Towards a common European Sakai Fishing Policy

Patrick Lynch, eLearning Coordinator, University of Hull

Adam Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager , Oxford University

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University of Hull

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University of Oxford

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Why fishing? Why Fishing?

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Identity

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UK Landscape

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VLEsVLEs

LimerickLimerick OxfordOxford

CambridgeCambridge

HullHullLancasterLancaster

VREsVREs

BathBath

DaresburyDaresbury

Newcaste?Newcaste?

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Moodle!

“You don’t get fired for choosing Moodle“

Many places considering a change

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UK & Ireland Sakai Support NetworkUKissN

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History of UKissN

Bodington.org • Leeds, University of

Highlands & Island (UHI), Oxford

JA SIG• Hull (Oxford &

Cambridge attended)

Tetra• Hull, UHI, Oxford, Leeds and Cambridge

UKISSN• Hull, Oxford, Cambridge, Limerick, Lancaster, Bath and Newcastle

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Happeningshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lecercle/344310164/

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Public Meetings

• Based on Bodington buzz• rSmart, Sakai foundation, SunGard, OAE• 30-40 attendees• Made plans to face outwards more

Dec 2010 showcase at Oxford

• First joint meeting, about 30 attendees• Showcase OAE• Sakai on a mobile phone• Sharing help & teacher focused material

JA SIG UK

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Plans

• Easy to find resource • Novel usage • Answer questions • Allow people to contact us

Create and maintain a blog

• Conferences, e.g., Eden, ALT-C (papers / seminar) • Presentations to HEIs, Portsmouth, Nottingham, Imperial, Liverpool, Leeds College of Arts .. • Twitter • Identify institutional academic champions• Case studies into ALT-N• Teaching and learning webinar

Raise profile with UK academics

• Mail lists, eg, VLEs • UCISA • HELF (Heads of e-learning forum)• Learning Environment Special Interest Group (LERSIG)

Infiltrate networks

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Sakai in UK HE Blog

• 30 posts• 74 comments – hooray!!! …..74 spam – boo!! • Up 36 views per day

Google: “Sakai

UK”

• Offer information to help people choose• Show off successes• Highlight VRE usage• Give focus for Sakai in UK• Introduce UKissN

Aims

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The Message

“The Sakai community is excellent”

“Sakai is a great VRE / VLE – here’s examples”

“Why we chose Sakai”

“Commercial support options”

“Sakai OAE is brilliant”

“The UK Sakai community is buzzing”

“Sakai conferences are where it’s at”

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Raise profile

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Catching Fish

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Opportunities

VREs (portlets / gadgets)

JASIG merger

Open Academic

Environment (Moodle2?)

Oxford and Cambridge

use CLESungard

@HullShirley winning TWSIA award

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Questions …..

…. that we do not have answers for

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Questions

No new HEIs since

Hull in 2008

What else can we do?

Can we fish with Europe?

Commonality?

Do we wait for OAE?

OAE versus Moodle 2? OAE has no

tools!

What can Foundation / JA SIG do to

help?

Should we bother at

all?

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Discussion

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