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About Brock University's 2006-2007 Pilot of Sakai

Sakai is an alternative Learning Management System, similar to WebCT.

Brock evaluated WebCT and alternatives such as Sakai for use as Brock's primary Learning Management System (LMS) starting in the 2009 academic year.

A Pilot of Sakai with 50 courses and 27 instructors was conducted for the 2007 academic year. Instructors had the option to include the course that they were teaching in this pilot.

Sakai is a free and community source based product that offers a different take on learning on-line. Moodle, which was also being evaluated in a smaller scale is a free open source option.

A representative advisory group was struck to co-ordinate the pilot and help shape the decision. Please feel free to leave informal feedback below. This group conducted a pilot and submitted the results (below) to the University Senate and the Provost and Vice-President. A decision was made by the Provost and Vice-President based on this information to implement a Sakai-based system as Brock's Primary LMS.

The Pilot by the Numbers

50 courses and 27 instructors choose to pilot Sakai and potentially every student on campus was at least able to log into the system.

Sakai Pilot Survey Results

Student Survey

• Image:Student Entrance Survey-Initial quantitative results.pdf
• Image:Student Summary Survey-End-of-term Quantitative results.pdf
• Image:Student Summary Survey-End-of-term Qualitative Results.pdf

Instructor Survey

• Image:Instructor Summary Survey-Initial Quantitative Results.pdf
• Image:Instructor Summary Survey-Initial Quantitative Results.pdf
• Image:Instrcutor Summary Survey-End-of-term Quantitative Results.pdf
• Image:Exit Survey instructor summary-End-of-term Qualitative Results.pdf

These documents were generated Friday; January 18 2008

This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through the Research Ethics Board at Brock University (File 07-027) If you have any comments or concerns about your rights as a research participant, please contact the Research Ethics Office at (905) 688-5550 Ext. 3035, reb@brocku.ca.

Members of the Learning System Management Sub-Committee of the Educational Technologies Advisory Group

Group Coordinator: Matt Clare, CTLET

• Lynn Rempel, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
• Philip Wilson, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
• David Hutchison, Faculty of Education
• Tony DiPetta, Faculty of Education
• Josh Sekel, Faculty of Business
• Charlotte Sheridan, Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Tammy Woodhouse-Gilby, Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Barry Joe, Faculty of Humanities
• John Sivell, Faculty of Humanities
• Dale Bradley, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Ellen Carter, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Marilyn Cottrell, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Andy Morgan, Information Technology Services
• Tom Hall, Information Technology Services
• Blake Faulds, BUSU
• BUSU president, Kithio Mwanzia and then James O'Brien
• Giulia Forsythe, CTLET

Other Documents and Information from the Transition

Paris Poster Presentation July 2008

• Summary LMS Information For Senate, from February 13, 2008
• Migration Information / Conversion Plan
• Implementation Plan

Related Information

• Saki Paris Conference Poster Presentation July 2008
• Dated Comparison of LMSs
• Comparison of testing
• Summary of LMSs at Brock

Courses Involved in Pilot