Documentation:Learning Environment

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Learning Environment Project Page
Dedicated to enhancing TRU's online learning and teaching environment.

Improving the learning and teaching experience includes consistency in the learning environment for our students and staff. Moodle has been determined to be the potential preferred institutional fit at this point as it is open source and already used on campus. We are currently in the information gathering stage and are starting from a values perspective and drilling down to required functionality to meet those values. Please add your comments, thoughts, opinions and suggestions to these pages to help us capture all possible requirements. If you want to say something but not in a public forum, please contact Tanya, Brian or Jacquey to have the conversation.

Goals & Objectives (Draft)


To develop a learning environment students and faculty love that is alignment with the TRU Academic Plan and:

  1. Is easy to use appropriate support when required
  2. Supports learning that is:
    1. Engaging and interactive
    2. Supported (technical end user support? or...)
    3. Open
    4. Applied
    5. Flexible
    6. Research and data-driven
  3. Is cost effective, sustainable and supports continuous improvement while encouraging back end efficiencies
  4. Is implemented using a process that supports the needs of staff and faculty through appropriate process development, training and ongoing support



In Progress

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Prototype

  • A small group from Production, Instructional Design, Program Delivery and the Centre for Student Engagement have started work on a model to help visualize the possibilities.

Information Gathering

  • OL and Campus Students - Surveys and Focus Groups completed - Waiting on minutes from Student Advisory Committee
  • OLFM Workshop Feedback - Complete
  • Instructional Designers Feedback - In progress

Coming Soon

Information Gathering

  • Phase I consultation with Faculties
  • Faculty Council meetings - Brian is working on being added to the upcoming agendas

Information Gathering

High Level Discussion Questions (click a link below)

Drilling Down (click a link below)

Emerging Themes (click a link below)

End user Interface Developing a system easy for both students and faculty

Course Development and Delivery Process Processes, Information, Rules and People

Successful Learning Research & Data Driven, Supported, Engaged & Interactive, Open, Applied

Other Considerations Anything missed in the above categories


Research Links


What are other universities and colleges finding?