CABLE (Change Academy for Blended Learning Enhancement) is a process used at the University of Hertfordshire to implement blended learning changes across multiple schools. It involves teams from different academic schools, students, and staff in professional development activities focused on developing strategies to achieve complex institutional changes around blended learning. The CABLE process includes preparation activities, a residential event for collaborative work and planning, and implementation of developed plans with ongoing support. It has led to impacts such as increased blended learning integration and improved curriculum design across multiple programs at the University of Hertfordshire.
The IC Who "Lived" Me, Transitioning from implementing D2L to operationsD2L Barry
2019 D2L Connection: Dublin Edition
4th annual European D2L Connection; a professional learning opportunity for educators, corporate training professionals, and D2L employees.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10, 2019 at O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin (UCD)
Track 2 (User Enablement): The IC who lived me, Jon Krochmalnek, Senior Manager Implementation Services, D2L
Solution Tree PLC Luncheon Presentationchrismorgan
Learn about Solution Tree's products and services for professional learning communities (PLC). This presentation highlights research and case studies of schools with whom Solution Tree has partnered.
PD … can be so much more than a nice morning teaJo Kay
Presentation by Sharon Altena, Southbank Institute of Technology. How effective is your eLearning PD strategy? Are you frustrated that you are not making sustainable changes to the practices of teachers? What are the eight principles of effective PD?
Sarah Chesney from the University of Cumbria discussess the Flourish project. Flourish recieved JISC funding and aimed to ease the administrative burden on teaching and learning support staff and allow staff to use an e-portfolio to record and reflect upon their CPD.
Sustainability Officers 1.0 To 2.0 Toolkit Strategic And Sane Workload Manag...Mieko Ozeki
prepared by Mieko Ozeki, Lindsey Cromwell Kalkbrenner (Santa Clara University), Tavey McDaniel Capps (Duke University), and Smith Getterman (Baylor University) and presented at AASHE 2012 Conference.
Sustainability staff are involved in many initiatives at a time, and often these are run in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. The Sustainability Office version 1.0 consisted of one staffer--it was easy to determine priorities, manage work flow, and keep track of programs and contacts. The Sustainability Office version 2.0 consists of multiple staff (or students) and a bigger presence on campus. This means we are faced with more “hands in the toybox” and increasing demands from the campus community. How do we juggle multiple concurrent projects, share institutional memory, nurture relationships with campus contacts, repeat best practices, and avoid past mistakes? Overall, how do we create a sense of personal sustainability within the professional operation of our sustainability programs?
Sustainability officers from four universities will share strategies they use to seek balance in the workplace. Many tools exist to help (or hinder) our workflow and projects--we just need to identify our specific needs and determine which tool is best for our work environment. Panelists will share tools they use to increase efficiency when managing staff and students, organizing and tracking progress of multiple projects, documenting and sharing campus metrics, and effectively harness the power of collaboration with campus partners. Rather than simply describing the tools we use, and the purpose(s) they serve on our campuses, we will share our thought processes and strategies in tool selection.
The IC Who "Lived" Me, Transitioning from implementing D2L to operationsD2L Barry
2019 D2L Connection: Dublin Edition
4th annual European D2L Connection; a professional learning opportunity for educators, corporate training professionals, and D2L employees.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10, 2019 at O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin (UCD)
Track 2 (User Enablement): The IC who lived me, Jon Krochmalnek, Senior Manager Implementation Services, D2L
Solution Tree PLC Luncheon Presentationchrismorgan
Learn about Solution Tree's products and services for professional learning communities (PLC). This presentation highlights research and case studies of schools with whom Solution Tree has partnered.
PD … can be so much more than a nice morning teaJo Kay
Presentation by Sharon Altena, Southbank Institute of Technology. How effective is your eLearning PD strategy? Are you frustrated that you are not making sustainable changes to the practices of teachers? What are the eight principles of effective PD?
Sarah Chesney from the University of Cumbria discussess the Flourish project. Flourish recieved JISC funding and aimed to ease the administrative burden on teaching and learning support staff and allow staff to use an e-portfolio to record and reflect upon their CPD.
Sustainability Officers 1.0 To 2.0 Toolkit Strategic And Sane Workload Manag...Mieko Ozeki
prepared by Mieko Ozeki, Lindsey Cromwell Kalkbrenner (Santa Clara University), Tavey McDaniel Capps (Duke University), and Smith Getterman (Baylor University) and presented at AASHE 2012 Conference.
