Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Jose silva lugo - advantages of monitoring sakai usage
1. The Advantages of Monitoring
Sakai Usage
By
Jose L. Silva-Lugo
Carl J. Perry
John R. Boekenoogen
e-Learning Support Services
Office of Academic Technology
University of Florida
2. Introduction
2
The University of Florida (UF)’s contract with
Blackboard WebCT was going to end in October 2010.
In Spring of 2009, UF came up with four options: Sakai,
Blackboard, Moodle, and Angel.
UF ran open meetings with each vender.
UF set up test sites for faculty, staff, and students.
UF selected Sakai
6/12/2012
3. Introduction: Planning, Testing, & Implementation
3
2009 2010 2011 2012
Process Dec Spr Sum Fall Spr Sum Fall Spr
Planning
Pilot Study
Migration
Introd. to UF
Roll Out
Workshops
Open Labs
Webinars
6/12/2012
4. Introduction: Training & Assistant Offer to UF
4
• Getting Started
• Moving On
Workshops • Evaluating knowledge with online assessment
• Begin a new semester
• End a semester
• 1 h consultation per week
Open labs • There is no need of appointment
• Every Tuesdays through the semester
Webinar • 30 minutes per week
• Every Wednesday through the semester
6/12/2012
5. Introduction: The Need of Monitoring Sakai Usage
5
Even though the effort of promoting Sakai carried out
from summer 2010 to 2011, we did not have the
expected attendance.
We decided to look our records to:
Find out the percentage of courses, sections, and instructors
using Sakai per college/year
Identify the colleges with percentages less than 50% used of
Sakai
Plot the percentage of courses, sections, and instructors per
semester
Target colleges with a marketing program
6/12/2012
6. Methodology: Databases
6
Data was retrieved from the network:
Registrar Office: IBM DB2 database
Middleware: MySQL database
Language used to query the database:
A PHP script queried both database (< 5 seconds).
The same script merged and compared the results (5-
20 seconds).
6/12/2012
7. Methods: Points of Interest about Querying
7
You need to understand the database.
You have to find how to best compare the results:
The Registrar DB2 had zero to many instructors associated with a
section
The Registrar DB2 used postfix characters in the course name, such
as for labs
The results produced from each database were accurate and
error free.
Manipulating large data sets and verifying the results were
accurate.
6/12/2012
8. Methodology: Calculating Percentages
8
Registrar (Total) Middleware (Sakai)
• Courses • Courses
• Sections • Sections
• Instructors • Instructors
No. of Courses Middleware
% of Courses = Xx 100
No. of Courses Registrar
6/12/2012
9. Methodology: Statistics
9
Statistical Analysis:
Proportion comparison:
Between 2010 and 2011 for courses, sections, and
instructors per college
Between semesters for courses, sections, and instructors
Alpha level = 0.05
Two-tailed test
6/12/2012
10. No. of Courses from the Registrar Office and Middleware in 2010 & 2011
2010 2011
College Registrar 10
Middleware Percentage Registrar Middleware Percentage
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING 307 91 29.64 348 256 73.56
HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE 383 91 23.76 423 282 66.67
ENGINEERING 1,100 218 19.82 1,127 445 39.49
JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS 311 57 18.33 289 191 66.09
MEDICINE 534 92 17.23 519 116 22.35
PHARMACY 244 42 17.21 296 150 50.68
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 3,138 455 14.50 2,872 1,237 43.07
PUBLIC HEALTH & HEALTH PROFESSIONS 457 65 14.22 458 245 53.49
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 645 88 13.64 653 406 62.17
AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES 1,602 213 13.30 1,647 573 34.79
CROSS-COLLEGE 36 4 11.11 47 0 0.00
FINE ARTS 1,022 56 5.48 1,037 179 17.26
VETERINARY MEDICINE 259 13 5.02 264 51 19.32
EDUCATION 630 18 2.86 662 54 8.16
DENTISTRY 244 1 0.41 279 5 1.79
ACCOUNTING 64 0 0.00 65 0 0.00
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 211 0 0.00 218 0 0.00
CONTINUING EDUCATION 209 0 0.00 171 0 0.00
LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW 190 0 0.00 550 11 2.00
MILITARY 62 0 0.00 55 0 0.00
NURSING 133 0 0.00 130 88 67.69
Total 11,781 1,504 12.77 12,110 4,289 35.42
6/12/2012
31. Discussion
31
In general, course, sections, and instructors
using Sakai are not monitored.
This simple procedure has the following
advantages:
Provide information about the proportion of
instructors, courses, and sections using Sakai.
It helps to monitor the implementation process.
It creates the database for marketing programs.
It might be used to evaluate success at the college and
at university level.
6/12/2012
32. Conclusions
32
There was a significant increase in the proportion
of courses, sections, and instructors from 2010 to
2011 in the majority of the colleges.
There was a significant increase in the proportion
of courses and sections per semester.
We have identified the colleges that need more our
attention, and we are targeting them with a
marketing program.
Monitoring Sakai usage is important during the
implementation and evaluation of the overall
success at the college and university level.
6/12/2012