Designing from a Lisa Ames University of Mary Washington Mark Blosil Instructure Canvas
Fredericksburg Campus College of Arts and Sciences Traditional Undergraduate Liberal Arts 4,000 students Residential Commuters Courses Face-to-face Web-enhanced LMS use Content distribution Quizzes, Exams
Stafford Campus College of Business College of Education Graduate & Professional Studies 1,000 students non-traditional school/work/famil y Courses Blended Online 8 week 14 week COB LMS need: group-centric mobile technologies virtual meeting spaces COE LMS need: self-directed exploratory media-heavy
Dahlgren Campus Education & Research Host Institution Naval Post Graduate School GMU VCU VT ODU Germanna CC Rappahannock CC Regional Partnerships Businesses Education Military Government Security Distance Education
LMS UMW Web Course in a Box Blackboard Blackboard 8, hosted
Q: What did we want? A: A LMS that allows faculty to design, develop and deliver effective, high quality instruction while incorporating ALL the possibilities on our checklist.
Choosing the Next LMS Platform Instructure awarded LMS contract Planning - 8 months Implementation – 4 months
Blackboard: 50% > Canvas: 96% Blackboard: 55% > Canvas: 82% What did we see?
Instructure Canvas
Cloud technology
Open-Source Software
“ Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs
Designing the Learning Environment
Canvas as an Organizer
Interaction Student ContentInstructor Michael Moore American Journal of Distance Learning
Student to Instructor Meaningful learning occurs in conversations both formal and informal.
Virtual Meetings
Student to Content Content Delivery to Meet Varied Teaching & Learning Styles
Enabling technology with interactive media elements increase the potential for interaction. You Tube Word Press Blog Flickr Google Map
Student to Student Group work encourages Cooperative Learning relationships.
Anywhere, Anytime Learning
Assessment
Measurement
Learning Analytics By courseBy department By student
Canvas Community
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