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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SERVICE DIVISION

MemoTo: Apurva Mehta

From: Mark Lewis

Date: June 12, 2014

Re: Data Needed for Annual ITSD Report

A.List major achievements of your department during 2013-2014 – if you can add metrics that would be great

Completed largest phase of Bb Learn migration (65% of courses from Vista) – 1407 web-enhanced and 290 online courses used Blackboard in Spring 2014

Hired and trained 3 new graduate assistants

New and improved Blog network homepage

New UMB-branded theme for blog users

Served highest number of faculty in Fall Ed Tech Workshops ever – 105 in all Organized and Held CIT Ed Tech Forum - Best Practices of using Blackboard Learn's latest

feature set Met with Apple reps about best practices in mobile learning Arranged for second publisher to host event on campus in Spring 2014

(Wiley) Hired Jouliana Bosneva as Instructional Designer, will serve as liaison to Nursing

faculty, and work on Google Apps, Blogs, Blackboard, and other projects Enabled Blackboard Collaborate, synchronous conferencing tool in Bb

Learn

Implemented Asana.com Task Management system for ongoing project work (15 users)

Organized and presented at Flip, Learn, Adapt, and Succeed! A Faculty Flipped Classroom Event with Wiley Publishers

Updated Wikispaces login page Received grant funding from EEC/Mary Lu Love for Open Course design

work Completed service on CM Dean Search Committee on March 20, 2014 Held EdTech OpenStudio in the DLS - sharing tricks of the trade among

peers Worked on Standard 8 of Self-Study for NEASC Reaccreditation Planned and tested Blackboard automation and integration with WISER -

for Spring 2015 implementation Planned migration of OpenCourseWare content to new platform Prepared record number of Blackboard sites for Summer 2014: 199

web-enhanced and 215 online course sections Served on Planning Committee for 2014 UCTLT Launched new Ed Tech Blog with news and information about e-

Learning and Instructional Design Services at UMB

B.List strengths and areas of possible improvement of your department and how they support your goals and operations

--Creating Virtual Training Resources

--Ed Tech Social Media outreach including revised customer-facing Ed Tech Blog, Twitter, UMB Ed Tech Facebook page, other.

--Upgrade of EduCommons for hosting of Open Courses

--Blackboard enhancements

--Blackboard course design checklist

--Echo360 transition and sunsetting Camtasia Relay (John Mazz with Zack Ronald)

--Continuing efforts to align Embanet Compass third party support with our Tier 1 and Tier 2 support (Paula and others)

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--Blackboard SIS integration

--Blackboard course prep for Summer II and Fall 2014

--Use of Asana software to track project milestones.

--Enhancing the DLS a a 21st century learning space for faculty in eLearning, media production, and instructional design services

C. Training and professional development activities you and your staff participated in during 2013-2014

Mark Lewis 2/12/2014 "An Integrated, Adaptive Learning Experience"

Integrate, Adapt, Flip and Succeed! A UMass Boston Ed Tech Event

Irene Yukhananov

2/15/2014 Blackboard's new Video Everywhere Tool

EdTech Potluck - 5 minute EdTech Showcases

John Mazzarella

2/16/2014 "umb.li - a unique way to both brand and shorten URLs"


Paula Dinneen

2/17/2014 Vine.co Videos EdTech Potluck - 5 minute EdTech Showcases

Mark Lewis 2/18/2014 McGraw Hill Create: An Easy Way to Create Custom Course Packs for Students


Gene Shwalb 2/19/2014 Secrets of the "My Blackboard" Portals: Twitter Widgets & Cheapo Screencasting


Luis Poza Garcia

2/20/2014 Virtual Consults with Fuze EdTech Potluck - 5 minute EdTech Showcases

John Mazzarella

2/21/2014 "5 EdTech Tools in 5 minutes" EdTech Potluck - 5 minute EdTech Showcases

Luis Poza Garcia

3/31/2014 Creating video-lectures for the Flipped Classroom

CIT Seminar for the NTT Faculty

John Mazzarella

5/8/2014 "umb.li - a unique way to both brand and shorten URLs"