Sustainability staff are involved in many initiatives at a time, and often these are run in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. The Sustainability Office version 1.0 consisted of one staffer--it was easy to determine priorities, manage work flow, and keep track of programs and contacts. The Sustainability Office version 2.0 consists of multiple staff (or students) and a bigger presence on campus. This means we are faced with more “hands in the toybox” and increasing demands from the campus community. How do we juggle multiple concurrent projects, share institutional memory, nurture relationships with campus contacts, repeat best practices, and avoid past mistakes? Overall, how do we create a sense of personal sustainability within the professional operation of our sustainability programs?
Sustainability officers from four universities will share strategies they use to seek balance in the workplace. Many tools exist to help (or hinder) our workflow and projects--we just need to identify our specific needs and determine which tool is best for our work environment. Panelists will share tools they use to increase efficiency when managing staff and students, organizing and tracking progress of multiple projects, documenting and sharing campus metrics, and effectively harness the power of collaboration with campus partners. Rather than simply describing the tools we use, and the purpose(s) they serve on our campuses, we will share our thought processes and strategies in tool selection.
A presentation at AgileTour 2012 Ho Chi Minh City, 8-9/11/2012
This is a reflection on how we can innovate higher education in VN with the ideas from Agile.
Best Practices Professional Development For LibrariansFe Angela Verzosa
Presented at the MAHLAP Congress on the theme "The Challenge of Change: Development and Partnership Towards Globalization," held at Tagaytay Country Hotel, Tagaytay City, 25-27 February 2009
How the University of Reading reviewed its Blackboard course rollover procedures, to make them more efficient, and to better meet users’ needs.
Presentation given at the 18th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference, Jan 2018.
In learning and development there is often talk about the need to be more strategically focused. ELearning holds the promise of being flexible, faster and more effective than face to face learning. Without a strategic, quality-focused approach, however, employees are left dis-engaged, learning effectiveness is reduced and quality issues ensue.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
This interactive webinar will explore:
- what a strategic approach to eLearning looks like
- how digital learning technologies can be used to embed 70:20:10 blended learning approaches
- the stages of developing an eLearning strategy
- the different approaches that are required when getting starting with eLearning compared to when growing and expanding
some guidelines about when in-house development works and when you should outsource development
The Widening Student Service Gap - Michael Zastudil, BlackboardBlackboard APAC
Technology is integral to the academic experience today. As the role of technology increases, demand for help desk resources and support increases as well. If resources are not growing to meet demand, student adoption and satisfaction can suffer. Blackboard’s IT Help Desk services make sure the technologies powering your campus accelerate learning rather than inhibit it. We can provide a unified and scalable solution that extends your IT support affordably, while offering personalized service that helps keep all of your users satisfied.
More than 500 institutions currently use Blackboard Help Desk as an extension of their helpdesk support to: Improve end user satisfaction and adoption; Focus limited staff on complex support issues; and Off-load routine inquiries to self-service technologies or Blackboard advisors.
The Role of Sustainability in Career and Workforce DevelopmentMieko Ozeki
Presented at AASHE 2014 in Portland, OR in October 2014. Sustainability offices are in a unique position on campus. With the ability to work across departmental boundaries of campus on sustainability initiatives, our offices can provide professional development opportunities for students to work on while meeting project and program objectives. Internship programs give students the chance to develop their hard and soft skills, gain work experience, and cultivate a body of work for their portfolio; all within the relatively protected setting of an academic environment. This session focuses on how we can serve as workforce trainers and career development facilitators, suggesting best practices for designing and implementing an internship program within your office.
AHM 2014: Session 1 "Governance and Chartering EarthCube"EarthCube
Lee Allison, PI of the EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance Project, provides an introduction to the Draft Governance Charter, which was developed by the EarthCube community, and further refined with more community feedback. The presentation covers all aspects of the Draft Charter and how we will be 'tackling the tough issues' throughout the meeting and coming year to continue to develop EarthCube governance.
A presentation at AgileTour 2012 Ho Chi Minh City, 8-9/11/2012
This is a reflection on how we can innovate higher education in VN with the ideas from Agile.
Best Practices Professional Development For LibrariansFe Angela Verzosa
Presented at the MAHLAP Congress on the theme "The Challenge of Change: Development and Partnership Towards Globalization," held at Tagaytay Country Hotel, Tagaytay City, 25-27 February 2009
How the University of Reading reviewed its Blackboard course rollover procedures, to make them more efficient, and to better meet users’ needs.
Presentation given at the 18th Durham Blackboard Users' Conference, Jan 2018.
