Documentation:Learning Environment

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High Level Discussion Questions
What Do We Know (Or Think We Know)?

What Do We Need to Find Out?

What Do We Hope For?

What Do We Fear?

Drilling Down
What Do Open Learning Faculty Want?

What do Students Want?

What Does the Curriculum Development Team Want?

What Does Campus Faculty Want?

Research Links
What are other universities and colleges finding?
 * Ryerson University conducted a survey of the Ryerson community and asked "What Do You Need from Ryerson's Online Learning and Teaching Systems?"
 * http://lms.blog.ryerson.ca/2013/11/18/survey_results/
 * Washington State University has posted the top ten findings from their Learning Management Survey Results.
 * http://lmsevaluation.wsu.edu/Documents/WSU_LMS_Survey_Summary.pdf
 * The University of Calgary has provided a well defined document that provides their process of moving to Desire 2 Learn. The document includes LMS Evaluation Survey Comments in Appendix A:
 * http://web.archive.org/web/20140801131817/http://elearn.ucalgary.ca/files/elearn/LMS-RFP-Engagement-Report.pdf (please note, this in an archived webpage displayed using the wayback machine from April 23, 2014)
 * Learning Analytics: What do students want from a learning analytics app?
 * http://sclater.com/blog/what-do-students-want-from-a-learning-analytics-app/
 * Educause: Selecting a Learning Management System: Advice from an Academic Perspective
 * http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/selecting-learning-management-system-advice-academic-perspective
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. Learning Environment Project Plan for Directors _v5
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Phase I Plan
Information Gathering   COMPLETE

Share Findings COMPLETE
 * Wiki updates- ongoing

Campus/OL Moodle Support & Alignment ONGOING
 * Learning Technology Group
 * Moodle Upgrade
 * Theme updates
 * Help Email (moodlesupport@tru.ca)

Courses for Phase 1 COMPLETE
 * 3 paced courses for Phase 1
 * January 2016: BIOL 3701, BBUS 4681/MNGT 4751 and HLTH 4011
 * May 2016: BIOL 3701, HLTH 4011, MNGT 4711
 * September 2016: MBA Graduate courses, BIOL 3701, HLTH 4011, MNGT 4711, MNGT 4751 (in progress)

 Review/Analysis of Phase I

Phase II Preparation IN PROGRESS
 * Moodle/Banner Auto Enrolment - complete
 * Automated script running in production complete
 * Enrolment Management Web Tool complete
 * LDAP account creations ''complete


 * Scalable content management process and workflow for Phase II - in progress
 * Copy Content from Moodle Shell to Moodle Shell - in progress


 * Support documentation for students (OL and Campus) - in progess
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