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New WebLearn Service – Feb 2008

New WebLearn Service – Feb 2008. Adam Marshall, Learning Technologies Group, OUCS, Oxford University. Objectives of Talk. Sakai vs Bodington Toolset Content migration Timeline / Plan Pilots How to follow progress. Current Situation.

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New WebLearn Service – Feb 2008

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  1. New WebLearn Service – Feb 2008 Adam Marshall, Learning Technologies Group, OUCS, Oxford University.

  2. Objectives of Talk • Sakai vs Bodington • Toolset • Content migration • Timeline / Plan • Pilots • How to follow progress

  3. Current Situation • Based on Bodington OSS (http://tinyurl.com/2ldmny) • Campus metaphor: buildings, floors, rooms • OUCS introduced in 2003-2004 • Production service from 2004 • 2004: 3411 users, 19464 resources, 614109 hits/week • 2005: 4781 users, 33040 resources, 1020362 hits/week • 2006: 6790 users, 41317 resources, 1831079 hits/week • Med Sci (32%), Life Sci (22%), Humanities (18%) • 50% registered Oxford users have logged in • most departments and 1/3 colleges on board • Same team for both systems: less Bodington development now. Thinner upgrades.

  4. Why Change? • Bodington community too small: 3 HEIs • Leeds & UHI replacing Bodington anyway • Out of date software: poor architecture • Lack of tools • Current situation is unsustainable

  5. WebLearn Future • Strategic decision to shift delivery framework to Sakai (sakaiproject.org) • Called ‘WebLearn Beta’ • Will run in parallel with Bodington for 2 years. Dual service: ‘WebLearn’ • Addresses many user requests • Will maintain most Bodington tools / services

  6. Why Sakai? • Sakai satisfies all original requirements: • Flexibility, devolved administration, group management, news, calendars, tracking, assessment, personal space, timed-release, syllabus info, …. http://tinyurl.com/yvf3mj • Enterprise application • Better OSS model & community (Affiliates: Oracle, IBM, Sun; Support: rSmart, Unicon) • Large user-base • Good UK community (Cambridge, Hull, CCLRC, Lancaster)

  7. Sakai USPs • Cleaner interface • Better usability and accessibility • Simpler access control!!! • Extensive documentation incl. videos • More tools (see later) • File management vastly improved • Easy bulk upload: webDAV • ‘Proper’ search (indexes Word docs, PDF, PPT) • Site statistics • Facebook iGoogle integration • Oodles more…….

  8. Tool Comparison • Most Bodington tools are bettered • Maybe not: logbook and peer marking. • Survey & stats tells us importance (WL wiki) • See: http://tinyurl.com/3ckxg8 (in progress) • No Buildings / Floors! • We are writing • Hierarchy / devolved admin • Translate to UK English • Webauth • Groups Service interface • Bring tools in line with Bodington, new EasyWriter • Content migration code

  9. New Tools • Announcements • More question types • Site membership / user profile • User poll (vote) • Wiki (based on SnipSnap) • Mail list / archive • Tutorial sign-up sheet (2009) • Chat • Diary / course ‘blog’ • Usable forum!

  10. So what about groups? • Groups service being written by OUCS • Essential for ODIT ‘Groupware’ project • Also for Uni’s ID Management project • Will be read / write: use cases from Bodington • Will integrate with the New WebLearn service (but not Bodington)

  11. Accessibility • We are currently running trails with Disability Office • Promising comments: “Better than Bodington” • No major issues • Some small tweaks

  12. Documentation / Training • Courses will be similar to Bodington • ITLP course (starts 2009/10) • VLE team courses • Documentation: will modify existing • Tool based • Activity based • Working with Cambridge and Hull • Video tutorials • On-line (pop up) help • FAQ (see WebLearn wiki) • Look at Documentation / Help site in WebLearn Beta

  13. Data Migration • Quite a task! • Ideally users do it • Seems reasonable for MyWebLearn • Opportunity for consolidation / tidying up • Realistically we must help but manpower limited! • Pilot migration from Michaelmas 08 – initially partially manual, zip up to desktop then webDAV? • Easy: files, HTML, links, RSS • What about Questionnaires? Forum? Logbook? Deeply nested rooms? Must work out details.

  14. User Consultation • Stakeholders very important • Survey – see WebLearn wiki • Have also looked at usage stats (Wiki) • Will talk face to face • Early adopters site: • http://beta.weblearn.ox.ac.uk/portal/site/early-adopters

  15. Timeline – Key dates • Mini-pilots now • Jun 2008: Pilot year (Sakai v2.5) • Read only Groups Service • Data migration • Try out some training • Jan 2009 Production hardware starts • Jun 2009 Production service (Sakai v2.6?) • Dual service, single login • Read write Groups Service • Training starts week 8 • Data migration • Sep 2011 Bodington becomes read only

  16. Follow Progress • Via wiki – lots of material: http://wiki.oucs.ox.ac.uk/weblearn • Tasks in Jira: http://jira.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ • Overview: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/vle/ • VLE news feed • LTG newsletter

  17. Fin

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