“Who moved my cheese?” they asked…

1. Magdaleen Arlow arlowm@unisa.ac.za “Who moved my cheese?” they asked… Jason Ming Sun jmingsun@unisa.ac.za

2. Generally speaking… • Audience • Common Challenge • Comfort Zone

3. Contents • Who is Unisa? • Who are the myUnisa stakeholders? • What's changed for myUnisa? • Summary of first phase • Goals of second phase

4. UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa

5. UNISA • Main campus with 27 regional offices • 3 588 permanent full-time staff members • 244 875 students for 2006 • 10 developers • 120 000 myUnisa (Sakai) users

6. Global student distribution

7. UNISA students in Africa

8. Who moved my cheese?

9. Challenges • Technology Adoption • Being Content

10. myUnisa • Make it your own • Culture • Skills

11. Present-day myUnisa Environment • easyEclipse IDE • Maven • Pound load balancing

13. Future myUnisa Environment • VMWare • SAN • Sakai 2.3 & uPortal 2.x

14. Outcome thus far • Technical • Infrastructure • Portal development • Tools • Unisa vs Sakai tools • Sakai workgroups • Stability

15. Portal development • Progress report

16. Tools • January 2006: 19 own tools, 6 Sakai tools • Distance Learning • myUnisa today

17. Distance Learning • Students not on campus • Few opportunities for dialogue beyond material • Single interface for all student info • Access to personal information • Administrative and teaching activities

18. List of Unisa Sites • Gateway • Course sites • My Admin • My Students • Helpdesk

21. Welcome • Join myUnisa • Forgotten Your Password? • Study Information • Admission • Registration • Examination • Graduation • Counselling • Learner Support • Library • News • TSA Student Numbers • E-Bookshop • FAQs • Contact Details

22. A look at myUnisa • MyWorkspace (Students and Lecturers) • MyAdmin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • MyStudents (Lecturers only)

24. Home • Schedule • Preferences

25. A look at myUnisa • MyWorkspace (Students and Lecturers) • MyAdmin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • MyStudents (Lecturers only)

27. Assignments • Academic Record • Biographical Details • Change Password • Edit Registration • Examination Results • Financial Details • Parcel Tracking • Study Fees Quotation • Examination Timetable

28. A look at myUnisa • MyWorkspace (Students and Lecturers) • MyAdmin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • MyStudents (Lecturers only)

30. Home • Assignments • Announcements • Class List • Discussion Forum • Discussion Forum (New) • E-mail • FAQs • Schedule • Prescribed Books

31. A look at myUnisa • MyWorkspace (Students and Lecturers) • MyAdmin (Students only) • Subject sites (Students and Lecturers) • MyStudents (Lecturers only)

33. Assignments • Academic Record • Examination Results • File Manager • Student List • Financial Details • Mailing List • Parcel Tracking • Prescribed Books • Examination Timetable

34. Assignment statistics • Total number of assignments in 2006 449 946 • Multiple choice assignments 327 028 • Written assignments 122 918

35. My Students

36. Lecturers

37. Upgrade to Sakai 2.3 • January 2006: 19 Unisa tools vs 6 Sakai tools • February 2007: 20 Unisa tools vs 11 Sakai tools • Playpen area

38. Planning for 2007 • More participation in Sakai workgroups • Samigo • Sitestats

39. Sakai Cheese? We found it!