2012-06-13 Moving from SuperTarget to Super Glue: Complementing Sakai with External Tools and Open Content
Title | Moving from SuperTarget to Super Glue: Complementing Sakai with External Tools and Open Content |
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Presenters | Chris Clark (University of Notre Dame) |
Date and time (EDT) | June 13, 2012, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
Room | Conference Center Room 3 |
Description
This session explores the metaphor of Sakai as glue, including demonstrations, focus group results, and strategies to enhance learning. We used to encourage faculty to think of a CMS as "one-stop shopping" - a SuperTarget for technology needs. Now there is growing interest in a new approach that capitalizes on the strengths of Sakai and uses it as Super Glue to connect external tools.
The Applied Multimedia course used Sakai for private activities and as a jump page to outside resources. We concentrated on Sakai tools combining security with interactivity: Gradebook, Assignments, and Tests & Quizzes. External tools provided enhancements like drag-and-drop or desktop sync. Box substituted for the Resources tool, Google Apps for Wiki, and WordPress for Blogs.
Course content was external. Materials at our OCW site included handouts and assignment descriptions, while our library provided free online access to textbooks. Lynda.com tutorials were the only materials students had to pay for!
Materials
Tech demo - poster image at Flickr