Looking Forward: OU and the LMS Open (update)
- 1. LOOKING FORWARD: OU and the Learning Management System An Open Discussion
- 2. Lessons Learned the Hard Way OU was using Blackboard and WebCT in the early 2000’s In Fall 2004, Blackboard had a two week outage leaving OU without access OU moved to Desire2Learn in Fall 2005
- 3. The Rise of Mobile OU Digital Initiative Student Survey (Spring 2013) found that: 87% of OU students owned Smart Phones, 41% tablets 80% wanted to access Learning Management System 75% wanted to check grades with Smart Phone 97% reported that the LMS was important to their academic success Could we find an LMS that could increase Grades usage and provide a Mobile experience for students?
- 4. Fall 2013 Faculty Survey 0 1882859 Complete Responses 46% 0 1 11%15%9%3%13%17%32% Professor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Term Prof. Instructor Adj. Instructor GTA 0 1 22%12%66% Traditional Blended Online Response Rate Rank Course Type •D2L overall and some features are very hard to use •D2L lacks important features such as video/audio integration and Web 2.0 tools •Effective D2L training and support needed
- 5. Spring 2014 Pilot 0 40 1986115 Professor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Instructor Adj. Instructor GTA Pilot included: •D2L+ (additional products), Canvas, and Schoology •40 Instructors, 71 course sections, and 2200 students 0 1 32%68% Canvas D2L 0 1 39%9%52% Traditional Blended Online Pilot Participants by Rank Student Preference Course Type
- 6. Final Decision: Wait & See… End of Pilot Decision in Summer 2014 • Stay with what we have, for now • Add 24/7 Top Tier support from D2L • Re-Evaluate LMS options in 2015-16
- 7. Change is Imminent Desire2Learn informed OU they will end-of-upgrades for on premise instances in Summer 2016 Desire2Learn’s goal for 2016 is to move 75% of the on-premises installations to their cloud hosted service Anticipated end-of-support for next upgrade Summer 2018 OU runs D2L on our own servers. D2L will support last upgrade, July 4 2016, for 2 years.
- 8. Why not D2L in-the-cloud? • Data Access Concerns Sharing data with strategic partners Currently, data integrations are on hold • Loss of Control for timing of upgrades • Extra Expense, with no gain in function D2L in-the-cloud is the same as D2L hosted by OU
- 9. LMS Evaluation Provost Advisory Committee for Learning Technologies Criteria • User Experience • Mobile • Open Data • Reliable & Tested Desire2Learn (BrightSpace) • User Experience - incremental changes to UI since 2014 • Mobile - browser based with limited Mobile app functions • Open Data - access to limited data with REST-like APIs began late 2015 • Reliable & Tested - been used at OU since 2005, with minimal down time
- 10. Viable Options PACLT started evaluating LMS options in the Fall 2015 User Experience, Mobile, Open Data, Reliable & Tested Legacy System Same Concerns as D2L No Comparable Implementations Requires Google Apps for Education Future Uncertain
- 11. Who is Changing? 32% of U.S. News & World Report Top 25 University have moved to Canvas in the past two years. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Angel Blackboard Learn Canvas D2L Moodle WebCT
- 12. New User Experience and Course Navigation in August 2015 iOS AppBrowser Canvas
- 13. SpeedGrader with Annotated Feedback and Rubric Video Feedback in SpeedGrader SpeedGrader •Anonymous Grading •Peer Review
- 14. Students can choose when and how they received course notifications Notifications For Faculty, a notification is sent when you post an announcement or change a due date in the calendar
- 15. Students have their own calendar and can enter their own calendar items Calendar Faculty can use Scheduler to create time blocks when Students can schedule their own appointments
- 16. Student Empowerment Notifications – Students choose the communication method (e-mail, text, Facebook, Twitter) and the frequency (ASAP, daily, weekly) they prefer. Choice improves engagement and responsiveness. Calendar focused on Students – Students can add entries into their personal calendar, can schedule appointments within Faculty selected time blocks, and can send a iCal feed so they can interact with the calendar app of their choose. Student Creators – Students have the same Rich Content Editor as Instructors, including video and audio. Student becomes a collaborator in their learning. Tools to Collaborate – Students have access to tools to enable them to collaborate with other students, such as web conferencing, conversations, chats, collaborations, files, groups, and courses. “What-If” Scores – Ever wondered what you might need to make on an Exam to make a certain grade in a Course? “What-if” scores allow you to try out different grades to see the impact on your final grade in a course.
- 17. What would a LMS change mean? • User-Friendly Design, saves Faculty and Students time • Fully Mobile Experience • Full control of our Data • Instructor-level third-party app integration to empower Faculty choice
- 18. Plan for Change • Migrate to Canvas in during 2016-17 • Provide Migration Assistance • Run Side-by-Side D2L and Canvas Learning Management Systems in 2016-17 to allow Faculty to transition on a schedule that fits their needs • Commitment to stay with new LMS for 5 years lmsevaluation.teachou.net
- 19. Tentative Plan for Migration Bulk Migration - • Copy courses with content from D2L and transfer to Canvas • Faculty will see their old courses with the content within Canvas Transformative Teaching Fellows - • Team of Graduate students to assist with migration • Provide one-on-one assistance for Faculty • Graduate Students from a range of disciplines to help provide contextual assistance to Faculty
- 20. Tentative Timeline for Migration If accepted • April 2016: Demo Courses for Faculty and Students • May 2016: Access to Canvas and Training for migration teams • Summer 2016: Assist with migration of Online and opt-in Large Enrollment Courses • Fall-Spring 2016-17: • Opt-in course migrations, One-on-One assistance with Transformative Teaching Fellows, On-demand Online Training, Workshops for Faculty and Students • July 2017: Complete transition of all course to Canvas
- 21. Learning Management System change is an Opportunity to improve the Faculty experience and increase Student Success