[DG: Teaching & Learning] UPDATE > Sakai Teaching and Learning Initiative

[Josh Baron]

Colleagues,

I wanted to report out on the Sakai Teaching and Learning call that was 
held today as the group is starting to move towards an actionable plan and 
it would be very useful to get input from a broad cross section of the 
community.  I also know that not everyone who has been on the prior calls 
was available today and thus wanted to make them aware of the discussion.

After a series of conference calls following the Open Apereo conference 
(see https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/BwrzB), the Sakai Teaching and 
Learning Group has begun to develop plans to engage in a process to review 
the Lesson Builder/Lessons tool being developed by Rutgers University (and 
others) as means to identify new capabilities and new user interface 
designs that would enhance its use from a teaching and learning 
perspective.  Our hope is that this process, once matured, could become a 
model for work with other Sakai tools and capabilities as well as means to 
engage in longer-term strategic planning for the product.  Central to this 
work is the commitment that once new capabilities and designs are 
identified, that the group would work to engage institutional decision 
makers as means to help find the resources needed to support the related 
development effort.

Over the past couple of weeks there has been an effort to engage in a 
preliminary effort  to review the Lesson Builder/Lessons tool which has 
been lead by Marilyn Dispensa and Rob Fentress as well as several others. 
Some of the outcomes of this work are documented at: 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PED/Lessons+Tool%3A+Best+Practices+and+Suggestions
.  At the same time, the group has identified the need to also engage in a 
usability review and wish to make this part of the review process as well. 
 Based on this preliminary work and discussions, the Teaching and Learning 
group is now starting to draft a document that would outline how we might 
engage in a review process.

You can find a draft T&L Capability Review Process document at: 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/QwzzB

We are encouraging everyone to look at this draft and either add to it or 
post comments as means of providing feedback.  Our hope is to complete the 
process document in the next 1-2 weeks and then engage in the review 
effort more formally.  As we start up the more formal review process we 
will be rescheduling our calls as we know there are folks interested in 
participating who cannot make the current call schedule.

Josh

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Joshua Baron
Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron
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