LSTM - Moving to the Brightside

LSTM - Moving to the Brightside

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  Moving to theBrightside Dan Robinson – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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  Who are we? •Established in 1898 • The first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in tropical medicine • Heavy research focus – £300m portfolio • 600 students worldwide, 68 countries • Postgraduate, professional courses, short courses
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  Sir Ronald Ross,1st British winner of Nobel Prize, for discovery of transmission of malaria by mosquito Founder Sir Alfred Jones, Liverpool ship owner, £350 in 1898 Dagnall Laboratory, still in use today Venom extraction at LSTM herpetarium School at turn of century Our emblem, which is now embodied in our logo Current work includes: Impregnated Bednet trials, Zika virus forum, Serious Gaming
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  Background to change •Historically systems and support provided by University of Liverpool • Recognition in 2013 following HEI status LSTM would need it’s own systems • 2013/14 Review of school need and evaluation of VLEs • 2014/15 Work carried out on implementation, configuration and integration • December 2014 first pilot course in BrightSpace • Full rollout September 2015
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  Our Brightspace Implementation •Hosted (10.3 SP20) • Learning Object Repository • E-Portfolio • Wiggio
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  Institutional Challenges • Cateringfor a diverse student population • Managing the user experience of different types of students • Integrating with an immature IT infrastructure • Integrating with an SIS which was in development • User engagement • Sharing of good practice
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  Gathering requirements
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  It is avery unfriendly system with non intuitive menus. difficult to navigate not intuitive bit boring Clunky and not very visually appealing
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  Limitations of thelegacy systems • Granularity of Blackboard implementation • Poor user experience of gaining access • Multiple usernames and passwords • Inability of gaining early access • Lack of social spaces
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  Where did wefocus our attention? Functionality Usability • Simple navigation and page construction • Integrations with other systems • Single sign on of all tools Look and feel
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  Requirements • Non teachingspaces • Early access to systems via the SIS • Pre course engagement with students • Personalised student experience • Staff access to all courses (‘observer’ role) • Full single sign on across all systems • Visual appeal • Integrations • LTI • SIS
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  Long implementation periodprior to year 1 • Pilot #1 • Diploma in Tropical Nursing Dec 2014 intake • 80 students, 3 weeks • Brightspace with UoL systems (email, SIS etc.) • Pilot #2 • Same course, May 2015 intake • Brightspace all new LSTM systems (email, SIS, sharepoint intranet) • Good feedback – leading to changes/improvements to interface • Sept 2015 – All courses in Brightspace • 4 diplomas, 33 MSc units Migration
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  Staff engagement • Sneakpreview events • Departmental meetings • Board of studies meetings • Brightspace in Your Space • Formal training events • Personal invitations to Module Convenors/Directors of Studies • Discuss the migration • An opportunity to improve practice!
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  What has beensuccessful • Early access to Brightspace • SSO • Integrations • Binder • Use of roles to enable a personalised experience. • Integration with Zopim • Visual customisation
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  Use of rolesto enable a personalised experience. “Observer role” Welcome widget
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  Integration with Zopim(live client)
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  Gathering user feedback •Surveys • Anonymous digital feedback box • Formal committees Student and staff user groups. • Meet 3 times per year Evidence based discussions with staff
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  The future • Continuousdelivery - eek! • Developing approaches to support off campus delivery • Adoption of minimum standards • Use of the LOR • Timetable integration • Revisit navigation + design in light of student and staff feedback
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  With thanks toD2L for their excellent support through this process