[DG: Teaching & Learning] [DG: User Experience] Leading Design

[David Goodrum]

It's been interesting to see the level of collaboration the document has seen and how it has evolved because of that collaboration.

According to Google docs, there's been at least 15 collaborators on the document... likely more, since no login is required to edit it -- it is a totally open brainstorming document right now.

The spreadsheet is certainly not exhaustive nor complete, nor is that the intent for this phase. It currently does not necessarily reflect the best capabilities of Sakai 2.x; it does not reflect what all is missing or frustrating about Sakai 2.x; it does not reflect all of what Sakai 3 should aspire to; it doesn't even fully represent what teaching and learning goals should be supported in Sakai 3. So what's the point?

With 60+ rows right now, it begins to represent a fair cross section of many ambitions Sakai 3 perhaps ought to have in the teaching and learning space.  

And it attempts to show how different levels of complexity and functional capabilities both link together and link back to a basic teaching and learning goal, hopefully expressed in everyday language.

Perhaps a bad analogy for the document would be the recent cell coverage maps...  Ideally, our teaching and learning map would look like Verizon's 3G map... with nearly the whole map filled in.  This brainstorming document today is more like the AT&T 3G coverage map: a lot of white space still to be filled in, but there is coverage of many core areas and outlines of many others.

For now it's a place to play out some ideas.

Got a teaching and learning idea? Something instructors want their students to do? Something students wish instructors would do?  Something that develops collaboration and cooperation among students, encourages active learning, gives prompt feedback, emphasizes time on task, communicates high expectations, or respects diverse talents and ways of learning?  Then add it to the brainstorm.

- David



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From: Clay Fenlason <clay.fenlason at et.gatech.edu>
To: Sakai UX <sakai-ux at collab.sakaiproject.org>; pedagogy Learning <pedagogy at collab.sakaiproject.org>
Sent: Wed, November 18, 2009 7:28:43 PM
Subject: [DG: User Experience] Leading Design

In recent weeks I've been trying to promote the maturation of the
learning capabilities spreadsheet [1] that David Goodrum has
championed. At the same time I've heard concerns that it might come to
naught or not be listened to. Just a couple days ago Josh Baron was
asking me when and how I thought the spreadsheet might actually be
used to inform the design. I told him, "It's happening right now." I'm
not sure he believed me, so I made a blog post with evidence:
http://sakaipm.wordpress.com

~Clay

[1] https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlfbHxo2qpHEdHRuSnowVGMwWE9HY1MtVjFpY1dtS0E&hl=en
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