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Linking a Community of Developers in the WebCT Vista Developers Network:
Looking Ahead: What is UBC Looking For(ward to..) with WebCT Vista?
Michelle Lamberson, Office of Learning TechnologyJim Sibley, Centre for Instructional Support, Applied Science
The University of British Columbia
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Summary
• Motivation• UBC Facts & Figures• The Learning Technology Environment• WebCT Vista Pilot Summary• An Example
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The challenge for higher education
• “The best teachers and researchers should be thinking about how to design courses in which technology enriches teaching rather than substitutes for it. And equally important, faculties need to concern themselves with the need to give their students the tools with which they can explore deeply as well as widely, with which they can discriminate, analyze, and create rather than simply accumulate.”
- The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University
- REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
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The University of British Columbia
• 1,000 acre main campus • 38,500 students, 15 countries• 1183 FT Faculty, 4700 staff• 109 spin-off companies• Very decentralized• Strong executive leadership
•The University of British Columbia, aspiring to be Canada's finest university, will provide students with an outstanding and distinctive education, and conduct leading research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada, and the world.
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Challenges: InternalUBC is BIG & Decentralized
1968 Photo from UBC Photo Archiveshttp://photos.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?/data1/archives/photos/ubc/AAA-9092-2.tif
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And Expanding…
UBC-Okangan – September 2005
UBC Medical School – September 2004
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UBC LT Organizations
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E-Learning Current and Emerging Areas
• Course Management System • Mixed Mode & Large Enrolment
Course Improvement• Faculty specific issues (e.g.,
Medical School expansion)• Learning Objects• ePortfolios• Social Software• Integrated Lab Network• Tools Development
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E-Learning Tools Development
• ITServices (System Tools)
• Applied Science (Peer evaluation)
• Arts ISIT
– Timeline Tool– WebCT Discussion Object Extractor– http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca – http://www.e-strategy.ubc.ca/
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AT UBC… WebCT System Based Statistics(moving target)
• Version: WebCT Campus Edition 4.1• Pilot of WebCT Vista during 2004-05• Users:
– Number of distinct students accounts: 36,626– Number of guests: 455– Number of distinct designers (not students): 967– Number of distinct designers (just students): 293– Number of distinct TAs: 704– Number of active students Term 2, 2003W: 19,195
Students enrolled in at least one SIS course that is being populated into at least one WebCT course.
– Number of student seats: 125,866– (sum of students in all courses – students are in multiple courses)
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Project Objectives
• Thoroughly investigate WebCT Vista in a real world setting• Evaluate WebCT Vista’s capabilities to ensure it meets UBC’s on-
going requirements for a Course Management System (CMS)• Understand the requirements for operating an enterprise e-
learning system in a multi-campus environment• Increase UBC’s capacity to support e-learning applications by:
– providing professional development of support staff and faculty
– developing case studies that demonstrate key teachings and learning benefits
• Construct a thorough business case for Vista, including the implications for central distributed (decentralized) units
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Migration Strategy
Migration Strategy
Project Scope
Vista Pilot
Hosted Pilot Campus Pilot
Investigate Functionality
Training / Sharing Experiences
Real World Experience &
Feedback
Instructional Support
Requirements
Case Studies:
Course Migration
System Integration (SIS,
CWL, Lib)
Tools Integration Options
Content Repositories
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What do We Need to Integrate?
WebCT
Courses
Course
Course
CourseAdmin
StudentInformation
SystemLibrary
PSFTFM
PSFTHR
Enterprise Systems*
ePortfolios
LO Repository
LO Repository
Pilot Systems
Emerging
Weblogs
Wikis
Community Software (Plone
uPortal
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Example
Vista application integration:
Seamless bi-directional authentication for external applications
Ability to push data and session information to Vista
Ability to make external application Vista aware
Obtain gradebook information, etc.
Vista application integration:
Simple SDK tools and recipes to aid the less sophisticated web developer
Well described development standards that leverage existing standards (IMS, etc.) that can facilitate later application integration
Vista application integration:
Collaboration and group tools Peer evaluation
iPeer developed at UBC – Applied Science Peer editing and review
CPR and Turn-it-In Group file management Group formation (via survey or questionaire)
Beyond Vista’s random or student selected modes Rose-Hulman Application
Blogs and wikis
iPeer : Peer Evaluation Tool
Assignment creation Custom rubric creation Webforms for student submissions Aggregated group results for instructor
User management system Profile management
Reminder scheduling Sending student reminders via email
iPeer V1.0
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Feeling a little stretched…
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Avoid Pitfalls….
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