirements).

4. How do we ensure a balanced process by including input from both the “early adopters” as well as the more mainstream faculty?

Faculty Support (#5)Faculty Support (#5)Objective: Identify specific ways in which the T&L group can

collaborate on providing high quality faculty support.1. How should this group relate to/replace the user “café” group?2. How might we improve the process for sharing support

documentation and related materials (i.e. flash movies, etc)? Is there a way to facilitate the “localization” (i.e. skin differences, etc.) of these materials?

3. Would an online regular “Tool Demonstration” “by faculty, for faculty” be useful? If so, how might this be organized and run?

4. Would it be useful to develop RSS feeds (from podcasts, blogs, wikis, etc.) that were focused on instructional or discipline-specific topics (e.g. Creative uses of forums or using Sakai to teach math)? Faculty could subscribe to these from within their My Workspace.

5. Could we establish a “dev list” for faculty or support staff? (e.g. Can anyone help me with how to best use this tool for such and such instructional need..)

Breakout Group Ground RulesBreakout Group Ground Rules

• Each group has been assigned a facilitator• Each group should identify:

– Scribe (use a laptop if possible)– Presenter (create slides if possible, 5-8 min.)– Time Keeper (you have an important job!)– If you cannot stay, please do not take a role

• Please post your notes/slides ASAP• Be realistic and practical in identifying action

items and action leaders!

NOTESNOTES

Wrap Up and Next StepsWrap Up and Next Steps

• BOF later in the week?