1. Learning Management Systems @ Illinois
Looking Towards the Future of Instructor and Student Engagement

2. Overview The Task Force The Data Next Steps Feedback Questions Purpose
People
Process
The Data
Next Steps
Feedback
Questions

3. What is a LMS?

4. The Purpose
Charge:
Determine Campus’ needs for learning management systems
Rationale:
Needs have changed as have technologies and tools
Hardware refresh approaching for current Blackboard/Illinois Compass (2 years)
Reduce complexity in LMS space for students

5. The People Rick Hazlewood, Technology Services Jason Mock, CITL
Jill Moore-Reynen, Business
Dave Mussulman, Engineering
Deanna Raineri, Office of the Provost
Sol Roberts-Lieb, CITL (Chair)
Ryan Thomas, Education
Tracy Tolliver, Technology Services
Jose Vazquez, LAS
Jim Witte, LAS
Maryalice Wu, CITL

6. The Process Communication Determine Needs
Instructor Survey
Focus Groups
Teaching Academies
Compare Needs to Technologies
Make Recommendation
Procurement
Create Implementation Plan
Execute Implementation Plan
Communication is part of the process throughout. Depending on the recommendation, is it Sole source or RFP. The Implementation Plan would have training, transition, integration, maintenance and support. Focus Groups: – Instructors, Students, eLearning Professionals, IT Administrators

7. Learning Management Task Force
No Decisions Have Been Made Yet
Communication and Conversation is Key
Any Decision and plan will be vetted.
Any change will take time

8. The Data
Stratified Random sample of all instructors on campus for Fall 2015 (N=1438)
Response Rate (26.6%) and Number of Responses (382)
General Types of Questions
Select the course that used a LMS system the most.
Approx split between large and small classes.
Qualities that would be beneficial in a new LMS
Importance of a variety of features.

9. Think about the next generation of learning management systems, which of the qualities listed below would be at all beneficial to you?

10. What level of importance you place on the following additional features?

11. Top items for each category
What level of importance do you place on the following features? N
Mean
Content features: Upload files
337
3.76
Course management features: Course copy from one semester to the next
330
3.41
Mobile features: Student ability to access course
321
3.39
Gradebook features: Ability to order columns as desired
325
3.29
Assessment features: Assignment submission
327
3.21
Communication: Announcements
336
3.09

12. Next Steps
Focus Groups
Town Hall
Potential Website

13. Focus Group Goals and Questions
Goal: Determine what you want to see in an LMS to improve teaching, learning, research, and outreach activities.
Questions:
What does easy and intuitive mean to you?
What doesn’t your LMS allow you to do?
What would you like to do in your class that you can’t do today?
Are these the right questions for us to ask the focus groups? Should we be talking to another audience? Is this the right approach?

14. Your Thoughts?
Thoughts later?
us: