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Adopting a new Course Management System
Michael Wilder, Assistant Dir. Instructional Design
Joel Johnson, Instructional Designer
Northwestern College, St. Paul, MNCenter for Distance Education
distance.nwc.edu
Adopting a new Course Management System
Quote of the Week
"For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency.
That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn
more about the person than the tuning fork."-Neil Gershenfeld, When Things Start to Think, 1999
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Workshop AGENDAWorkshop AGENDAIntroductionsDiscuss your institution’s current status with an CMSStats and Definitions Benefits of and Opportunities for using an CMSNorthwestern College’s experience with it’s CMSLessons LearnedDemonstration of Moodle
Systems StructureCourseSite Tour
Q and A
Adopting a new Course Management System
Describe your CMS experience
Introduce yourself to 2 other people and describe your CMS status
Share with the group your unique experience
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Stats and DefinitionsStats and DefinitionsCMS – Course Management SystemLMS – Learning Management SystemOpen Source and Commercial
The LMS market was worth $500 million in 2005 with the top 6 players taking 43% of the market
Open Source (GPL license) is taking ground People are moving away from BlackboardMore people are using Moodle. See stats
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Stats and DefinitionsStats and DefinitionsCMS and LMS provides a repository for
learning content and manages all learner interactions
Comparison chart of Features
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Benefits of Using a CMSBenefits of Using a CMSConsistent presentationAllows multiple users to access same dataRole basedContent can be stored, linked and released
sequentially
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Benefits of Using a CMSBenefits of Using a CMSCommunication record is consistent and
resides inside the universityVulnerability of external systems Legal issues and FERPA issues
Establishes a record of validation for assignments and interactions
User logs track user participation, including the instructor’s
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Opportunities for Teaching with a CMS
Opportunities for Teaching with a CMS
Discuss with your small group how you’re institution is using a CMS
Northwestern uses an Instructor site to disseminate information
We host a group site for Certificate studentsStudents in various geographical locations can
all interact with the same course
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
BLACKBOARDAdopted Blackboard in 1999License Level and CostUsage LevelOther NWC Activity
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
The SwitchTask Force CreatedNeeds AnalysisCost Analysis
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
The SwitchTask Force CreatedNeeds AnalysisCost AnalysisFeature Comparison
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
The SwitchTask Force CreatedNeeds AnalysisCost AnalysisFeature ComparisonRecommendation Pros VS Cons
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Northwestern’s ExperienceNorthwestern’s Experience
MOODLESwitched to Moodle during SU 2006Ongoing TrainingUsed Both Systems during 06/07 YearCampus Wide Adoption by FA 2007 Current Support Structure
ACCESS ConferenceNorthwestern College’s
Center for Distance Education March 7, 2008
Lessons LearnedLessons LearnedKnow your institution - it’s users and needsTop-down buy in Define roles and usage levels early onClear communication is the key Manage expectations
Faculty may expect to hang on to old systemIncremental rollout
Adopting a new Course Management System
Look under the hood
Define Your System ArchitectureHardwareUsers and Roles CategoriesNaming Convention
Adopting a new Course Management System
Look under the hood
CourseSite TourTopics Content typesParticipantsThings to do and submit
Adopting a new Course Management System
Questions ?
Time for Q & AHand out CD of resources
THANK YOU!
[email protected]@nwc.edu