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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A full decision tree for this branch will be developed once the working with central branch is completed. (Honest!)
For now, why don't you see what the other path would look like
[[Work with Central to implement the ePortfolio|2) Work with Central to implement the ePortfolio]]
Some possible outcomes of keeping it in the faculty:
Key people in the faculty change jobs, the pilot runs for a semester with inconclusive results and is then abandoned.
Or
Frank discussions are had at a high level as word spreads of the project and the Director of IT convinces the Dean of the Faculty (via the VC or DVCA) that this is a project that needs to be worked on with Central.
(Reasons could include bad high-level relationships with the vendor, alignment with an in-development institutional strategy, concerns about procurement integrity)
After weighing up both options, you decide that it is best to work with Central to maximise support and the likelihood of success. <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> will remember that, but she is a professional. Your reputation in the faculty takes a small dent.
You speak to <span title="Manager, Central Education Technology and Innovation Team"><i>Metti</i></span> to discuss what the next steps in the project are. <span title="Manager, Central Education Technology and Innovation Team"><i>Metti</i></span> thinks for a moment and says
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<td style="vertical-align:top"> “Well… the first thing we need to do is meet with the IT team to scope this project, determine your requirements and create a project plan. <span title="List to come shortly"><i>Here is a list of the kinds of questions they will have</i></span> – it will be a big help if you can think about these before we go to the meeting. Don’t worry if you don’t have all the answers, there will be people to help with this."</td>
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It takes 2 days to get a meeting with <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span>, the Manager of Education Resources, IT.
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[[Meet with IT|info Project is approved for implementation by Central IT]] <<set $time -= 2>>
<span style="color:orange">It's important to note at this point that the process for getting an ed tech implementation project from being a faculty priority to something that is actively on the Central IT workflow is <b>far</b> more complex than simply clicking a link in a game.
It involves meetings, negotiations, prioritisation, approval processes, meetings, wolves, arcane rituals and additional meetings. It's probably a game in itself but I wouldn't play it.
In order to keep things moving, we are going to wave a magic wand over that bit and</span> <span style="color:green">hey presto, the ePortfolio pilot project is now part of the Central IT team's workload.</span><span style="color:orange">
Also, for the sake of simplifying this game, as the <span title="The main driver and user of the project"><i>product owner</i></span>, you will have far greater influence on decisions in this process than might ordinarily happen. <b>This is to emphasise the impact that these decisions can have.</b>
It's now time for your meeting with <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span>, the Manager of Education Resources, IT</span>
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[[Now actually talk to IT|B) Staffing - talk to IT manager]]<img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/IT office pink (looks more strssful).png">
You head over to the far, far side of campus to meet <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span>.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> gets straight to the point. "The Central Education Resources IT team is currently responsible for around 150 software applications and assorted pieces of hardware. We do this with a team of 4 people.
"To get started, we will firstly need a <span title="A BA scopes requirements and creates necessary documents"><i>Business Analyst (BA)</i></span> and a <span title="A PM oversees all areas of the project"><i>Project Manager (PM)</i></span>.
"They can either be reassigned from other projects or new staff need to be hired. We have two people working on a project for <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> that we can reassign. She won't be happy but it's not as high a priority piece of work.
"If we hire new staff on contract, we can hire two people that have worked with us before or we can get two people fresh out of uni. Those ones won’t be familiar with our processes and systems and will need induction training and additional support but are cheaper. The experienced staff that don’t need this additional induction/support cost extra.
"Whatever choice you make, it will take a few days to go through HR.
This is your project and your money, what do you want us to do?"
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[[Re-assign staff from Research Economics project|3) Re-assign staff from Research Economics project]] (3 days, $0)
[[Hire experienced contractors|4) Hire experienced contractors]] (5 days, $10,000)
[[Hire inexperienced contractors|5) Hire inexperienced contractors]] (8 days, $5,000)
You decide that you want to get things moving as quickly as possible, so you ask to have two people re-assigned from the Research Economics project. You figure that, if they are already gunning for you, what does it really matter? (And it's not like it's an important discipline, like yours).
