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Why Sakai?Durham Tech’s LMS Transition
September 30, 2013NC3ADL
Durham Technical Community College
What is Sakai?
• A learning management system created by and for higher education
• Developed and maintained by a community of educational institutions
• A non-profit foundation (Apereo) co-ordinates ongoing development
Durham Technical Community College
Built by and for higher education
Durham Technical Community College
Who is using it?• UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University
have moved from Blackboard to Sakai• Other institutions using Sakai include:
Durham Technical Community College
How did we choose Sakai?
• In Fall 2009, Durham Tech formed an LMS team– Broad representation– 10 of 11 team members taught online and/or hybrid– Held open meetings
• Evaluated Moodle, Sakai, and Blackboard 9 (which had not yet been released)
• Piloted Sakai in Fall 2010; expanded pilot in 2011• In 2011, revisited Moodle 2• In late 2011, team made final report to the President,
recommending Sakai• In Spring 2012, President announced decision to move to
Sakai
Durham Technical Community College
What do we like about Sakai?
• Lots of tools!
Durham Technical Community College
Durham Technical Community College
Durham Technical Community College
What do we like about Sakai?
• Lots of tools!• Nifty “group” features• Nice calendar tool (that students like!)• Grading enhancements• Project sites• Off-site hosting with the vendor of our choice• Meetings tool (BigBlueButton)
Durham Technical Community College
Sakai Transition Time Line
18-month implementation plan• To train 350 instructors: 290 credit / 60 non-credit
Goal: Everyone trained and ready to use Sakai by Dec 2013
As of today: 331 trained
Durham Technical Community College
Sakai Training
• Minimum requirement to use Sakai:• Completion of Intro to Sakai workshop• Or prior experience using Sakai as an instructor
• Optional workshops on selected tools:• Gradebook• Lessons• Tests & Quizzes
• Intro to Sakai offered online• 77 completers since June 2013
Durham Technical Community College
Sakai Support
• Sakaigers: 8 faculty served as super users during the transition. Received stipend to provide assistance to their peers.
• We maintain a wiki with Help resources for students and instructors
• http://courses.durhamtech.edu/wiki/
• Starting January 2014, Blackboard Student Services will provide 24/7 support for our Sakai users
Durham Technical Community College
Demos
• Intro to Sakai• ACA-122 (Kerry Cantwell)• CIS-110 (Charlene West)• WEB-110 (Becky Roehrs)