DUT
e-Learning
Project –
Where Next?
Pathfinders Review Symposium
5 March 2015
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E-Learning Indicators:
Faculty Engagement
• In April 2015, dividends of the e-learning project
need to be delivered to Faculties.
– Qualifications with an online component July 2014:
• 33% (90 of 269 qualifications)
– Core Project Team
• e-Learning Community of Practice bridging
academic/support/admin divide
– Pathfinder Projects
• Testing capabilities of new online TL&A space
– Vanguard Programmes
• Exemplars of sound TL&A, and learning management
practice
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Qualifications with
online component –
July 2014
33%
33% (90 of 269 qualifications)
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Project
timeline
2013 Aug to Dec
• ITSS/Blackboard
Server integration
• Pathfinder
Projects
• Moodle user
migration support
• Blackboard
training
• Blackboard
Mobile App trial
• New e-Learning
Brand launched
2014
2015
• Functional
Blackboard
classroom
templates
provided for all
modules
• Vanguard
Programmes
• Pathfinder Project
Showcase
• OER symposium
• One-stop student
helpdesks on
every campus (&
online)
• Bb Gradebook/ITS
integration
• 50 to 100% of
qualifications
(programmes)
have online
component
• Each faculty to
have at least one
summative
assessment online
• DUT “Digital
University”
marketing
campaign
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Project timeline –
beyond April 2015
Beyond 2015
• OER development
(Digital Media
Studio)
• Real-time learner
analytics at
Departmental and
Faculty level
• e-Learning policy
• e-Learning module
in HE Education
Management
Masters
• Collaborative
Project –T&L
Academic
Performance
Indicators
2016
2017
• “Access” MOOCs
• TVET articulation
• Access Maths
• Access Academic
writing
• Detailed learning
analytics (student
and staff) feed into
MIS/HEMIS
reporting
CHE TENET
DHET common
platform?
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Example: E-learning
Production Deployment
Private Cloud
ITS integration
Provisioning,
Assessment
results
Load Balancer
App Server
Authentication
From LDAP/AD
Query Cache
App Servers
DB Master
DB Slave
Source: SET Presentation – Soren Alto, Director ITSS 10 November 2014
Student Analytics
Early warning, etc
Analytics challenge:
Unaligned data streams at DUT
ITS
Bb
ITS/Bb integration could be
effected with immediate effect
through the introduction of
Blackboard Analytics for Learn.
First benefit would be real-time
alerts for at-risk students
PETALS
CAO
Judicious use of CAO and
SATAPS/NBT data could be a
major contributor to Predictive
Analytics
SATAPS/NBTs
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OERs and South
African HE policy
Distance
Education
Framework
2012
the development of wellresearched, high-quality
national learning
resources (made
available as open
education resources
White Paper
for PSE&T
2013
QEP 2014
in reality most institutions now
offer a blend of lectures,
tutorials, practical sessions, field
work and/or work-integrated
learning/work-based education,
and ICT-supported learning
experiences
increased availability of
high quality, relevant,
need-targeted OERs can
contribute to more
productive students and
educators
focus on ICT infrastructure
and access technologyenabled tools and
resources
CHE Good
Practice
Guide 2014
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Real-time tracking of student performance
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Real-time tracking of student performance
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How far have we got?
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Abel, R., Brown, M. and Suess, J. 2013. A New Architecture for Learning. Educause Review, 48 (5): 88.
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