It takes 3 days to transfer them over to your project. Working with people with extensive experience in <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> processes reduces the risk of your project by 5%.
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Cassandra Director 4.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> hears that you have done this and now she wants your project to fail more than ever. She also starts making uncharitable remarks about your personal hygiene.</td>
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[[Work begins|info Work Begins]]
<<set $time -= 3>>
<<set $risk -= 5>>
<<set $reputation -= 1>>IT staff with recent experience working at <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> are brought in on contract to support this project. It takes 5 days to complete the recruitment process. They negotiate an above average salary (+ $10,000) but you get what you pay for and their experience means that they hit the ground running.
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Cassandra Director 4.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> hears that you didn't take the IT staff working on her project and she appreciates it. She still wants you to fail miserably, but she appreciates it. Your reputation in the faculty improves.</td>
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<hr>
[[Work begins|info Work Begins]]
<<set $time -= 5>>
<<set $budget -= 10000>>
<<set $reputation += 2>>You choose to cut costs by hiring staff less familiar with the way <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> works. They are cheaper (+$5,000) but the additional induction/training they require in <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT processes means that it takes 8 days before they are ready to start.
Their inexperience also adds 5% risk to the project.
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Cassandra Director 4.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> hears that you didn't take IT staff away from her project and she appreciates this. She still wants you to fail miserably but she now makes fewer disparaging remarks about your personal hygiene.</td>
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<hr>
[[Work begins|info Work Begins]]
<<set $time -= 8, $budget -= 5000, $risk += 5, $reputation += 1>><span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> tells you that the next part of the process is to evaluate the learning and teaching benefits of each product. This is done by testing a demonstration version of the product (if available) and evaluating the responses from the vendors to key requirements in the Request For Proposal (RFP) documents.
This will take 8 days and you will work on it with <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> and the Central Education Technology team. <span title="Link to document to come soon"><i>This L&T evaluation document</i></span> shows you some of the things that need to be considered.
You are concerned about how long this whole process is taking, and now that you've seen the presentations, you feel like you understand what the products offer pretty well. After all, how could companies lie about what they're selling, you ask yourself.
You say this to <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span>. She just smiles slightly and says, "Oh <i>$name</i> - do I have some stories to tell you"
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[[Skip the learning and teaching benefits evaluation|6) Don't evaluate L&T benefits]] (Risk +5%)
[[Evaluate the learning and teaching benefits|7) Evaluate L&T benefits]] (Time 8 days)While you appreciate the good intentions of <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> and <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span>, you don't believe they really understand teaching in your discipline.
From what you've seen of the various products, you feel confident that you can make a good judgement on their learning and teaching merits of right now. You are happy to accept the extra 5% risk to keep the project moving.
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[[Rank products based on learning and teaching benefits|6a Uninformed ranking for L&T]]
<<set $risk += 5>><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/IT office yellow.png">
You think you already have a fair idea of the learning and teaching strengths of the products but you follow the guidance of <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> and <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> anyway because there's a lot at stake and they seem to think it's important.
The best way to really understand a tool is to get in and use it. Some vendors support this and some don't. It takes <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> 3 days of emails back and forth to organise access to demonstration environments for <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a></a> and <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a></a>. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a> doesn't have a demo site yet but <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a> CEO <span title="Cobbr CEO"><i>Dale</i></span> comes in personally for a hands-on demonstration. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> tells you they are currently upgrading the platform and can't provide access for the next few weeks. You and your colleagues spend 5 days testing the tools, in between your other work duties.
You collaboratively evaluate the tools out of 10 based on how well they support Creation, Assessment, Reflection, and Usability
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a></a> – looks very modern, the demo site is comparatively basic but easy to use
Creation 7, Assessment 8, Reflection 7, Usability 9 (31)
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> – appears to offer a very rich product educationally, decent UI. They say the right things in their RFP response and have an amazing looking mobile app.
