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Project Charter
Estimated Project Start Date and End Date:
- Project Start Date: November, 2007
- Project End Date: December, 2010
Project Leader:
Project Summary:
Our current version of WebCT (4.1) is outdated and will become obsolete in 2009 when support for this product will no longer be available. This project's purpose is to identify a more contemporary Learning Managment System (LMS) that reflects the current teaching and learning needs of faculty and students. The process will include:
- reviewing research and evaluating the needs of CofC faculty
- reviewing product demonstrations of leading LMS vendors
- gathering faculty's input regarding teaching and learning tools
- identifying the LMS that best matches the needs of the College community
- creating a solicitation for purchase
- installing the LMS
- training the campus community on the effective use of the new LMS
Deliverable(s):
- A fully-functioning Learning Management System installed and operational.
- The new LMS connected to our existing student information system.
- Two-years of new LMS training.
Implications:
- A new LMS will enable faculty and students to expand the way they use online management systems, beyond the limits of our outdated WebCT 4.1 program. The new product will be more student-centered and collaborative. It will also take advantage of the new Web 2.0 features which will make using the application considerably easier.
Milestones and Timeframe:
Project Team Members and Responsibilities:
- Dr. Susan Beattie - Project Leader
- Mendi Benigni - Project Coordinator
- Instructional Technologists - to communicate with the faculty about the project and interface with them regarding questions or concerns.
Strategic Technology Goals:
- SG 1: Enhance Learning Processes: Use technology to enhance current modes of teaching learning and discovery.
- SG 2: Ensure Technology Fluency: Ensure that faculty, staff, and students are fluent in and understand the capabilities of current and emerging technologies, which apply to them, their needs, and their goals.
- SG 3: Build Communities: Use technology to provide new ways of building communities that could not happen in other ways.
- SG 6: Enable New and Changing Technologies: Continually evolve a standard, flexible infrastructure and infraservices to enable and leverage new and changing technologies.
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