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Instructional Technology Strategy

Instructional Technology Strategy. West Valley College Technology Advisory Committee Revision May, 2011. Contents. Operational Challenges AV and Instructional Computer Support Instructional Technology Initiatives Three Year Time Horizon Appendices.

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Instructional Technology Strategy

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  1. Instructional Technology Strategy West Valley College Technology Advisory Committee Revision May, 2011

  2. Contents • Operational Challenges • AV and Instructional Computer Support • Instructional Technology Initiatives • Three Year Time Horizon • Appendices

  3. Operational ChallengeAudio Visual Support • Growing Inventory of AV Equipment • New/Renovated buildings • e.g. S/M Addition, Fox, S/M A/B/C, Village, etc. • Classrooms Renovations • Currently more than 100 Multi-Media Classrooms • Limited Staffing and Supply/Repair Funds • Limited Staff – 1.5 FTE + Student Hourly (see appendix) • Limited Supplies Budget – IELM funding no longer available for bulb replacement, on-going technology/AV upgrades and repairs

  4. Operational ChallengeAudio Visual Support (con’t) • Strategy • Standardize Vendors/Models • Purchase 3 years maintenance on new/renovated building projects for AV & Computer Equipment utilizing Group II Funding • Continue to pursue funds each year • Identify Funds for Student Workers

  5. Operational ChallengesInstructional Computer Support • Currently Supporting Approximately 1000 Computers • 1.5 FTE supporting ~970 Instructional computers and about about 35 instructional servers • Instructional Computers Locations • Computer Classrooms, Labs, and Multimedia Classrooms • Also supporting Student Services student computers • On-Going Classroom Computer Replacements • On-Going Instructional Software Upgrades • New Software Application Requests

  6. Operational ChallengesInstructional Computing (con’t) • Strategies • Provide More Automated Support • e.g. patch management, remote access support • Fox Center Group II Funding in Short Term • Replaced three computer labs • Following years will be a challenge • Utilize Student Workers • Rationalize Staffing/Resource across District

  7. Instructional Technology InitiativesThree Year Time Horizon • Learning Management System • Web Content Management • Upgrade Media and Video Server Infrastructure • Faculty Training Needs • Faculty Computers and Network Support • Current and Proposed • Upgrading Classrooms for Multimedia • Innovative Instructional Technology • Screen Capture (Camtasia), Clickers, Mobile Devices/eBooks

  8. 1. Learning Management System • Blackboard Acquisition of Angel Learning • Upgrade to version 7.4 before Fall 11 • Angel will continue to available until 2014 • Within Two Years Determine LMS Strategy • Distance Learning Committee Developed Five Year Strategy • Key focus is on retention and success

  9. 2. Web Content Mgmt System • WCMS for www.westvalley.edu • Convert existing site to OmniUpdate • Refine Navigation • Redesign Home Page • Utilize the new Brand (Logo, Colors, Fonts, etc.) • Implement Clarus recommendations • Standardize Academic Dept landing pages and Faculty Pages • Provide Faculty/Staff direct web page editing • Protected Document Folders (Math Dept)??? • Taxonomy – organization and terminology • Committee Documents • In-Progress Documents on District Intranet (SharePoint?) • Published Documents on Public Website

  10. 3. Upgrade Media and Video Server Infrastructure • Current Server Infrastructure – Old equipment and Out of Storage Capacity • Significant Increase in Demand for Instructional Video • New Video Capabilities • Accordent Video Capture (Fox Center) • Camtasia - Screen Capture with Voice • New Video Server Capacity Required

  11. 4. Faculty Training Survey • Emerging Technology: Kindles, iPads, etc. – 45% • Using Angel in non-online classes - 45% • Best Practices in Distance Learning - 45% • Creating Videos and iTunesU – 41% • Use Outlook to make life easier at WVC – 37% • Managing e-mail – 37% • Angel Gradebook – 34% • Using Outlook Calendar – 30%

  12. 5. Re-evaluate Faculty Computers and Instructional Network • Current practice of providing Desktop Computers in Faculty Offices, might not meet the future needs for instruction. With major shifts towards mobility, initially with laptops and now with smartphones and tablets, a new strategy needs to be developed.

  13. 5a. Current Faculty Computer/Network Support • Provided a Desktop Computer • Faculty not able to Install Software (exceptions Win7 & Mac OSX), WinXP requires a District IS technician • Difficult to Use Specialized Classroom Apps on Faculty computers • More Depts. using laptops – District owned and Personal (especially associate Faculty) • Faculty offices on Administrative Network, but classrooms on Instructional Network • Most faculty do not need to be on Admin network

  14. 5b. Future Faculty Computer/Network

  15. Faculty Computers • Develop Proposal for Faculty Laptops • Use same computer in office, classroom, and away from campus (e.g. home) • District Owned or Personal Laptops • Reinstate No Interest Loan or other incentive? • Redefine Network Security Layers • Understand usage of Tablets and Smartphones • Define Support and Security Policies • Define Standards • hardware & software

  16. Wireless & Internet Services Network SecurityLayers Classroom Network Instructional Apps/Services Admin Apps Critical Admin Data Access to Applications via Secure Browser (and login) from Anywhere

  17. Revise Instructional Network • Redefine VLAN Architecture • Separate VLANs - including (but not limited to) • AV, Video Streaming, Instructor Classroom/Lab, Wireless, Student Classroom/Lab, Servers, Test/Development, etc. • Remote Authentication • Wireless Authentication • Shared File Directories • accessible from external location

  18. Faculty Software Standards • General Purpose Software Applications • MS-Office (Office 2010, Office 2011/Mac) • Outlook E-mail & Scheduling/Calendar • Browser: MS-Explorer, Firefox • Virus/Spam Protection • Web Editing & PDF Creation • Image Editing (to be determined) • Specialized, Program Specific • AutoCAD, GIS, Maya, Nutrition, etc.