Creation 8, Assessment 8, Reflection 8, Usability 7 (31)
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a> – seems promising, good UI, some required functionality is ‘on the roadmap but can be built to order fairly quickly’. No demo site but live hands on demo was encouraging
Creation 7, Assessment 6, Reflection 10, Usability 9 (32)
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a></a> – solid educational offering, few frills, feels scholarly/functional, less user friendly interface.
Creation 8, Assessment 8, Reflection 8, Usability 6 (30)
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[[Rank products based on Learning and Teaching|7a informed ranking for L&T]]
<<set $time -= 8>>
Based on your evaluation of the learning and teaching benefits of the 4 platforms, please list them in order from 1 to 4, with best at 1 and worst at 4.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Learning and Teaching</th>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
</table>
The next step is to investigate whether the tool is compliant with university policies and national laws.
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[[Evaluate products based on policy & legal compliance|D) Evaluate uni policy & legal]]
<span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> checks in to see how the implementation is coming along. When you say that you're still evaluating tools, he reminds you that Summer semester starts in <<= $time>> days.
Compared to Learning & Teaching, compliance with university policy and legal should be easy, you think. I mean, who even cares about these things, they're just unnecessary rules imposed by faceless university bureaucrats with nothing better to do. And time really is getting away from you now.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> explains that this process is about examining vendor policies relating to the privacy of user data and ownership of Intellectual Property (IP) – both student and academic - and they can have serious ramifications if you get them wrong. Getting the <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> legal team to evaluate this for all the vendors will take 5 days.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> notes your hesitation and tells you that if you're willing to personally carry the extra 10% risk, you can skip this process.
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[[Evaluate the legal and policy issues of the vendors|9) Do a detailed evaluation of policy/legal]] (5 days)
[[Skip the legal and policy evaluation|8) Don't do a detailed evaluation of policy/legal]] (increase risk by 10%)
<img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/GNU legal.png">
You take the advice of your team and ask them to proceed with the policy and legal evaluations of the four products. <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> visits you and asks if she can take some quick measurements of your office. You start thinking about how you can speed up some other part of this process.
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Denny.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> You meet with <span title="University Lawyer"><i>Denny</i></span> from the <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> legal team. <span title="University Lawyer"><i>Denny</i></span> explains that under national privacy laws, each minor breach of one student's private data can result in a $12,600 fine for you personally and a $63,000 fine for the university. That gets your attention.
"Privacy laws vary greatly between countries, from the gold-standard, very user-focused <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation"><i>General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) </i></a> scheme in the <span title="European Union"><i>EU,</i></span> to the more casual approach taken in the USA. Australia sits somewhere in between but most Australian universities insist that student data is only stored on servers in Australia."</td>
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</table>
Intellectual Property (IP) policies determine who has access to the material that gets uploaded to the ePortfolio tool and what they are allowed to do with it. Students will respond badly if they feel they are losing control of their IP. (- 1 Student Evaluation score).
These are the responses from the four shortlisted vendors about questions relating to user data privacy and IP.
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a></a>: They can host data on servers in Australia for an additional cost (+ $5,000), they are a bit vague on what it does with student IP
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a>: Hosts on "very secure" (blockchain based) server in Russia, no specific information about IP or privacy
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a>: Hosts in Australia, already uses <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IP policy, <span title="General Data Protection Regulation"><i>GDPR</i></span> compliant.
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a></a>: <span title="General Data Protection Regulation"><i>GDPR</i></span> compliant, uses Australian servers, reasonable IP protections
Advice comes back from <span title="University Lawyer"><i>Denny</i></span> from <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> Legal that they rank the products in the following order:
1st: Cobbr – Easiest to work with by far, lowest risk.
2nd: Erasmus – Solid policies and practices
3rd: KimPortfolio – Vagueness about IP is a concern.
4th: Perestroika – Lack of information is a serious concern.
