workshop presentation acm-sigcse conference milwaukee, wi march 12, 2010

Workshop PresentationACM-SIGCSE ConferenceMilwaukee, WI

March 12, 2010

Lillian M. Cassel, PhD, Villanova UniversityDan Garcia, PhD, Stanford UniversityRobert J. Siegfried, PhD, Villanova UniversitySridhara Potluri, Villanova University

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Drupal in Education: Connections

What's the Flight Plan? =>A Fly-Over

The Background: Emergent Expectations =>

The Flight Plan

• Background: Expectations, Intentions, Values

• Content Management Systems

• Social Networking Tools

• Social Publishing Systems

• How is Drupal Used and Where?

• A Brief Tour: Selected Drupal Platform Sites

• Explore A Higher Education Case Study

• A Few Education Resources to Watch For2

Emergent Expectations

Emergent Expectations

• If it can go on the web, look for it on the web.

• If it can go on the web, put it on the web.

• If you can use something that's on the web, find a way to use it.

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The Background: Emergent Intentions =>

Emergent Intentions

Emergent Intentions

• A desire to give users a tool for collaborating

– with one another and

– with people beyond our walls

• A desire to give users a web-based workspace

• A desire to accelerate the (web) publishing cycle

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The Background: Enduring Values =>

What's Going on TO a Website? =>

Persistent Values

Enduring Values

• Standardizing our web platform(s)

• Maintaining secure access control

• Using a platform that's extremely flexible

• Handling all sorts of content types

• Allowing users to create and publish web content without a lot of technical-know how

• Offering abundant features and easy user interface

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How to Handle All that Content? =>

What's going on TOa Website?

CONTENT

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What's Going on THRU a Website?=>

Content Management Systems

• Content

• Workflow

• Taxonomy

• Search

• RSS

• Analytics

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What's going on THRUa Website?

INTERACTIONS and CONVERSATIONS

8How to Handle Those Interactions & Conversations ? =>

Merging Content Management with Social Software => ?

Social Software Tools

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• Users

• Blogs/Wikis

• Forums/Comments

• Ratings

• Tagging

• Social Networks

Social Publishing Systems

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How is Drupal Being Used? =>

How is Drupal Being Used?

• Community portals

• Discussion sites

• Corporate web sites

• Education sites

• Intranet applications

• Personal web sites

• Resource directories

• Social networking sites

• Electronic commerce

• Blogs

• Collaborative authoring

• Peer-to-peer networking

• Newsletters

• Podcasting

• Picture galleries

• File uploads/downloads

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Where is Drupal Being Used? =>

In Most Internet Domains

Where is Drupal Being?

12What are Some Examples of Drupal Sites? =>

• Sony – MyPlay

– Flash, Videos, Music, Photos

– Membership Site

– Individual Profiles

– Social Networking

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Sony - MyPlay

http://myplay.com/

An Example of Another Drupal Site...? =>

• Popular Science

– Annotated Image Galleries

– Weekly Newsletter Subscription

– Browse the Complete PopSci Archives

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Popular Science Magazine

http://www.popsci.com

An Example of Another Drupal Site...? =>

West Linn OR, City Site

• West Linn, OR

– Calendar of Events

– Subscribe to Email Newsletters and Notifications

– Forms

– Meeting Agendas

– Personalized Dashboard

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http://westlinnoregon.gov/

An Example of Another Drupal Site...? =>

Caitlin Gable

• Caitlin Gable

– Curriculum Map

– Calendar

– Magazine

– Student Publishing

– Schedules

– Communication Strategy

16An Example of Another Drupal Site...? =>

http://www.catlin.edu

A Look at a Case Study =>

Drupal at Amherst College

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Drupal at Amherst College

• Every User:

– A customizable and personalized portal that delivers content specific to their role(s) at the college (e.g.) readings and assignments for students, news from their classmates for alums, news from the college, etc.)

