[Using Sakai] Sakai and Curriculum Management at dental (or med) schools

Sean Keesler sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
Tue Sep 14 15:56:41 PDT 2010


The OSP functionality allows an instructor to link course assignments
to university, program or course competencies (represented as a
portfolio matrix).

I (and I'm sure others) would be happy to demo this for you.

Sean Keesler
130 Academy Street
Manlius, NY 13104
315-682-0830
sean.keesler at threecanoes.com



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Emily Corse <corse at camlink.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> A colleague at the University of Pennsylvania's Dental School, Pat Heller,
> asks:
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> Have any schools developed a Sakai tool to use for Curriculum Management
> purposes?  We are most interested in finding out if any dental schools have
> done so, but would also be interested in tools designed for other University
> settings, such as for medical schools.
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> We're trying to discover if Sakai can provide the functionality that we
> need.  The areas that we're most focused on managing include:
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> 1.  Relating courses, and specific lectures, to competencies.
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> 2.  Identifying redundancies in the curriculum, via a search of
> keywords/descriptors associated with those courses and lectures.
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> 3.  Scheduling classes more efficiently, and having those schedules easily
> and immediately available to the students.
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> If any Dental or Medical School has designed a tool that works with Sakai to
> assist with curriculum management, we would be most appreciative, if you
> could let us know.
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> Thanks!
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> If you’d like to respond to Pat directly:
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> Pat Heller
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> heller at pobox.upenn.edu
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> Dental School Librarian
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> University of Pennsylvania
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> 240 South 40th Street
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> Philadelphia, PA  19104
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> 215-898-8978
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> Thanks so much.
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> Emily Corse
> corse at rutgers.edu
> Instructional Design & Technology
> Rutgers-Camden
> 245 Armitage Hall
> 311 North 5th Street
> Camden NJ 08102
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> 856 225 6474
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