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June 10-15, 2012

Growing Community; Growing Possibilities

OpenSyllabus Mobile

Jacques Raynauld, Chair of technology

for teaching and learningHEC Montréal

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference 2

Overview of Open Syllabus, a Sakai contrib tool along with its mobile version

Special twist◦ Students first◦ “Typical user”◦ Semantic content

Special thanks to Jean Talbot, Olivier Gerbé, Claude Coulombe and HEC Montréal IT team.

Objectives


Large business school Part of the University of

Montreal campus 12 000 students 250 career professors 500 adjuncts 4 000 full time undergraduate students Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus

Solutions

http://www.hec.ca/prodgraphique/normes/logo/logo350.gif


Origin of the project OpenSyllabus: a semantic

resources/activities organizer OpenSyllabus mobile Road map

Outline


Origin of the projectAnother app


ECAR 2010 – 62.7% of American students have a smart phone

University of Montreal /MATI - 27% of Cegep students have a smart phone

Large numbers of apps launched by universities … course content varies widely

Smart Phone and Apps


Mobile project in a graduate course in Web design and electronic commerce at HEC Montréal

Students have zoomed in quicky on the main weakness of HEC information system …

… silos. They have to access four different systems to gather all the information needed fo a lecture ( time slot, room number, location, content of the lecture)

Why another App?


Why another App?

Need for timely, relevant and clear information on tasks, due dates, etc.


There are other apps Sakai Google Summer of

Code uMobile

Why another app?


Why another app?

Sakai Mobile (not an app)


OpenSyllabusA semantic resources/activities organizer

Syllabus and Sakai

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1. Contact information2. Objectives3. Requirements (evaluation)4. Grading5. College policies6. Schedule of readings, due

dates

PDF - paper• Documents to download

(pdf, ppt, doc, etc.)• Citations• Hyperlinks• Assignments• Quizzes• Discussion Boards• Etc.

Ressources - web

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Syllabi and Sakai

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1. Contact information2. Objectives3. Requirements (evaluation)4. Grading5. College policies6. Schedule of readings, due

date

PDF - paper

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Actual Syllabus tool in Sakai Post a doc or PDF fileUse an editor

No semantic or tool integration

Interactive Syllabus – VirginiaLesson Builder, RutgersDashboard, MichiganSchedule

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Syllabi and Sakai Contrib tool that organises all the resources

(files, citations) and tools (Test&Quiz, assignments, Forum, etc.) in one easy to consult place

XML semantic representation First developped in 2004 at HEC Montréal Recoded in GWT as a Sakai Contrib tool in

2010 2000 course sites – 10,000 students


Open Syllabus is a Sakai Tool

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Structure of the syllabus

Information (semantic)

Content of lecture 1 including links

to the Library


The content is organized by sub-

sections (semantic)

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How to add a resource.


Adding a file from resources

Specifying the context of the resource in lecture 1:

Diffusion level, requirement level, etc.


Specifying in which sub-section the

resource belongs:Objectives

Activity before sessionActivity during sessionActivity after session

Etc.


A typical evaluation

Due date is a field


How to set the evalution

attributes (due date).


Screen cast http://vimeo.com/24932699Sand-box : http://osyltest.hec.caSlideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/jacquesr54/sakai11-la-opensyllabus

OpenSyllabus – further info

http://vimeo.com/24932699

http://osyltest.hec.ca/

http://www.slideshare.net/jacquesr54/sakai11-la-opensyllabus

http://www.slideshare.net/jacquesr54/sakai11-la-opensyllabus


OpenSyllabus mobileSilos integration

PeopleSoftScheduleRoom numbersExams datesEtc.

OpenSyllabus/SakaiAssignment due datesWork to be done for each lectureAnnouncementContact information

www.hec.ca serverRoom location

Integration

http://www.hec.ca/


Architecture


OpenSyllabus XML file is decomposed in smaller components (ex. The different lectures)

Some components are merged to People Soft information (lectures and room numbers)

OpenSyllabusMobile Server GWT mobile Phone Gap (Android and iPhone versions)

Other considerations


My courses or evaluations this week

+ or – moves up or down the weeks

My courses or evaluations for another week


Content for the week – lecture 1 with sub-sections titles


AnnouncementGeneral infoDescription of the course


Any room is linked to the plan of the building

Contact information


List of all the lectures


Large pilot in September This a beta version - we are going to

rewrite the App in September … … very open to other initiatives (tools,

projects, uMobile, etc.) We are convinced that syllabus content is

key for the mobile app [email protected] [email protected]

Conclusion and road map

mailto:[email protected]