A story of adventure, intrigue & overcoming all odds1

The setting of our story is Chapel Hill, NC.

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The time and context is ancient.

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2007Sakai Action Group

Things happening outside & inside our setting

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2008Sakai Pilot

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Sakai grows (RomL)

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2010Sakai grows, is approved

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2011Formal announcement

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2012Migration complete

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Consider: If you gave birth to a child in 2007, when she takes her first breath, the iPhone is released. By the time she sets foot on the school bus for kindergarten, the iPad retina display is released, e-books are common, and instructors are teaching online courses to classes of 160,000 students. That’s lot of change in 5 short years!

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At the same time, Sakai at UNC was a twinkle in our eye in 2007 and 5 years later, we are completing our migration.

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The rate of (rapid) technological change versus the (slower) rate of institutional change creates a natural tension.

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Not only are there rapid technological changes affecting our heroes and heroines, but there are other dark forces...

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The rising cost of education calls into question access and value.

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Year after year of budget cuts have left state-funded institutions reeling.

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And there is more wickedness lurking about.

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There is an abundance of freely available, high-quality content.

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And while we thought we were taking an innocent walk in the woods, we now realize that we’re in the thick of it. Education today is complicated and we can’t walk out the same way we walked in.

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Further, learners today know how to collaborate online quickly, cheaply & instantly if they wish.

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They expect to be able to participate fully in their communities - producing & consuming.

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These changes can be unsettling and leave us questioning our roles as educators.

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Our team shares this unease. We are responsible for the campus learning system - arguably the most important academic system for higher ed institutions. There has been dramatic change in this realm as well.

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This is a snapshot of a few selected systems.

However, since April 2012 there has been a dramatic increase of platforms released for large scale online courses.

New technologies become “the new normal” and all of our expectations are shaped by them.

Everything is changing...

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Change is often hard to accept. It can be scary. Some might believe the best approach is to “hunker down” and hope the storm passes.

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But look around. Doing nothing won’t get you out of the forest. And going back doesn’t appear to be a good option, either. Looks like we need to build a path forward...

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We can do it!

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This is one of the fundamental reasons we moved to Sakai. While we can’t control the rate of tech change outside, we can manage the evolution of our learning platform in ways that are fiscally and pedagogically sustainable and responsible.

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There’s no place like home. We have the energy, creativity & material resources needed to be successful!

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Intention+

Effort +

Community30

We are asking you to be the hero of this story and help us build a path out of the woods.

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It will require your participation.

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And one of the wonderful things about community is that everyone has a role to play.

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1We propose 3 things: We wish to form a oversight group of faculty, staff & students to review & improve Sakai.

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2We want to contribute to a culture of learning & experimentation @ UNC by piloting new techs that show educational promise.

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3We want to collect, publish and share data about our system and pilots to inform our campus discussions and debates.

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Join us on this journey.It’s going to be fun!

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Well, (spoiler alert) it won’t always be fun. There will be monsters & threats at times.

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And there will be days when you just don’t have the energy to slay another dragon.

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But we know you will be successful - because you already have a record of it.

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97% courses in Sakai

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D.I.Y. migration

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That said, you’re clever. You were born on a Sunday but not last Sunday. We have had some problems.

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Performance

At times, Sakai was slow. We fixed that.

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Performance

Managing large classes

We are working with faculty who are teaching large classes (hundreds of students) to identify problems & solutions.

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Performance

Managing large classes

Doing things differentlyDoing things differently takes time.

Just that fact alone can be annoying.

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It’s always darkest before dawn...

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If you can stick with it, you will see a return on your investment of effort.

The dawn is breaking...49

We are committed to doing all we can to support you & to improve Sakai!

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We only have this last ambiguous phase before the migration is complete.

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Then we can build our path out of the woods.

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Once out, we can build bridges and new structures to support learning at UNC!

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It is your turn to take center stage & help us shape the future direction of Sakai

in 2013 and beyond.

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2013

SakaiEnhancements

CmteUpgradePilots ???

Thank you!55

kim_eke@unc.eduslideshare.net/kimeketwitter.com/kimekelinkedin.com/in/kimeke

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