out of one, many - distributing online course content across multiple platforms (2005)
DESCRIPTION
UVSC's Distance Education department needed a way to make online course content portable across multiple platforms and devices while maintaining currency in versioning. The simple solution mixes basic web concepts with IMS packaging.TRANSCRIPT
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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Semester
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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, [email protected]
John Krutsch, [email protected]
Utah Valley State CollegeDistance Education