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Measuring e-Learning Success: Moving Towards
Meaningful Metrics
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Let’s Discuss• Hofstra University Overview
• Use of Blackboard @ Hofstra
– Who (faculty and students) and
– What (Content, Discussion Board, etc.)
• The Need for detailed information – Stats we need in order to
“Go Wide Go Deep”
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Let’s Discuss (cont’d)
• The Process– What does Blackboard supply?– What else do we need?
• The Implementation • What have we accomplished?
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Hofstra University Overview
• 12,700+
Students
• 1,200+ Faculty• Student Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1
• 240 acre campus on Long Island
PROGRAMS
• 140 Undergrad
• 150 Grad (one fully online)
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Use of Blackboard @ Hofstra– 1,200 + Blackboard courses “made available” – 600 + unique instructors– 10,500+ unique Hofstra students
(Fall 2007 Semester)
Majority of Courses are Blended/Supplemental
Learning Objects– 4-6 in development 2007/08 academic year
One fully online graduate degree (Jan. 2008)Hofstra is a Blackboard 7.2/ASP client
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The Need for Detailed Information• Who is using Blackboard?
– Faculty – Full Time and Adjunct– Schools– and more
• How is Blackboard being used?– Discussion Board– Content– and more
• Semester to semester; year to year growth
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The Process• What does Blackboard supply?
– Is it enough?
• What could we do to get more detailed information?
We need more!
We need customized!
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The Solution• Microsoft Access• Local data downloaded each night
– Access to Blackboard servers (static IP)– Starting point: “available” courses for a semester– Eat the elephant one bite at a time
• Full Semester storage requirements:– Over 900MB for a 1,200 course semester
– Activity Accumulator – over 3 million records
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• Map the data in the Blackboard tables• Create a local Access table structure to
import the data• Get access to SIS (Banner) table with FT/PT
faculty information• Create Access queries and reports• Create an automated nightly download
procedure (4AM auto launch)
The Implementation
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The Implementation
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The Implementation
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What Have We Accomplished?• A solution that’s repeatable semester after
semester, year after year• Detailed reporting to faculty, dept. chairs
and senior administrators• A serious motivator to grow the number of
faculty users and courses and• Increase interactions between:
– Teacher and student– Students and students
Wide Enough, Go Deep !
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Ron ChalmersSr. Instructional [email protected]
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
Lao Tzu