SAIT LEAD: Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)

COLLABORATORS: Alberta Advanced Education; Charron Systems; Calgary Board of Education; Calgary Catholic School District; Sunchild e-learning Community

START/END: November 2004/December 2005

BACKGROUND:

SAIT’s Collaborative Server-Based Computing (CSBC) Project received funding from the Stakeholder Technology Branch (STB) – Alberta Education. The STB is responsible for all applications that use the Alberta Supernet for Alberta Education. The project utilized a Career Pathways roadmap to identify ways of distributing learning objects and software to learners and teachers, and to investigate the perceived utility and value of various technology systems to end users.

OBJECTIVE:

To design, build and field test a central server system using Alberta's SUPERNET and thin client software to provide educational software applications to the K-12 system.

OUTCOMES:

• The launch of a Shared Service to support the development of various “Pathways” to prepare students for the world of work.

• A system that is flexible and responsive to the needs of our varied users.

• Identification of existing and emerging technologies of the SuperNet, Server-Centric Computing and Digital Object Repositories.

• Best practice in the design and deployment of SAIT’s new support system for Learners and Instructors

• A tool for teachers in the K-12 system and Instructors in Post Secondary institutes such as SAIT, to collaborate and share ideas, lesson plans & teaching material to ease the transition of students from High School into the various forms of Post Secondary.

• Resources for students to explore with Post Secondary institutions at a distance and see how their own life skills and portfolios match up with the many career-oriented education options.

RELATED LINKS:

Project Website http://www.members.shaw.ca/sbcproject