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Self Paced Learning and Certificates with Sakai and Drupal

Self Paced Learning and Certificates with Sakai and Drupal

Nicola Monat-Jacobs

June 05, 2013
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  1. What? Using Sakai in a non-traditional way: “Sakai use is

    expanding into other learning organizations and often folks want to use it for other kinds of learning needs. These types of courses include totally online and/or self-paced courses, professional development and recertification, and personal enrichment.” June 5, 2013 2
  2. New needs that Sakai doesn’t satisfy (or doesn’t satisfy WELL):

    •  Course Catalog •  Self-Registration but more than that PAYMENT $ $$ •  Tracking/Student progress •  Verification of “completion” •  Certificate, Badge June 5, 2013 3
  3. Questions you’ll need to answer: •  Is the course self-paced

    or is there instructor involvement? •  Can anyone register for free or get a discount and how will that work? •  What kind of monitoring do I want to do? •  How long can the students take to complete the course? •  Are their other stakeholders that need info? •  What constitutes successful completion? •  How long is certification valid for? June 5, 2013 4
  4. Use Case #1: Social Science Skills Certification for NGO, government,

    etc. •  Courses are free •  Self-registration needs to be SUPER SIMPLE •  Very simple completion requirements •  Complex and specific reporting needs (US GOV requirements) •  Migration of Data from legacy system June 5, 2013 5
  5. Use Case #2: Professional Judicial Accreditation •  Some courses free,

    some paid •  Registration expires after 90 days •  Certificates for Assessments and Assignments not just the course overall (customizable on course basis) •  Simple Reporting June 5, 2013 6
  6. Use Case #3: Medical Skills Certification •  Complex Certification requirements

    •  Coupon Keys and ‘Admin’ role, tracking student completion •  2 certificate “moments” June 5, 2013 7