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DUT e-Learning Project – Where Next?

Pathfinders Review Symposium5 March 2015

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• In April 2015, dividends of the e-learning project need to be delivered to Faculties.– Qualifications with an online component July 2014:

• 33% (90 of 269 qualifications)– Core Project Team

• e-Learning Community of Practice bridging academic/support/admin divide

– Pathfinder Projects• Testing capabilities of new online TL&A space

– Vanguard Programmes• Exemplars of sound TL&A, and learning management practice

E-Learning Indicators: Faculty Engagement

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Qualifications with online component – July 2014

33%

33% (90 of 269 qualifications)

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2013 Aug to Dec

• ITSS/Blackboard Server integration

• Pathfinder Projects

• Moodle user migration support

• Blackboard training

• Blackboard Mobile App trial

• New e-Learning Brand launched

2014

• Functional Blackboard classroom templates provided for all modules

• Vanguard Programmes

• Pathfinder Project Showcase

• OER symposium• One-stop student

helpdesks on every campus (& online)

• Bb Gradebook/ITS integration

2015

• 50 to 100% of qualifications (programmes) have online component

• Each faculty to have at least one summative assessment online

• DUT “Digital University” marketing campaign

Project timeline

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Beyond 2015

• OER development (Digital Media Studio)

• Real-time learner analytics at Departmental and Faculty level

• e-Learning policy• e-Learning module

in HE Education Management Masters

• Collaborative Project –T&L Academic Performance Indicators

2016

• “Access” MOOCs• TVET articulation• Access Maths• Access Academic

writing• Detailed learning

analytics (student and staff) feed into MIS/HEMIS reporting

2017

Project timeline – beyond April 2015

CHE TENET DHET common platform?

Example: E-learning Production Deployment

Load Balancer

App Servers

DB Master DB Slave

Query Cache

Student AnalyticsEarly warning, etc

ITS integrationProvisioning,Assessment results

App ServerAuthenticationFrom LDAP/AD

Private Cloud

Source: SET Presentation – Soren Alto, Director ITSS 10 November 2014

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ITS

Bb

PETALS

CAO

SATAPS/NBTs

Analytics challenge:Unaligned data streams at DUT

ITS/Bb integration could be effected with immediate effect through the introduction of Blackboard Analytics for Learn. First benefit would be real-time alerts for at-risk students

Judicious use of CAO and SATAPS/NBT data could be a major contributor to Predictive Analytics

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Distance Education

Framework 2012

increased availability of high quality, relevant, need-targeted OERs can contribute to more productive students and educators

White Paper for PSE&T

2013

the development of well-researched, high-quality

national learning resources (made

available as open education resources

QEP 2014

focus on ICT infrastructure and access technology-enabled tools and resources

CHE Good Practice

Guide 2014

in reality most institutions now offer a blend of lectures,

tutorials, practical sessions, field work and/or work-integrated

learning/work-based education, and ICT-supported learning

experiences

OERs and South African HE policy

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Real-time tracking of student performance

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Real-time tracking of student performance

How far have we got?

Abel, R., Brown, M. and Suess, J. 2013. A New Architecture for Learning. Educause Review, 48 (5): 88.

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