Sakai Virtual Conference 2015
Wednesday
Nov 4, 2015
9:00-9:50AM
Stayer
Room 205
Breakout Room 1
"west"
Breakout Room 2
"west"
Opening Keynote: “Into the Great Beyond: Exploring the NextGeneration Digital Learning Environment” Malcolm Brown, Director
Educause Learning Initiatives
10:00-10:30AM
Discussion: What do you
Mining Sakai Sessions and
expect from a Sakai grading
Events Data for Analytics
tool?
About Instructor Engagement
Texas State University, NYU
and University of Murcia
10:40-11:10AM
Teaching Introductory
Statistics to 1400 students
using online Lessons
University of Cape Town
Martin Ramsay, LAMP
Consortium
Using Site Statistics to
Understand How Students
Access Writing Feedback
Marist College
Sakai 11 - Innovative and
Practical
Neal Caidin, Apereo
Foundation
Lessons Enhancement: Past
& Future
Marist College
11:20-11:50AM
Time EST
12:00-12:50PM
Active learning session:
Student pages in the Lessons
tool
Oxford University
Supporting Content
Migration from Melete to
Lessons
Marist College
Sakai 11 wants to be
responsive - Morpheus is
here!
University of Murcia
Stayer
Room 205
Breakout Room 1
"west"
Breakout Room 2
"west"
Lunch in Commons "B" on the first floor
1:00-1:30PM
Lessons, a tool for instructors
and students: Transforming
user experience
Lightning Talks:
A fast-paced combined
session with multiple
presenters and topics!
1:40-2:10PM
(See the complete list of
lightning sessions at the end
of the schedule. 5-8 minutes
each.)
Discussion led by:
Oxford University and Ohio
Valley University
Sakai Interactive Videos for
Faculty Training
Updates on Sakai's
Accessibility: Today and
Tomorrow
Matt Clare, Brock University
Empowering faculty: sleek
and effective Lesson pages
made easy for hybrid and
online courses
Pepperdine University
Rutgers University–Camden
Sakai Virtual Conference 2015
Wednesday
Nov 4, 2015
Stayer
Room 205
Breakout Room 1
"west"
Breakout Room 2
"west"
Afternoon Break/Activities
2:15-2:35PM
2:40-3:10PM
Gradebook Enhancements
Project
Apereo LAI : Transforming
Learning Experience with
Analytics
NYU & Steve Swinsburg,
Flying Kite
Marist College & Gary
Gilbert, Unicon
The Sakai Sneak Peak:
Dissolving an LMS Mystery
for the potential student
Marist College
3:20-3:50PM
Do your students click?
Kevin Abbott
University of Notre Dame
4:00-4:50 PM
4:50-5:00 PM
Just Passing Through: The
Sakai LMS as Portal
Bob Squillace, NYU
How do you use Project
Sites?
Loyola University Chicago &
Canadian Memorial
Chiropractic College
Closing Keynote:
“The Next Generation of Teaching and Learning Tools”
Dr. Chuck Severance
Prize Drawings and Contest Winners Announced
● Academic Development online,University of Cape Town
● The analysing and reflecting student – a matter of course design? Umeå
University & Örebro University
● Using SAKAI and its effects on learning strategies, flow experiences and
student satisfaction, Universidad de Murcia
● New Features from Oxford University in Sakai 11, Oxford University
● iLearn Theory of Relativity, Marist College
● Storyline projects embedded in Sakai Lesson tool to add sequenced
control of presentations and interactivity utilized for online education,
Northeast Ohio Medical University
● Alternative to Samigo: Mneme Assignments, Tests Surveys, Albany
Medical College
● Designing An Online Student Orientation in Sakai, Texas Tech Health
Sciences Center
● Development vs Teaching in Sakai – for a Blended Learning Certificate
Program, Azusa Pacific University