The document provides a progress report on the transition from WebCT to Sakai as the learning management system (LMS) at the University of Delaware (UD). It outlines the timeline of the transition from 2007 to the present, including metrics on course site adoption. Upcoming changes are noted to improve scalability and allow self-service guest accounts and grade reporting. A review finds most peer institutions now use Sakai or are phasing out Blackboard. Key themes for the next Sakai 3.0 release include improved content tagging, academic networking beyond individual sites, and enhanced academic workflows.
1. WebCT to Sakai Progress Report
Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
IT‐Client Support & Services
Faculty Senate – November 2, 2009
2. Overview
1.
1 Timeline
2. Metrics
3. Upcoming Changes
4.
4 State of the LMS
State of the LMS
5. Sakai 3 Preview
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4. Chair s Workshop ‐ May 9, 2007
Chair’s Workshop May 9 2007
As presented by Leila Lyons and Havidán Rodríguez
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5. Academic Year 2007‐08
Academic Year 2007 08
Fall LMS 3‐20‐2008:
Committee Retreat Sakai announced as Departmental demos,
faculty developing Fall ‘08
next LMS at UD courses, individual
consultations
+ WebCT support
FALL 07
FALL ‘07 WINTER 08
WINTER ‘08 SPRING 08
SPRING ‘08 SUMMER 08
SUMMER ‘08
Winter LMS Faculty and staff are
Sakai 2.4 pilots on Committee Retreat given access to
test server Sakai 2.5 deployed on Sakai after the SFI
production server
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6. Academic Year 2008‐09
Academic Year 2008 09
Begin full Sakai track at Summer
operational Faculty survey Faculty Institute
support for
tf
Sakai Project sites made
available for Faculty/Staff
Deployment of
Sakai 2.6
Departmental demos, faculty developing and delivering their courses,
self‐help, workshops, individual consultations + WebCT support
FALL 08
FALL ‘08 WINTER 09
WINTER ‘09 SPRING 09
SPRING ‘09 SUMMER 09
SUMMER ‘09
Metrics
M ti Fall 2008
F ll 2008 Metrics
M ti Spring 2009
S i 2009
Sakai sites 597 course sites Sakai sites 723 course sites
WebCT sites 571 course sites WebCT sites 362 course sites
Target 20% of course sites on Sakai Target 50% of course sites on Sakai
Actual 51% of course sites on Sakai Actual 67% of course sites on Sakai
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7. Academic Year 2009‐10
Academic Year 2009 10
End of Blackboard full 3‐1‐2010:
operational support
operational support Deadline to ask to
Deadline to ask to
for WebCT 4.1 11‐2‐2009:
restore an archived
Presentation at the
WebCT site 6‐15‐2010:
Faculty Senate
End of WebCT
Faculty developing and delivering their courses, self‐help, support at UD
pp
workshops, individual consultations
FALL 09
FALL ‘09 WINTER 10
WINTER ‘10 SPRING 10
SPRING ‘10 SUMMER 10
SUMMER ‘10
Deployment of
Metrics Fall 2009 (in progress)
Fall 2009 (in progress) Sakai 2.6.1
Sakai 2.6.1 Metrics Spring 2010
Spring 2010
Sakai sites 978 course sites Original 95% of course sites on Sakai
Target
WebCT sites 21 course sites
Revised 99% of course sites on Sakai
Target 80% of course sites on Sakai
Target
Actual
A t l 98% of course sites on Sakai
98% f it S k i
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9. Warning!
The following data is approximate.
