The document discusses a proposed technology integration plan for HCC to improve usability through digital convergence. It aims to integrate the learning management system, content repository, curricula templates and open educational resources onto a single learning web platform. This will provide a centralized "course-in-a-box" for faculty with customizable portals and spaces for mentoring, training and partnerships. The "open learning initiative" concept manages, processes and tags content from different sources for multiple online and in-person outputs.

1. Elegance, Simplicity, Usability:
Digital Convergence and Re-imagining
HCC’s Technology Landscape

2. What’s the Problem?
PeopleSoft PeopleSoft
[Curricunet]
Financial HR
Peoplesoft
The
Student
Internet
System
Learning
Vignette
Web
Inventory Blackboard Microsoft
System Vista Exchange
?
Users see a distorted IT World

3. Leveraging Convergence I:
User-focused Technology Integration for
Teaching and Learning
Teaching & Learning
Learning
Learning
Management
Web
System
Open
The Social
Educational
Internet Media
Resources
PeopleSoft
Microsoft
Student [Curricunet]
Exchange
System

4. Digital Convergence is Essential for Usability
Learning Management System
PeopleSoft
(currently Blackboard)
HCC News and
Webmail
Announcements
HCC Content Repository Training
Curricunet Templates College Learning Web
Libraries, Tutoring and
Open Content Repository
Student Services
Recent Uploads (via RSS) Web 2.0 Content (via RSS)

5. Teaching & Learning Convergence:
The Open Learning Initiative Concept

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The Input Piece
Content Repository
OLI Manages,
Processes, and Tags
Standard File Types
Faculty

7. Content Repository - One Source, Multiple Outputs
Content Repository Interface
HCC Content Repository Curricunet Templates
Open Content Repository
Tagged Web 2.0 Content
Faculty Editor
Faculty
Mentor
Learning Management
Learning Web Mk2
System (currently
“Course-in-a-box” Blackboard)

8. Placeable portlets that
Smart Portlets update automatically
wherever they are placed
Institutional or Web 2.0
Content such as hosted
Social Networking or
News Feeds via xml
Recently uploaded
Faculty content feed

9. Learning Web Mk II - Student View
HCC Content Repository External Content
(such as YouTube - via Portlet)
Internal Content
Manually-entered Content (such as social media
- via Portlet)
Four Kinds of Content

10. Course-in-a-Box
Content Repository Interface Link to HCC Faculty Services
(customizable)
Faculty
Mentor Partners
or
New
Faculty
Course Sections Defined by Mentoring Space
Discipline or Lead Mentor (Social Networking Tool)

11. Course-in-a-Box
Content Repository Interface Link to HCC Faculty Services
(customizable)
Faculty
Mentor Partners
or
New
Faculty
Course Sections Defined by Mentoring Space
Discipline or Lead Mentor (Social Networking Tool)
Adjunct Training

12. Course-in-a-Box
Content Repository Interface Link to HCC Faculty Services
(customizable)
Faculty
Mentor Partners
or
New
Faculty
Course Sections Defined by Mentoring Space
Discipline or Lead Mentor (Social Networking Tool)
Adjunct Training
Community Partners

13. Course-in-a-Box
Content Repository Interface Link to HCC Faculty Services
(customizable)
Faculty
Mentor Partners
or
New
Faculty
Course Sections Defined by Mentoring Space
Discipline or Lead Mentor (Social Networking Tool)
Adjunct Training
Community Partners
International Partners