View source for Brock University COED 2008 Update

==Triumphs in 2007-08==
*Senate and VPA accountability for LMS decision
*Success in liaison advisory groups ([http://brocku.ca/ctlet/brag BRAG], [http://brocku.ca/ctlet/EdTechAdvisory.php ETAG], [http://brocku.ca/ctlet/teachingCouncil.php TC])
*Learning Commons is now open. Increased distributed learning opportunities.
*Instructional Skills Workshops still a signature program for faculty and teaching assistant training
*3M, TVO Award nominations

==Challenges in 2007-08==
*CTLET structure
*Collaboration and cooperation in the Learning Commons.

==What else is new?==
===Educational Technology===
====Kumu wiki====
*Instructors can now request wiki spaces in the Brock University [http://kumu.brocku.ca/ Teaching Wiki].
*[http://kumu.brocku.ca/twiki/New_Instructor_Guide_to_Teaching_and_Learning_at_Brock_University Teaching & Learning Guide] moves online
====Goodbye Blackboard, Hello Sakai====
<ref name="sakai">http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/sakai/</ref> Thanks to the decision of the office of the Vice-President Academic to move to an open source Sakai-based Learning Management System (LMS), Brock University has an opportunity to build a new LMS.

This proposed new system will be based on the [http://www.sakaiproject.org/ community-based LMS: Sakai] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Project Wikipedia article]). Brock's new Sakai-based system will be built upon a cluster ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_cluster Wikipedia article]) that will have all the features of a strong system that is redundant, reliable, scalable, and with sufficient capacity.

The spring of 2008 marks the beginning of a phased transition to Brock using exclusively a Sakai-based LMS for the 2009 academic year. As of July 31st 2009 WebCT will no longer be available at Brock. An [http://kumu.brocku.ca/sakai/Implementation_Plan implementation plan] has been drafted to assure this transition can be accomplished without incidents and discontinuities.

A [http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/sakai/contest.php contest] to name the new Sakai-based is currently being held. The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Educational Technologies (CTLET) and others are already beginning the process of [http://kumu.brocku.ca/sakai/Main_Page documenting Sakai] and training faculty.

Matt Clare, from the CTLET presented a summary of the Sakai pilot in poster format in Paris, France this past July 2008.
[[Image:Paris poster.jpg|200px]]

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====iTunesU====
The [http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/ CTLET] has recently taken the lead in implementing [http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/ iTunes U] at Brock University. Through Brock's iTunes U presence, podcasts can be distributed publicly and semi-privately to authenticated members of the Brock University. This tool provides the necessary storage and bandwidth for large scale distribution of video and audio content as well as an interface to allow instructors, staff, and maybe students to distribute content directly without having to go through any form of gate-keeping.

http://kumu.brocku.ca/itunesu/Main_Page

===Workshops===
====Instructor Workshops====
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<xfeeds>http://ctlet.brocku.ca/events/sakaiWorkshop/</xfeeds>

====TA Workshops====
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==References==
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