1	CourseWork: an OKI pilot project Scott Siddall Anne Crowley-Hatton Gareth Euridge Charlie Reitsma Denison University, Granville, Ohio
2	This presentation Introductions Context of the pilot effort CourseWork overview Training and support Faculty and student experience Open discussion
3	What do CMS do? Organize and present content Communication tools Assessment tools Manage materials and activities
4	Are CMS important? Divergent opinions Some view as W of Mass Instruction Where introduced, most often successful 40%+ adoption Local experiments are expensive (licensing, support, commitment) Few opportunities to assess before institution makes a commitment Little grassroots pressure to adopt
5	Rapid changes in CMS market Pricing has gone up – must be profitable Newcomers – Desire2Learn Open source CourseWork CourseTools OnCourse Stellar Connexions Muddle Digital incunabula Now may not be the time for new, long term commitments
6	Denison’s goals for the pilot Will continue with Bb Made available and it was adopted few faculty or students requested a CMS CW is not an immediate replacement Goal: direct assessment of OKI developments Engage important constituencies: faculty and students Assess technical requirements
7	CourseWork Chosen because of track record at Stanford http://aboutcoursework.stanford.edu Open source release 2.5 June 27-30 Assessment/Assignment Manager Beta in Q1 2004 Also funded by Mellon
8	Technical detail Technical notes by Charles Reitsma, Systems Engineer After initial setup, surprisingly little time was spent keeping the system running smoothly (< 6hrs in the semester)
9	Support Two one-hour training sessions with faculty participants Short (30 min) in-class sessions with students Anne Crowley-Hatton, Instructional Technologist
10	The Faculty Perspective Review and analysis by Professor Gareth Euridge
11	Overview (screen shots and link) Screen shots follow Or go to live link http://coursework.test.denison.edu
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30	Contact information for speakers Scott Siddall siddall@denison.edu Anne Crowley-Hatton crowley@denison.edu Gareth Euridge euridge@denison.edu Charlie Reitsma reitsmac@denison.edu
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