Transcript One day Workshop/Conference

Managed Learning Environment Project
One day Workshop/Conference
at
De Montfort University
Leicester City Campus
Kimberlin Library
14 August 2002
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Welcome
John Eyre
Project Manager
MLE (JCIEL) and ANGEL (DNER)
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People to talk to
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John Eyre - Project Manager
Roy Adams – Director of Information Services and Systems
Ian Bloor – Dissemination and Promotions
Mark Simpson – Usability and Evaluation
Alan Glover – Developer (Back-end connectivity)
Steve Beech – Developer (ANGEL middleware)
Jason Ferguson – Developer (MLE core system)
Sonya Osborne – Administration
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Schedule for the Day
10:00 – 10:30
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Registration, Tea/Coffee
Welcome, Introduction, MLE Management Issues
Break - Tea/Coffee
User Issues, Design and Evaluation
Questions
Buffet lunch – talk to the team
MLE Architecture and Back-End Connectivity
MLE and ANGEL Middleware
Questions
Long Break - Tea/Coffee/Chat
Development Tools, DIY, uPortal
XML/XSLT to support better document delivery
Summary, Prize Draw, Feedback forms, thanks, done
The MLE team are available to “consult”
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Introduction
Roy Adams
Director of
Information Services and Systems
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The MLE Concept
• DMU, MLE project (virtual desk):
– Information Services & Systems
– Learning Technologies
– Electronic Library
• about 3 years ago
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The Drivers
• Learners
– Widening participation
– New learning styles
– Study times
– Study options
• Efficiencies
• Effectiveness
• Next step
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Virtual Desk Demonstrator
• A prototype developed using Perl &
Apache Web Server
• Student login and be presented with
pages that reflected their course and
modules
• Allowed searching of some resources
(e.g. previous exam papers)
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Related Initiatives
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Student Records
Finance
Curriculum Database
Timetabling
Library resources
Smart Cards
Human resources
Directory Service
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The JCIEL Project Bid
• Ideas from groups create MLE bid
• Project start 1st Sept 2002
• Senior Management Group
– Project reporting to University Executive
Committee
– Currently led by PVC for L&T
– Project sustained at time change
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Student focused
• Relationship between student and staff
needs
• Expectations staff – deliver
• University IT configuration
• Track record
• Extent versus depth
• Deliverables for JISC
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Project Team
• Senior Management Group
– 4 Senior Staff plus Project Manager
• Internal Steering Group
– 12 Senior Staff, 2 Students plus the SMG
• Project team
– Project Manager, Promotions Officer, User
Issues Researcher, 2 Developers and
Administrator
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Aims
• Demonstrate how MIS and Learning
systems can be brought together
– Usability, Security, Robustness,
Extensibility, Open
• Develop a generalisable model
• Produce guidelines and disseminate
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Post Project
• University MLE Implementation Group early
2002
• Replace existing VLE environments
• The Project Team retained until Jan 2003
internal funding
• First stage release version October 2002
• Define development programme Feb 2003
onwards
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Staff Portal
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Parallel development
Access to business systems
Web applications / Citrix Web
Virtual private networking
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Future
• Integrate service – students / staff?
– MLE Students / Staff JISC projects
– Virtual learning environment
– E-Directory
– IMS
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Aims
• Demonstrate how MIS and Learning
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– Usabaility, Security, Robustness,
Extensibility, Open
• Develop a generalisable model
• Produce guidelines and disseminate
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MLE Management Issues
John Eyre
Overview
followed by demos
and Ian Bloor (costs/benefits)
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Outline for this session
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Definitions / Characteristics of V/MLEs
MLE Architecture – Introduction only
What, Who, Why, Where, When and How
Demonstration of current prototype
Some of the Costs / Benefit Issues
Questions and Tea/Coffee Break
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Managed Learning Environment
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Other name: “Student Portal” not equivalent
Joined-Up Software Applications
You can’t buy one
Examples include:
– Commercial
• Oracle Portal
– VLE Vendors claim MLE features
– University developed –
• uPortal (starting to “Join-up” some things -WebCT)
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Managed Learning Environment
• Characterised by:
– On-line: Internet access
• Single-sign-on (almost) Personalised interface
• Secure access to all back-end systems and services
• Supports off-line systems
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Better access to administrative data
Course-level rather than Module-level features
Communications: email, discussions, groups
Tracking and Reporting
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Virtual Learning Environment
• Other name: Learning Management System
• Single Software Application
• Examples include:
– Commercial –
• WebCT, Blackboard, Fretwell Downing
• Wolf > Granada Learnwise
– University developed –
• COSE, Colloquia, Bodington
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Virtual Learning Environment
• Characterised by:
– On-line: Internet, Intranet (sync, async)
• Academic management of module materials
• Electronic delivery of module materials
• Usually web servers with file upload
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Interactive learning?
Question and Test, Assessment, Feedback
Communications: email, discussions, whiteboard
Tracking and Reporting
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MLE
Architecture
Client Application
(Web Browser)
MLE (Web) Server
User Manager
Resource Manager
MLE Usage Database
Authentication System
Student Record System
Secure, Authorised Access
e-Learning – VLE App
Timetabling
Course Notes,
Study Guides
Course Management
Past Exam Papers
Library
Discussion Lists,
Groupware, email
Diary
Finance System
Remote Authorised Resources
NESLI
INGENTA
BIDS
EDINA
AHDS
MIMAS
e-Journals
etc
Entertainment, Social
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So, What is an MLE?
• A Complete on-line Support System for
the Student’s Learning Experience,
while associated with an Educational
Institution
• Covers Social and Welfare issues as
well as Administration, Learning and
Teaching
• Provides Staff interfaces
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Why would you need one?
• Helps to focus institutional IT
developments
• Takes pressure off Admin Services
• Delivers a consistent on-line service
• Growing user expectations
• Costs and Benefits are difficult to
quantify (Ian will discuss further)
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Who needs to be involved?
• Pretty much – everyone
– Or at least a rep from each area
• Information Services, Learning & Teaching,
Library, Student Services, Disability Unit,
Student Union, Senior Management Group
• Core team – skills needed
• Project Management and Promotion, User
Requirements and Evaluation, Technical
Development, Design, Educational
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Where to locate the Core?
• Needs to report to senior management
• Should be promoted as “Independent”
• Relates well to IS and L&T functions
• Give them a big office with an ice-cream
machine
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When should you start?
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Haven’t you started yet?
The tools are available now
There is a growing base of expertise
Most institutions are re-assessing their
IT infrastructure, support services, L&T
strategies and data management
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How?
• We’ll be looking at this in more detail
– Define what you want it to do
– Design a user interface and navigation
– Test the interface with potential users
– Choose development tools
– Choose hardware platform and staff
– Create a prototype and test it
– Build the production system and test it
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Demonstrations
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MLE Management Issues
Ian Bloor
Costs / Benefits
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