  19. 6. Multi-media Classrooms • Classrooms needs at least an instructor computer, data project, sound system and perhaps a document camera - basic requirement for instruction, • Multi-Media Classroom Standards (see appendix) • Currently Over 100 Multi-Media Classrooms • Planned Multi-Media Classrooms • AAS, Fine Arts, LA/SS, more?

  20. 7. Identify/Pilot Leading Instructional Technology • Continue to ID Instructional Technology Best Practices • Other Comm Colleges, Conferences, Web Research • Implement New Instructional Technology • Screen Video and Audio Capture (Camtasia Relay) • Evaluate/Pilot New Instructional Technologies • Mobile Devices (smart phones, tablets, eBooks) • Test Instructional Technology viability of iPads • Faculty Pages including Blogs • Social Networking, Wiki’s, ePortfolios

  21. Appendix • Appendix A – Staffing Comparison • Appendix B – On-Going Costs • Appendix C – Server Architecture • Appendix D – Multi-Media Classroom Standards • Appendix E – Trends

  22. Appendix A - Staffing Comparison Technology Support • West Valley = 3 FTE (supporting ~1,000 instruct computers and over 100 multimedia classrooms) • Multimedia Coordinator • Classroom Technology Specialist • Server Systems Administrator • Mission College = 5+ FTE (supporting ~1,260 instruct computers) • Lab Faculty Specialist (Part of load to supervise this function) • Multimedia Coordinator • Audiovisual Maintenance Specialist • Senior Desktop Support Technicians (2) • Server Systems Administrator • District = 6 FTE (supporting faculty/staff computers ~1,000) • Microcomputer Support Manager • Senior Desktop Support Technician (5)

  23. Appendix BOn-Going Costs • Annual Classroom Computer Replacement • Assumption – 900 computers replaced every 6 years = $150K/yr • Software Maintenance • $35K software renewal ($50K for new Adobe sw this year) • AV Annual Maintenance Costs • 3 yrs built into construction costs, but afterward? • Fox AV Support • Year 2 = $50K ends Dec 2012, Year 3 = $69K ends Dec 2013 • S&M phase A $16K/yr, S/M Phase B TBD

  24. Appendix C - Server Architecture

  25. Web Content Mgmt System (WCMS) Server Architecture Existing instruct.westvalley.edu 60GB Video 12GB Faculty Web Pages westvalley.edu New Media Server westvalley.edu Video Faculty Pages Web User Public Website Graphics DL Student LDAP Calendar Svr OU Campus Angel Web Editor

  26. WCMS Servers Hardware Web Server Media Server Calendar Server Main CPU Main CPU Main CPU Backup CPU Backup CPU Backup CPU RAID HP with RH Linux - and RH heartbeat 8GB Main Mirrored Drives 2 x 1GB Ethernet HP with RH Linux - and RH heartbeat 4GB Main Mirrored Drives 2 x 1GB Ethernet HP with RH Linux - and RH heartbeat 24GB Main Memory RAID5 for 6 Terabytes Data 2 x 1GB Ethernet

  27. Video and Screen Capture Final Cut Pro Editing Workstations Various Video Sources Video Editing Final Cut Pro Server Camtasia Screen Capture (faculty offices, homes & classrooms) Camtasia Relay Video Editing/Staging Server Accordent Capture Station on campus (classrooms, etc.) Accordent Scheduling/Mgmt • Issues • Authentication • Firewall Ports • Configurations Accordent Web Streaming Media Server ITiunesU

  28. Appendix D – Multi-Media Classroom Standards • Single projector configuration • iMac dual boot computer (OSX and Windows) • Hitachi LCD projector 16:10 ratio • Elmo TT02-RX document camera • Classroom speakers and amp • Projection screen (16:10) • Extron MVX 44A 4x4 VGA matrix switcher • Electrical outlet installation & Misc Hardware   • Dual projector configuration • Same as above with two projectors and screens

  29. Appendix E - Trends • Educating the Net Generation • Class Capture and Streaming • Cloud Computing • Social Networking • Changing Economics of Technology • Mobile Devices • Tablets, Smart Phones, Book Readers • eBooks • Open Courseware - www.ocwconsortium.org • Open Source

  30. TAC Member Participants • Amy Vu – Math/Science • Fred Chow and Sandra Carter – Instructional Technology • Jane Lily - Applied Arts and Sciences • Jeff Forehan/William Clay - Fine Arts • Julie Lowry – Physical Education • Katie Cone/Frank Wu – Student Government • Lisa Kaazand Max Gault– Distance Learning/Instruction Technology • Max Crumley– Social Science • Michael Byers – Student Services • Pat Fenton - Business / Information Technology • Teresa Amos – District Information Systems • Open - Language Arts (filled this semester)

  31. Very little can be accomplished if we fail to cooperate, to work collaboratively with respect for each other. 

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