out of one, many - distributing online course content across multiple platforms (2005)

Out of One, Many

Distributing Online Course Content Across Multiple Platforms

Outline

• UVSC Snapshot• Problems• Shadow Solution• Shadow System/Process• History• Q&A

Utah Valley State College

•Orem, Utah

•23,600 students

•380 faculty (>60% adjunct)

Distance Education at UVSC

•24,400 enrollments

•485 courses

•150 Faculty Members

Enrollments and courses are per year

Modes of Delivery

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Internet

Television

Live Interactive

TOTAL

Internet 7179 7378 3352

Television 490 496 217

Live Interactive 2667 2279 246

TOTAL 10336 10153 3815

Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Summer 2006

Internet Enrollment

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Problems

• Many sections (version control)

• Multiple platforms (WebCT, opencourseware)

• LMS migration (WebCT CE 4 Vista, Moodle)

• Handheld devices (cell phones, PDAs)

x Copies on x Servers?

Course Content

copy 1

copy 2

copy 3?

Problems

• Many sections (version control)

• Multiple platforms (WebCT, opencourseware)

• LMS migration (WebCT CE 4 Vista, Moodle)

• Handheld devices (cell phones, PDAs)

“The original is me! It’s me!”

The City of Lost Children (Cité des enfants perdus ), 1995

Online Leeches

•Bandwidth leech

•P2P leech

•Web content leech

The S-FILES

Course Content

Web Server

Philosophy and Technology

• Sphere of control– Limited access

• Web is dynamic• Community of collaboration

Content Organized

Open Private

Content UploadedDigital Content

Process Phase 1

Shadow Files Packaged

Navigation CreatedCast Shadows Script

Import Shadowsinto LMS/CMS

Process Phase 2

Drawbacks

• Open vs. private content

• Linear organization

• Shadow source server load

•Should be unnecessary!

History

• Fall 04 : WebCT Vista pilot• Spring : 05 OCW• Summer : 05 v 0.1 alpha• Fall 05 : COSL• Spring 06 : UEC Grant• Summer 06 : v 0.2 alpha• Winter 06: 0.3 beta

Future Functionalities

•IMS packages for more LMSs

•Handheld authentication

•Enhanced mobile navigation

•Selective display tagging

Future Functionalities

•Shadow Activities

•GUI sequencing and tagging

•Repository-like portal

Contact

Jared Stein, steinja@uvsc.edu

John Krutsch, krutscjo@uvsc.edu

Utah Valley State CollegeDistance Education