{"62338":{"#nid":"62338","#data":{"type":"news","title":"University System Task Force Requests Faculty\/Student Feedback","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile Georgia Tech uses T-Square (Sakai) for its online collaboration platform, the University System of Georgia currently hosts a centralized Learning Management System (Blackboard Learning System - Vista 8) for 32 of the System\u2019s institutions as part of the GeorgiaVIEW Service. Vista 8 operational support from Blackboard ends in January 2013 and there are currently serious issues of parity between Blackboard\u2019s Vista 8 and its newest product, Learn 9.1. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe University System has asked Donna Llewellyn, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, to chair a task force that will recommend a next generation Learning Management System. \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech will continue to use T-Square and will not be directly impacted by the decision facing the University System\u003C\/strong\u003E. However, since feedback is being gathered across the System, it was not appropriate to omit the Georgia Tech community from this process.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the major tasks ahead is getting input from instructors and students across the system about the important features of an LMS. As stated above, it is important to the task force to gather this feedback from all institutions in the system \u2013 even those who will not be influenced by this decision. To this end, we have created two surveys \u2013 one for students and one for faculty \u2014 that will remain open until November 12.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudent Survey: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.surveys.usg.edu\/se.ashx?s=06C2C3B90CF6E14E\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.surveys.usg.edu\/se.ashx?s=06C2C3B90CF6E14E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFaculty Survey: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.surveys.usg.edu\/se.ashx?s=06C2C3B933C99A3A\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.surveys.usg.edu\/se.ashx?s=06C2C3B933C99A3A\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the task force, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/lms\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.usg.edu\/lms\u003C\/a\u003E. If you have any questions, e-mail \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:donna.llewellyn@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edonna.llewellyn@cetl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe University System has asked Donna Llewellyn, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, to chair a task force that will recommend a next generation Learning Management System.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-10-25 13:32:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:15","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1601","name":"CETL"},{"id":"3823","name":"learning"},{"id":"167062","name":"survey"},{"id":"4395","name":"T-Square"},{"id":"11048","name":"task force"},{"id":"1034","name":"University System"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:donna.llewellyn@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDonna Llewellyn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}