The following data is approximate
Attribution: Jeffrey Beall on Flick.com Attribution: Sean Munson on Flick.com
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10. Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
1400
1200
1000
597
Number of Sites
800
Sakai
600
WebCT
978
400 837
782
663
563 571
508
200
344
215
0 40 21
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fall Semesters
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11. Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
Fall Course Sites in a Learning Management System at UD
1400
1200
1000
597
Number of Sites
800
Sakai
600
WebCT
978
400 837
782
663
563 571
508
200
344
215
0 40 21
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fall Semesters
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12. Fall 2009: Proportion of Course Sections
Fall 2009: Proportion of Course Sections
42% Course Sections in
Sakai
Course Sections not
58% in Sakai
n=4,575
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14. Fall 2009: Usage Breakdown by College
Fall 2009: Usage Breakdown by College
ANR Other
EOE 3% 2%
3%
ENG
4% EPP
8%
HS AS
10%
55%
BE
15%
n=51,779
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15. Beyond Courses…
Beyond Courses
• E‐portfolios (OSP):
E portfolios (OSP):
• Assessment and presentation purposes
• Some early adopters/pilots:
Some early adopters/pilots:
• Secondary Science Education
• Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
• Grants available (CFEE)
• http://cte.udel.edu/programs/instructional‐grants.html
http://cte.udel.edu/programs/instructional grants.html
• Published project sites: 389
p j
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16. Simultaneous Users
Simultaneous Users
Fall 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
S i 2009
Fall 2008
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18. Current Architecture
Current Architecture
Load Balancer
Server
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine
Server Server
Database File Storage
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19. Improved Scalability
Improved Scalability
Load Balancer
Server Server Server
V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M. V. M.
Server Server
Database File Storage
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20. Self‐Service Guest Creation
Self Service Guest Creation
E-mail Address:
a dd ess
First Name:
Last Name:
Create User
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21. Grade Reporting to UDSIS
Grade Reporting to UDSIS
Send to UDSIS
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23. LMSs at IT Peer Institutions
LMSs at IT Peer Institutions
Institution Aspirational Peers Actual Peers LTC Members Sakai Blackboard/WebCT Other
Boston College
Boston College X Production
Carnegie Mellon University X Production
College of William and Mary X Production
Georgia Institute of Technology X Production
Lehigh University X Production
Notre Dame University X X Production
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute X Production
University of Florida X X Deploying Phasing Out
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill X X Deploying Phasing Out
University of Virginia X Production
Boston University X Moodle
Miami University ‐ Oxford X Production
Pennsylvania State University X Angel*
Rutgers University ‐ New Brunswick
Rutgers University ‐ New Brunswick X Production eCollege
SUNY at Binghamtom X Production
Syracuse University X Production Production
University of Connecticut X Production
University of Maryland ‐ College Park X X Production Production
University of Massachusetts ‐ Amherst X Production
Virginia Polytechnic and State University X X Production Phasing Out
University of Pittsburgh X Production
Wake Forest University X Deploying Production
University of Georgia X Production
Total 10 10 8 9 18 3
Production 6 15 3
Deploying 3
Phasing Out
Phasing Out 3
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24. Learning Technology Consortium (LTC)
Learning Technology Consortium (LTC)
• Growing Adoption of Sakai
Growing Adoption of Sakai
• University of Delaware
• UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Chapel Hill
• University of Florida Institutional Sakai
Usage
• Wake Forest University
W k F tU i it
• Virginia Tech No,
• University of Maryland – CP
U i i fM l d 3
Yes,
6
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30. Sakai 3.0 Demo
Sakai 3 0 Demo
• 3akai Pilot Site:
3akai Pilot Site:
• You can create your own account
y
and play around!
• h // k
http://3akai.sakaiproject.org/dev
k /d
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31. Useful Links
Useful Links
• Sakai 3 Page on the Official Sakai Site:
Sakai 3 Page on the Official Sakai Site:
• http://tinyurl.com/sakai3‐official
• Sakai 3 Confluence Wiki
Sakai 3 Confluence Wiki:
• http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Sakai+3
• Mi h l K
Michael Korcuska’s S k i 3 Slid
k ’ Sakai 3 Slides:
• http://www.slideshare.net/mkorcuska/sakai‐3‐v07
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32. Conclusion
• LMS Committee Members were instrumental
LMS Committee Members were instrumental
• Evolving role of the LMS Committee
• Thanks to all our Sakai Ambassadors and to
h k ll S k i b d d
faculty members who use Sakai everyday!
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33. Conclusion
• The LMS is what you make of it
The LMS is what you make of it
• As Sakai numbers grow, so does the diversity of
pedagogical experiences
pedagogical experiences
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35. Thank You!
Thank You!
• Sakai@UD gateway:
http://www.udel.edu/sakai
• Updates available on the UDLMS site:
p
http://www.udel.edu/udlms
• This presentation is available at this URL:
p
http://tinyurl.com/sakai‐fs
• Mathieu (Matt) Plourde, Project Leader, LMS
IT‐Client Support & Services
mathieu@udel.edu
302‐831‐4060
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