e-learning @ UNM
Debby Knotts
Director, New Media & Extended Learning
Presentation thanks to many NMELers, UNM staff, faculty and students
Goals
• To reach and engage learner: distant and
local students
• Provide safe, stable, robust, integrated
resources for faculty & students
• Comply with FERPA & TEACH Act
regulations
LMS / LCMS / VLE
• Learning Management System
• Learning Content Management System
• Virtual Learning Environment
What do we have at UNM?
BB Vista 4.x (formerly WebCT)
a little history…
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1997 UNM’s first official online course
1998: first LMS
1999: 2 LMSs
2000: Online Faculty: “We want one !”
2000: SIS data synch
2003: Upgrading LMS & Banner integration discussion
2004: Decision to move forward with LMS upgrade &
integration
• 2005: began Upgrade & integration
• 2006: went ‘live’ with SIS integrated LMS (automagic!)
UNM Web Course Definitions
• Web-enhanced course:
course is traditional classroom
face-to-face format with an online component (WebCT/Vista)
• Hybrid course:
50% of course is a traditional classroom format
with 50% of course in an online / web-based format (WebCT/Vista)
• Online course:
course is web-based (WebCT/Vista) with less than 25%
of the course face-to-face
Source: UNM Schedule Glossary, under Course Delivery Methods
http://www.unm.edu/~unmreg/Curriculum/ScheduleTypeGlossary1-9-06.htm
UNM BB Vista Usage Data
Fall 2008 reports at census
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Enrollment
Enhanced:
41,404
Hybrid:
954
Online:
1,936
Unduplicated
Enhanced:
19,794
Hybrid:
902
Online: 1,508
Sampling Online Courses @ UNM
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Anderson Schools of Management: Accounting, Marketing, Management,
Information Systems
Arts & Sciences: American Studies, Astronomy, Communication &
Journalism, English, Math, Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Psychology,
Religion, Women Studies
College of Education: Educational Leadership, Organizational Learning &
Instructional Technology (+eLearning certificate program, Leadership &
Innovation for the New Economy certificate - Knowledge management), Ed.
Psychology, Library Sciences, Educational Counseling, Elementary Education
& Early Childhood Development
College of Fine Arts: Music, Theater
College of Nursing: RN to BSN Completion, MS and PhD programs
Provost/Academic: Public Administration
School of Engineering: Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Computer Science
School of Medicine: Radiology Sciences
UNM’s Investment…
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Software – LMS Perpetual license
Hardware
Services
Support
Tools & integrated services
• SIS: synch with enrollment data, live messaging for ‘real-time’
faculty request/creation of course shell.
• Standard tools: Weblinks, MyProgress, Syllabus, MyGrades,
Assignment, Assessment, Announcement, Learning Objects,
Mail, Discussion, Chat, Calendar, TrackingReport, Media
Library, Selective Release
• Online course tools: webconferencing, media services
(streaming & podcasting, wiki resources, course surveys
(welcome, mid-course, semester end/ICES)
• BB Vista 8.x release new tool options: faculty online
accessibility content creation training, SafeAssign, Scholar
• eReserves
• Quiz Creation tool: Respondus
UNM BB Vista Tool Popular Tools
Most popular overall:
• Discussion
• Content pages
• Assessment
For online courses
• Discussion
• Content Pages
• Mail
Support
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NMEL
ITS
Colleges
Current Students
Branches
Sampling of Pilots & Partnerships
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Accessibility Services
Banner 8 Upgrade Team
Provost & CON (Online IDEA course evaluation)
Provost Office: HLC Self-Study Change Request
OSET: advancing innovation in teaching
Title V / English: ePortfolio
iTunes U: UNM Counsel
TEACH Act Guidelines Task Force
UNM Second Life Group
UNM Gaming in Education Group
Some additional areas exploring…
• Banner 8 Options: revisit push grades to Banner
• Course design portability models: SCORM,
common cartridge
• Social networking: twitter, Facebook…
• Social Media Classroom: drupal based
(Rheingold, Stanford/Berkley)
• IDEAL-NM LMS connection options to other
systems
• Mobile technologies
Where does UNM go from here?
Opportunities and challenges?