In learning and development there is often talk about the need to be more strategically focused. ELearning holds the promise of being flexible, faster and more effective than face to face learning. Without a strategic, quality-focused approach, however, employees are left dis-engaged, learning effectiveness is reduced and quality issues ensue.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
This interactive webinar will explore:
- what a strategic approach to eLearning looks like
- how digital learning technologies can be used to embed 70:20:10 blended learning approaches
- the stages of developing an eLearning strategy
- the different approaches that are required when getting starting with eLearning compared to when growing and expanding
some guidelines about when in-house development works and when you should outsource development
The Widening Student Service Gap - Michael Zastudil, BlackboardBlackboard APAC
Technology is integral to the academic experience today. As the role of technology increases, demand for help desk resources and support increases as well. If resources are not growing to meet demand, student adoption and satisfaction can suffer. Blackboard’s IT Help Desk services make sure the technologies powering your campus accelerate learning rather than inhibit it. We can provide a unified and scalable solution that extends your IT support affordably, while offering personalized service that helps keep all of your users satisfied.
More than 500 institutions currently use Blackboard Help Desk as an extension of their helpdesk support to: Improve end user satisfaction and adoption; Focus limited staff on complex support issues; and Off-load routine inquiries to self-service technologies or Blackboard advisors.
The Role of Sustainability in Career and Workforce DevelopmentMieko Ozeki
Presented at AASHE 2014 in Portland, OR in October 2014. Sustainability offices are in a unique position on campus. With the ability to work across departmental boundaries of campus on sustainability initiatives, our offices can provide professional development opportunities for students to work on while meeting project and program objectives. Internship programs give students the chance to develop their hard and soft skills, gain work experience, and cultivate a body of work for their portfolio; all within the relatively protected setting of an academic environment. This session focuses on how we can serve as workforce trainers and career development facilitators, suggesting best practices for designing and implementing an internship program within your office.
AHM 2014: Session 1 "Governance and Chartering EarthCube"EarthCube
Lee Allison, PI of the EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance Project, provides an introduction to the Draft Governance Charter, which was developed by the EarthCube community, and further refined with more community feedback. The presentation covers all aspects of the Draft Charter and how we will be 'tackling the tough issues' throughout the meeting and coming year to continue to develop EarthCube governance.
Warren Barr & Robert Stokes: Implementing E-Learning in Blended Learning: Experiences and Practice in Law. Slides from the University of Liverpool Learning and Teaching Conference 2009.
To consider and reflect on integrating e-learning into module delivery in a 'traditional', professionally accredited subject, and to share examples of good practice and consider some of the enablers and risks involved in integrating e-learning methods into delivery.
Learner-Centred Course Design - a role for learner-centred models and frameworks. This is a presentation that Alan Masson delivered at the University of Greenwich, related to curriculum development and the Viewpoints project.
This is the presentation that was delivered to the Viewpoints team at the first 'data day' - its aims were to show the immediate team the current stage of development and to discuss the data implications of the user interface and user choices.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
6. Preparing for change Explore problem refine Generate ideas Evaluate ideas Action planning Pre-meetings in individual groups Unfreezing Preparing for change Getting Commitment Making the change Refreezing Consolidating the action and embedding the change The CABLE change model
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Editor's Notes
Change academy is a national programme run by the Leadership foundation and the HEA. As this suggests, it offers a process for achieving complex change UH has good experience of the Change Academy 2004 – Mike Pittilo, Sue Grant and Linda Bryant part of the team that developed the one-stop-shop for studetn services 2005 – Di Martin and others taking forward the employability agenda Sue, Lind and Di are part of the Steering Group Key is developing capacity of teams – ie through staff development – to plan and implement effective change projects
The CABLE project is about drawing on the Change Academy methodology, adapting it for local needs Instead of looking to bring about Institutional change, the School based teams will be working to bring about change in their SBUs
Our local version of the change academy has been modified, partly to take advantage of the fact that all the teams are part of the same institution and can communicate readily and also enable us to provide a programme that has all the components of the change academy and we believe will be as effective, but is more manageable in terms of demands on staff time This programme has been devised by a CABLE core group PB, JA, IA, HT and as the individual teams start to meet, more members of the BLU will join the process so that they can add their Blended Learning expertise to the skills/resources available to each team. Whereas the change academy has only one formal point of support during the implementation pahse (the team leaders’ review) we will be providing ongoing support for the six teams – particularly IA – facilitating the partnership with the BLU. In the diagram the arrows between the teams and the BLU support are deliberately double pointed to indicate that this partnership is a two way process. The BLU wil learn as well as te teams. As part of this knowledge development we will be using a range of measures to evaluate the CABLE process overall and the six team projects and record the experiences using a range of media – particularly using Blogs and video diaries
