1. Promoting Exemplary and Innovative Teaching with Sakai Janet de Vry, University of Delaware Mathieu Plourde, University of Delaware Maggie Lynch, Oregon Health & Science University Kate Ellis, Indiana University Bloomington

2. Overview of the Session Goals 2008 TWSIA Project Timeline Rubrics Honorable Mentions Other Submissions of Interest Next Year’s Award

3. Goals 1.Bring pedagogy to the center of Sakai. 2.Promote practices worth replicating. 3.Put faculty in touch with developers. 4.Increase faculty participation.

4. Sharing Best Practices Rewarding Exemplary Courses Repository Idea What should be shared? Overall Process

5. Drupal Demo Rubrics Finding Judges OSP Library Merger

6. TWSIA Submissions Judging Process

7. Logistical Issues What to award? What to collect? Who would be the judges? Judging process? Communication?

8. Rubric Avoid the “I’ll know it when I see it” syndrome. Evaluate the best- practices literature. Develop a scale for performance. Define all terms.

9. Rubric Performance Measures Communication and Collaboration Learning Material Learning Outcomes and Assessment Course look and feel, web usability Learner Support http://openedpractices.org/twsia/rubric

10. Advanced Placement English Literature and Language “Sakai has helped me to transform the class from a lecture-hall style of teaching and learning to a place where students leave the lecture to go discover, collaborate, and explore the lesson on their own terms.” Michael Burns Minisink Valley Central School District New York

11. Hybrid Format Students meet face-to-face only 5 times “Without the students realizing it, Sakai has allowed me to triple the amount of time the students spend in AP English class.” Michael Burns

12. Principle—Student Centered Work in a Rich Environment Submit Assignments Receive Feedback Michael Burns

13. Principle—Coaching Students “Sakai lets you give students as many extra chances as you want. I used Sakai’s coaching protocol to help all of my students ace the course…The ability to coach students is one of the most important elements of learning.” Fred Hofstetter University of Delaware Newark, DE

14. Coaching Tools Blogs for self-reflection Wikis for group projects Chats to give each other feedback Assignments for coaching Fred Hofstetter

16. Other Examples

17. More Information Presentation Thurs.,11:00 - 12:00 Spreading Community Thick: Open Source Communities of Practice Wed. 14:30 - 15:30 BOF http://openedpractices.org

18. BOF’s Wed. 2:30-3:30 Open Educational Practices Thurs; 4:00-5:00 p.m. Teaching & Learning Group/Award Committee Meeting

19. Committee Self-Selection Judge Nomination Advertising Starts Submissions on OpenEdPractices Judging (Initial + Final) Work on Showcase July-August ‘08September ‘08October ‘08 November- December ‘08 January- February ‘09 March-April- May ‘09

20. Contact and Join Us! Teaching & Learning Group of the Sakai Community. –http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/PED/Homehttp://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/PED/Home