Doctoral Attributes Workshop (DAW) and the

ePortfolio/Portal framework

AuSakai 2009

Patrick Fong Gordon Yau

About this Presentation

• Overview of the Grad Research ePortfolio portal

framework.

• Components in the framework.

• Live demo of framework.

• Doctoral Attributes Workshop (DAW) - technical

overview.

• Live demo of DAW.

• Questions.

Overview - Introduction

Overview: ePortfolio/Portal framework

• Online tools, workshops, resources and support programmes.

• Beginning of candidature completion and beyond.

• Audience: Research higher-degree students (PhD).

• Run by Melbourne School of Graduate Research.

• Suite of 5 Sakai sites & 1 site template.

• Currently 100 postgrad students.

Overview - Structure

Grad Research

PortalGrad Research

Portal

The sweet sweet framework suite

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out

2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes

4. Completion4. Completion

Site Template My siteMy site

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Framework components

• Hub/portal to access all Grad Research Portal sites.

• Central announcement area.

• Customised “Home” page.

• “Setting up your portal

site” module.

• Profile template.

Graduate Research Portal site

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

Overview

• Seamless access to Postgraduate Essentials (PGE) Strategies for a Successful Start to your PhD - a website on internal authenticated system.

• PGE helps PhD candidates who have just started their candidature.

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

GRP1 - Starting Out site

Overview

• Ethical issues relating to research (eg, stem cells, commercial aims, IP… ).

• Boutique 4-week course - students enrolled in smaller batches. First batch has 40 students.

• Supported by forums.

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

GRP2 - Ethics Intensive site

Overview

• Aimed towards students at mid-point of their research degree.

• Website with forum, blog and live chat.

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

GRP3 - Master Classes site

Overview

• Seamless access to PGE Completion and Beyond website on internal authenticated system.

• Website with forum, blog and live chat.

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

GRP4 - Completion site

Overview

• Research Higher Degree students can create sites.• Template includes information + selection of tools:

Announcements Resources, Forums Wiki, Schedule/Calendar Email Archive Roster (Site members) Search link to MSGR website.

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

Site Template

Overview

• Our first Sakai tool.• Identify skills and abilities to be developed.• 14 Graduate Attributes (set by Provost).• Patrick will tell you more!

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

Doctoral Attribute Workshop

Demo of Grad Research Portal

Sakai@Melbourne:

https://sakai.unimelb.edu.au/portal/

Let’s have a look

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

Doctoral Attributes Workshop

(DAW)

1. Starting Out1. Starting Out 2. Ethics Intensive2. Ethics Intensive 3. Master Classes3. Master Classes 4. Completion4. Completion Site TemplateSite Template Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Doctoral AttributeWorkshop tool

Grad ResearchPortal

Grad ResearchPortal

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

• Doctoral Attributes Workshop o What is it - Post graduate toolo Tech - Build on Apache Wicket

frameworko Tour - Simple CRUD functionality

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

• Post Graduate Tool – Reflective tool to assist post grad students– Students map tasks they do for their PhDs

to pre-determined attributes. – Benefit

• keep track of what they have done so far • know what else is required

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

• Post Graduate Tool– List of Example Activities

• Meet with my supervisor• Conduct my literary review• Make sure journals up to date• Attend regular meetings• Join a reading group

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

• Wicket framework– Allows the developer to embed logic into a

static web-page. – Using wicket:id tags.

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

<input type=“text” wicket:id=“wicketid”/>class WebPage {

…}

HTML codeJava class

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

• Wicket framework– Benefits

• Separation of concerns – embed logic into a HTML page while maintaining

page layout.

• “Web-isms” – Out-of-the-box or third-party AJAX framework.– Modal Windows.

– Disadvantages (for us)• Unable to customise modal windows.

Sakai tool - Doctoral Attributes Workshop

TourURL - http://sakai.unimelb.edu.au/portal

Credits

Melbourne School of Graduate Research• Dr David L Martin Research, Project Management &

Pedagogic Design• Dr Angela Woods Advisor• Dr Jeanette Fyffe Advisor Learning Environments• David Adam Program Leader Design & Development• Gordon Yau Software Development Supervisor• Patrick Fong Java Programmer• Gavin Leys Graphic Interface Designer External consultant• Steve Swinsburg Sakai Programming

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