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June 10-15, 2012
Growing Community; Growing Possibilities
OpenSyllabus Mobile
Jacques Raynauld, Chair of technology
for teaching and learningHEC Montréal
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Overview of Open Syllabus, a Sakai contrib tool along with its mobile version
Special twist◦ Students first◦ “Typical user”◦ Semantic content
Special thanks to Jean Talbot, Olivier Gerbé, Claude Coulombe and HEC Montréal IT team.
Objectives
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Large business school Part of the University of
Montreal campus 12 000 students 250 career professors 500 adjuncts 4 000 full time undergraduate students Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus
Solutions
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Origin of the project OpenSyllabus: a semantic
resources/activities organizer OpenSyllabus mobile Road map
Outline
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Origin of the projectAnother app
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ECAR 2010 – 62.7% of American students have a smart phone
University of Montreal /MATI - 27% of Cegep students have a smart phone
Large numbers of apps launched by universities … course content varies widely
Smart Phone and Apps
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Mobile project in a graduate course in Web design and electronic commerce at HEC Montréal
Students have zoomed in quicky on the main weakness of HEC information system …
… silos. They have to access four different systems to gather all the information needed fo a lecture ( time slot, room number, location, content of the lecture)
Why another App?
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Why another App?
Need for timely, relevant and clear information on tasks, due dates, etc.
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There are other apps Sakai Google Summer of
Code uMobile
Why another app?
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Why another app?
Sakai Mobile (not an app)
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OpenSyllabusA semantic resources/activities organizer
Syllabus and Sakai
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1. Contact information2. Objectives3. Requirements (evaluation)4. Grading5. College policies6. Schedule of readings, due
dates
PDF - paper• Documents to download
(pdf, ppt, doc, etc.)• Citations• Hyperlinks• Assignments• Quizzes• Discussion Boards• Etc.
Ressources - web
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Syllabi and Sakai
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1. Contact information2. Objectives3. Requirements (evaluation)4. Grading5. College policies6. Schedule of readings, due
date
PDF - paper
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Actual Syllabus tool in Sakai Post a doc or PDF fileUse an editor
No semantic or tool integration
Interactive Syllabus – VirginiaLesson Builder, RutgersDashboard, MichiganSchedule
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Syllabi and Sakai Contrib tool that organises all the resources
(files, citations) and tools (Test&Quiz, assignments, Forum, etc.) in one easy to consult place
XML semantic representation First developped in 2004 at HEC Montréal Recoded in GWT as a Sakai Contrib tool in
2010 2000 course sites – 10,000 students
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Open Syllabus is a Sakai Tool
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Structure of the syllabus
Information (semantic)
Content of lecture 1 including links
to the Library
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The content is organized by sub-
sections (semantic)
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How to add a resource.
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Adding a file from resources
Specifying the context of the resource in lecture 1:
Diffusion level, requirement level, etc.
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Specifying in which sub-section the
resource belongs:Objectives
Activity before sessionActivity during sessionActivity after session
Etc.
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A typical evaluation
Due date is a field
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How to set the evalution
attributes (due date).
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Screen cast http://vimeo.com/24932699Sand-box : http://osyltest.hec.caSlideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/jacquesr54/sakai11-la-opensyllabus
OpenSyllabus – further info
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OpenSyllabus mobileSilos integration
PeopleSoftScheduleRoom numbersExams datesEtc.
OpenSyllabus/SakaiAssignment due datesWork to be done for each lectureAnnouncementContact information
www.hec.ca serverRoom location
Integration
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Architecture
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OpenSyllabus XML file is decomposed in smaller components (ex. The different lectures)
Some components are merged to People Soft information (lectures and room numbers)
OpenSyllabusMobile Server GWT mobile Phone Gap (Android and iPhone versions)
Other considerations
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My courses or evaluations this week
+ or – moves up or down the weeks
My courses or evaluations for another week
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Content for the week – lecture 1 with sub-sections titles
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AnnouncementGeneral infoDescription of the course
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Any room is linked to the plan of the building
Contact information
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List of all the lectures
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Large pilot in September This a beta version - we are going to
rewrite the App in September … … very open to other initiatives (tools,
projects, uMobile, etc.) We are convinced that syllabus content is
key for the mobile app [email protected] [email protected]
Conclusion and road map