– A personal web space

18Source: Hamilton, David. (2008). Case study: running a small college site with drupal Retrieved online: March 1, 2010 from http://groups.drupal.org/node/10231

More of the Amherst Case Study =>

Drupal at Amherst College

• Every Department: A dynamically produced list of courses and of faculty

• Every Course: a dynamically produced course website including course rosters and e-reserves; delivered with granular permissions for reading and authoring content of the website components

• Ever Faculty Member: a dynamically generated “CV” page listing contact info, courses taught/teaching/soon will teach. Faculty can add to this material as they like.

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More of the Amherst Case Study =>

Drupal at Amherst College

• Authoring Permissions:

– faculty members can edit their course websites

– alums can add news to their class year's news page

– department coordinators and staff can edit departmental websites

– librarians can add e-reserves to course websites

– enrolled students can add content to the class blog, etc.

20More of the Amherst Case Study =>

Drupal at Amherst College

• Read Permissions Specific to Roles

– Students can see e-reserves for their courses

– Faculty can review faculty committee minutes (option: the opportunity add comments)

• Other features:

– e-commerce tools: reunion registration for alums, and gifts to the college

– a voting tool for trustee elections, faculty committee memberships, and more.

21Source: Hamilton, David. (2008). Case study: running a small college site with drupal Retrieved online: March 1, 2010 from http://groups.drupal.org/node/10231

Having had a look at Drupal in Education and Elsewhere =>

Drupal : Moodle – Key Common Features =>

Drupal : Moodle

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Having had bird's eye view of Drupal in Action in Education and Elsewhere ...

Drupal : Moodle - Key Differences =>

Drupal : Moodle – Key Common Features

Drupal : Moodle

• Open Source

• PHP

• MySQL

• Developer Community

• CORE Module

• Contributed Modules

• Groups

• Forums

• Blogs

• Calendars

• Post to Web

• Roles/Permissions

• Upload/Download

• Email23

Drupal and Moodle – Key Differences

Drupal : Moodle – Strengths of Each =>

Drupal : Moodle

Drupal

• Application for Creating Content Management & Social Publishing Applications

• Cloud-Like, Organic “Feel”

• Connecting (Content/People)

Moodle

• Application for Creating & Managing Teaching & Learning Environments

• Clock-Like, Linear “Feel”

• Managing (Content/People)

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Drupal : Moodle – More on Strengths =>

Drupal : Moodle – Strengths

Drupal : Moodle

• Drupal

– Scheduling Coursework

– Grading/Records

– Public Facing

– Blog

– Roles/Permissions

– Groups25

Moodle– Scheduling

Coursework

– Grading/Records

– Public Facing

– Blog

– Roles/Permissions

– Groups

Some Resources to Watch For =>

Drupal : Moodle

Drupal

– Developer Community Size

– Theming

– Admin Interface

– Flexible Menu System

– Content Templates

– Forms

– Taxonomy

Moodle

– Developer Community Size

– Theming

– Admin Interface

– NA

– NA

– NA

– NA

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Additional Resources =>

Resources to Watch For

Keith Bailey, Bryan Ollendyke

• Design & Deliver Online with Drupal

• Drupal as part of a Star/Ring system

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Bill Fitzgerald

• Community, Learning & Communication

• Drupal for Education and E-Learning

FunnyMonkey.com

Resources to Watch For

Brian Sather

• Platform for scholarship

• Students share & comment on work submissions

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Links for Diving Deeper into Drupal in Education =>

http://unicommons.com/

Jennifer Maddrell

• Ph.D. Student Portfolio & Blog

• Ed-Tech Webcastshttp://jennifermaddrell.com

A Final Note: Another Resource to Watch for =>

Related Drupal Resources

Resources for Exploring Drupal in Education

• Drupal's Drupal in Education Group

• Members of Drupal in Education

• Drupal For Universities Consortium

• Drupal in Public Education

• Drupal Sites in Higher Education (Selected Sites)

• UC Berkeley Drupal Projects

• Drupal in K12 Ed – Drupal School Network29

ComputingPortal.org

30http://www.computingportal.org