Who moved my cheese they asked Magdaleen Arlow

“Who moved my cheese? ” they asked… • Magdaleen Arlow arlowm@unisa. ac. za November 2006 Jason Ming Sun jmingsun@unisa. ac. za

Generally speaking… • Audience • Common Challenge • Comfort Zone 9/26/2020

Contents • Who is Unisa? • Who are the my. Unisa stakeholders? • What's changed for my. Unisa? • Summary of first phase • Goals of second phase 9/26/2020

UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa 9/26/2020

UNISA • Main campus with 27 regional offices • 3 588 permanent full-time staff members • 244 875 students for 2006 • 10 developers • 120 000 my. Unisa (Sakai) users 9/26/2020

Global student distribution 9/26/2020

UNISA students in Africa 9/26/2020

Who moved my cheese? November 2006

Challenges • Technology Adoption • Being Content 9/26/2020

my. Unisa • Make it your own • Culture • Skills 9/26/2020

Present-day my. Unisa Environment • easy. Eclipse IDE • Maven • Pound load balancing 9/26/2020

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Future my. Unisa Environment • VMWare • SAN • Sakai 2. 3 & u. Portal 2. x 9/26/2020

Outcome thus far • Technical – Infrastructure – Portal development • Tools – Unisa vs Sakai tools – Sakai workgroups • Stability 9/26/2020

Portal development • Progress report 9/26/2020

Tools • January 2006: 19 own tools, 6 Sakai tools • Distance Learning • my. Unisa today 9/26/2020

Distance Learning • Students not on campus – – 9/26/2020 Few opportunities for dialogue beyond material Single interface for all student info Access to personal information Administrative and teaching activities

List of Unisa Sites • Gateway • Course sites • My Admin • My Students • Helpdesk 9/26/2020

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• • • • Welcome Join my. Unisa Forgotten Your Password? Study Information Admission Registration Examination Graduation Counselling Learner Support Library News TSA Student Numbers E-Bookshop FAQs Contact Details 9/26/2020

A look at my. Unisa • My. Workspace (Students and Lecturers) • My. Admin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • My. Students (Lecturers only) 9/26/2020

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• Home • Schedule • Preferences 9/26/2020

A look at my. Unisa • My. Workspace (Students and Lecturers) • My. Admin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • My. Students (Lecturers only) 9/26/2020

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• Assignments • Academic Record • Biographical Details • Change Password • Edit Registration • Examination Results • Financial Details • Parcel Tracking • Study Fees Quotation • Examination Timetable 9/26/2020

A look at my. Unisa • My. Workspace (Students and Lecturers) • My. Admin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • My. Students (Lecturers only) 9/26/2020

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• Home • Assignments • Announcements • Class List • Discussion Forum (New) • E-mail • FAQs • Schedule • Prescribed Books 9/26/2020

A look at my. Unisa • My. Workspace (Students and Lecturers) • My. Admin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • My. Students (Lecturers only) 9/26/2020

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• Assignments • Academic Record • Examination Results • File Manager • Student List • Financial Details • Mailing List • Parcel Tracking • Prescribed Books • Examination Timetable 9/26/2020

Assignment statistics • Total number of assignments in 2006 449 946 • Multiple choice assignments 327 028 • Written assignments 122 918 9/26/2020

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Lecturers 9/26/2020

Upgrade to Sakai 2. 3 • January 2006: 19 Unisa tools vs 6 Sakai tools • February 2007: 20 Unisa tools vs 11 Sakai tools • Playpen area 9/26/2020

Planning for 2007 • More participation in Sakai workgroups – Samigo – Sitestats 9/26/2020

• Sakai Cheese? We found it! November 2006