UMOL User Group

Rrezarta 5/15/2014 MOOCs Beyond the Buzzword. UCTLT Conference

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Hyseni Opening Online Courses for Community Engagement and Educational Program Promotion

Melanie Maxham

5/15/2014 Respondus LockDown Browser UCTLT Conference

Mish McIntyre

5/15/2014 To Flip or Not to Flip UCTLT Conference

Luis Poza Garcia

5/15/2014 MOOC: Beyond the Buzzword UCTLT Conference

Luis Poza Garcia

5/15/2014 To Flip or Not to Flip (the Flipped Classroom)

UCTLT Conference

Mish McIntyre

5/23/2014 Classroom Game Basics Suffolk Unversity Tech Symposium

John Mazzarella

5/27/2014 Teaching Multiple Sections in Blackboard

English Department Blackboard Day

John Mazzarella

5/27/2014 Configuring Blackboard to Match Your Syllabus


Mark Lewis 5/27/2014 Peer Reviewing Student Papers using Blackboard's Groups Feature


Paula Dinneen

5/27/2014 “Just in Time” Training with Atomic Learning


Theresa Nelson-Miller

5/27/2014 Plagiarism Prevention with SafeAssign


Paula Dinneen

6/4/2014 Multiple Uses of Atomic Learning's "Just-in-Time" Training

Mass Colleges Online Conference

Mark Lewis 6/12/2014 Leveraging Publisher Integrations and Adaptive Learning Functionality when considering Alternate Credentialing

CIEE/CAPS Alternate Credentialing Forum

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Name DateProfessional Training Attended

Ellen FoustSummer 2013

Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference in Milwalkee/Attended Virtually

Ellen Foust Fall 2013

Nercomp: Will MOOC 2.0 Include Serious Games and Simulations Virtual Workshop

Ellen FoustSpring 2014

Quality Matters: Designing Your Blended Course

Gene ShwalbSpring 2014

Sloan-C Mobile Mastery Series

Mark LewisSpring 2014

Sloan-C Mobile Mastery Series

Paula Dinneen

Spring 2014

Sloan- C New to Online: The Essentials

Mish McIntyre 6/12/2014 Credentialing

Mish McIntyre MayProfessional Video and Camera Training

Melanie Maxham May

Professional Video and Camera Training

Melanie Maxham March

Sloan-C Exploring Interactive Video Tools

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Melanie Maxham January

Sloan-C Quality Management

John Mazzarella May

Managing Multiple Priorities Workshop

D. 2014-2015 Initiatives Supporting UMass Boston Strategic Goals

Please propose activities planned for FY 15 that support the University’s strategic goals listed below

1. Advance student success and developmenta. Activity 1: Monitor and support effective student use of Blackboard and other

eLearning software in collaboration with: EmbanetCompass, Healey Library, Office of Communications, Student Services, and other units

b. Activity 2: Expand opportunities for blended and mobile learning in selected areas of the curriculum

2. Enrich and expand academic programs and research

a. Activity 1: Provide tips and information regarding the latest trends in eLearning in higher education through events, website, blog, Twitter, and iTunesU

b. Activity 2: Present at professional conferences on eLearning projects at UMass Boston

3. Improve the learning, teaching, and working environment

a. Activity 1: Investigate and pilot educational technologies that take advantage of flexible delivery. Examples: flipped classroom with classroom capture, blended learning using Blackboard Collaborate, Fuze Meeting, Open Courses, and mobile technologies.

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b. Activity 2: Continue to focus attention on the work of Ed Tech Liaisons whose goal is to partner with departments in the delivery of educational technology solutions.

4. Establish a financial resources model consistent with the university’s vision statement

N/A – I do not oversee a budget

5. Develop an infrastructure supportive of the preceding goals

a. Activity 1: Invest in people. Examples: continue to fund graduate assistantships as contributing lines of work and career preparation; Conference Travel Support for professional staff; team building; others as needed.

b. Activity 2: Invest in physical resources. Examples: furniture and equipment for the DLS; Saas tools for project tracking (Asana.com) and client support (JitBit.com); other as needed.

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