{"id":791,"date":"2010-08-24T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T10:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/?p=791"},"modified":"2010-08-24T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T10:38:20","slug":"sakai-teaching-and-learning-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2010\/08\/sakai-teaching-and-learning-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakai Teaching and Learning Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is taken from the latest Sakai newsletter:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following work at the 2010 Sakai Conference in Denver, the Sakai Teaching and Learning (T&amp;L) group has identified priority initiatives for the upcoming year. During the year leading up to the 2011 Sakai Conference in Berlin, the T&amp;L group will focus on the following four<br \/>\nareas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Continuing leadership of the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award<\/li>\n<li>Continuing advancement of the learning capabilities design lenses<\/li>\n<li>Sharing best practices and resources for the use of Sakai for distance learning<\/li>\n<li>Increasing student engagement in the Sakai community<\/li>\n<li>Structurally, the T&amp;L group has formed an initiative group for each of these categories that will meet on a regular basis. The full T&amp;L group will hold a call together each month to share progress across the initiatives. (Please see minutes from the August 2010 call.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Each quarter, the T&amp;L group will also host a virtual community gathering to share the work that has been accomplished on these initiatives and to create opportunities for discussion, feedback and additional input.<\/p>\n<p>Please mark Thursday, September 9 at 5:00pm EST on your calendar for the first T&amp;L community gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/confluence.sakaiproject.org\/display\/PED\" target=\"_blank\">T&amp;L group page in Confluence<\/a> has been updated with information about the initiatives. The T&amp;L group has also created a calendar in Confluence that includes all group meeting dates.<\/p>\n<p>All initiative groups are seeking broader engagement from across the Sakai community.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to participate in or monitor the work of an initiative group, there is a Confluence page, a mail list, and a regular tele-conference for each group. The Confluence page for the T&amp;L group includes links to all of the initiatives, and is a great place start in gaining information about all T&amp;L group activities.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider identifying at least one individual on your campus to participate in the T&amp;L group. It is a very welcoming group that is doing important work not only sharing best practices in teaching and learning, but also in helping to define the future direction of Sakai.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Thanos<br \/>\nkthanos@sakaifoundation.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is taken from the latest Sakai newsletter: Following work at the 2010 Sakai Conference in Denver, the Sakai Teaching and Learning (T&amp;L) group has identified priority initiatives for the upcoming year. 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