2. programme
• Georgetown University - 10h45 à 11h15
• Charles Leonhardt est le « Chief Technology Officer » de
Georgetown University a Washington DC. Il est le conseiller
principal du Vice President en charge des systèmes
d’information et du DSI. Son travail est focalise sur la
planification stratégique des initiatives dites « enterprise », les
architectures technologiques, et la mise en oeuvre de
nouvelles technologies.
4. Agenda
• Georgetown University
• Foundational Scholarly Systems
• Interesting Business School Use Cases
• Transformation in Higher Education
• Online Platform Selection Process
• Addressing our Architecture
• Initiative on Technology-Enhanced Learning
• Q&A
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5. Georgetown University
• One of the world’s leading
academic and research
Institutions.
• Ranked 21st among U.S.
universities.
• Founded in 1789 in
Washington, DC.
• Oldest Jesuit and Catholic
university in the United
States.
• Faculty: 1,291 full-time and 882 part-time.
• Students: 17,357 (7,552 undergraduate and 6,917 graduate).
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7. Interesting Business School Uses
• Lecture Capture
• Flipping the Classroom
• Reviewing Delivered Lectures (Classroom and Major Events)
• Assessing Presentation Skills
• Synchronous Collaboration
• Accommodating FT Workers with Busy Work or Travel Schedules
• Guest Lecturers
• iClickers
• Voting and Feedback Real-time
• Survey Tools
• Enables Innovative Student Research
• Getting what the institution needs AND what faculty want to know
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8. Transformation in Higher Education
The world of higher education is being transformed in dramatic ways due to the convergence of the following forces:
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9. Applying Lessons Learned:
Online Learning Platform Selection Process
Identified Desired Platform
Criteria
Analyzed Platform Options
Developed Funding Strategy
Selected a Partner
edX
Faculty Grants Instructional Design Technology
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10. Initiative on Technology-Enhanced Learning
• Initiative to strengthen teaching and learning in on-campus
programs and enhance Georgetown’s online activity globally.
• Experiment with new approaches to interactive learning.
• 100 faculty involved from 43 departments and programs.
• Impact on 2000+ GU students in the first year, in the 23 ITEL on-
campus project target courses.
Online
Courses
MOOCS
Classroom
of the
Future
Blended
Learning
Courses
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12. Current Online Learning Systems Architecture
Synchronous
Collaboration
(Adobe)
Rich Media
(Kaltura)Business
Continuity/D
isaster
Recovery
(Amazon or
other cloud)
Teaching and
Learning
Management
System
(Blackboard)
University
Authentication
(LDAP/Shibbolet
h)
Synchronous
Collaboration
(Blackboard
Collaborate)
Main Campus &
School of
Medicine Library
Systems
(III Millennium)
Rich Media
(Share
Stream)
University
Identity
Management
(NetID)
Business
Continuity/Di
saster
Recovery
Environment
(Virginia Data
Center)
Credit
Student
System
(Banner)
Non Credit
Student
System
(Destiny One)
Lecture
Capture
(Echo360)
The Big Cloud
(Various)
Course
Management
System
(Deltak)
Course
Management
System
(2U)
Course
Management
System
(Embanet
Compass)
Course
Management
System
(edX)
Course
Management
System
(Law: Homegrown)
Course
Management
System
(Law: Classroom
24/7)
Law Center
Library
Systems
(III Millennium)
Course
Management
System
(Law: TWEN)
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13. Teaching and
Learning
Management
System
(Blackboard)
University
Authenticatio
n
(LDAP/Shibbol
eth)
Synchronous
Collaboratio
n
(Blackboard
Collaborate)
Library Systems
(III Millennium)
Rich Media
(Share
Stream)
University
Identity
Management
(NetID)
Business
Continuity/Di
saster
Recovery
Environment
(VirginiaData
Center)
Credit
Student
System
(Banner)
Non Credit
Student
System
(Destiny One)
Lecture
Capture
(Echo360)
The Big Cloud
(with Distance Ed
provider Services)
Online Learning Systems Architecture:
A Future We Can Support
Course
Management
System
(2U)
Synchronous
Collaboratio
n (Adobe)
Rich Media
(Kaltura)Business
Continuity/
Disaster
Recovery
(Amazon)
Course
Management
System
(edX)
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14. Our Architecture Lessons Learned
• Develop architectural strategy driven by user
requirements:
o Integrate security and core data systems
requirements
o Consider business continuity
o Protect data and IP
• Minimize point solutions
• Require vendor integration with your
architecture
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15. ITEL Status
Program
ITEL Faculty Working Group (Faculty lead by Provost)
Defined criteria for grant selection.
Reviewed over 55 grant proposals.
Selected 2 MOOCs for Fall 2013 Launch:
oBioethics
oGlobalization: Winners and Losers
Next Steps
Transforming our Online Learning
Architecture.
Fundraising to support ITEL Programs
and infrastructure improvements.
Adding MOOC Courses for Spring 2014
and beyond.
Deploying 9+ online MS and online
Certificate Programs.
Developing classroom of the future.
Technology
Developing our Online Learning Strategy
Planning for new distance education programs.
Working with Blackboard and Deltak to transform our
Online Learning Systems platforms to accommodate
online programs.
Continuing to move forward on ITEL initiatives
Supplementing wi-fi infrastructure.
Adding online learning system technologists.
Participating in the edX Consortium Technology Sub-
Committee.
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