This process takes 5 days.
It's now time for you to rank the products on the basis of their privacy and IP policies and practices.
<hr>
[[Rank vendors based on IP and Privacy policies|9a informed ranking by policy/legal]]
<<set $time -= 5>><span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> drops by your office and asks if she can take some quick measurements. She doesn't see this "ePortfolly" succeeding at all and is happy to let you know it.
You decide that you really need to get moving on this project and tell <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> that you are confident that you can evaluate the policy and legal compliance of the vendors without involving the uni legal team in a drawn out evaluation process.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> reminds you that there are significant penalties for breaches of student privacy but you reply that this is a small scale project and it's not in the vendors interest to get into long legal battles. The risk of the project has increased by 10%
It's time to rank the products based on legal and policy compliance.
<hr>
[[Rank vendors based on IP and Privacy policies|8a Uninformed ranking by policy/legal]]
<<set $risk += 10>>
Based on your evaluation of the Privacy and IP policies of the 4 platforms, please list them in order from 1 to 4, with best at 1 and worst at 4.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Privacy and IP policies</th>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
</table>
The final step in evaluating the products is to investigate them on a technological level, particularly whether the tool will work with other university technologies and is secure.
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[[Evaluate the technological qualities of the products|E) Evaluate Tech, integration and security]]
In order to ensure that the new ePortfolio actually works with existing learning technologies and other systems at <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> and doesn't present any security risks, <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> wants the <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> IT team to undertake a detailed technological evaluation of the four products.
Before this happens though, you need to decide whether or not you have the ePortfolio integrated with the <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> <i>Learning Management System (LMS)</i>, Noodle - or <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span>, as the university likes to call it.
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[[Talk to Merin about integrating the ePortfolio with GNUdle|F Decide whether to integrate ePortfolio with LMS]]
You decide that the information provided by the vendors about technology in the RFP responses should be ample. The risk on this project has risen by 20% but you have saved 4 valuable days by not getting <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT to do a more detailed evaluation.
You really need to choose a tool so you can learn how to use it before summer semester starts. You get your first email from a student asking for more information about the course. You tell yourself that you'll reply soon.
Once you have ranked the products on the basis of their technological strengths and weaknesses, you will be able to choose a product. Time to get cracking.
<hr>
[[Rank products on technological strengths and weaknesses|12a Uninformed ranking by tech]]
<<set $risk += 20>>
You want to make sure you make the most informed decision, so you accept the 4 days it takes for <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT</i> to do a detailed evaluation.
Having the ePortfolio integrated with <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span> presents additional, but manageable, security risks. The ePortfolio will be connected to systems that manage student and staff accounts, as well as exchanging data with the LMS. It is essential to ensure that only suitable data is shared and that no secret back doors are added to <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT systems.
The IT team ranks the products as follows:
1st <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a></a> is the best technical option and it will work just fine right out of the box.
2nd <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a></a> is also acceptable but some default settings will need to be changed which will take additional time (1 day) It also does not work well with all browsers. (5% risk)
3rd <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> – Access to the tool wasn’t provided for testing purposes but vendor made assurances that it follows all necessary standards. Further investigation by the IT team found that the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> website is riddled with <i>malware</i>, which raised serious concerns. <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT</i> strongly advise against using <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a>, doing so will add 60% risk to the project. (60% risk)
Based on this information and your own understanding of the products, <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> now asks you to rank the products based on their technological qualities.
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[[Rank products on the basis of their technology|13a informed ranking by tech]]
<<set $time -=4>>
Based on your evaluation of the technology merits of the platforms, please list them in order from 1st to last, with the best at 1 and the worst last.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Technology Merits</th>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
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</table>
[[Talk to other users|G) Talk to reference sites?]]
Following their final presentations and demonstrations, the vendors provide you with contact details for other people currently using their products. It will take another 3 days to have discussions with these people and you are concerned that the project is already behind schedule.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> says that you often pick up valuable tips that you won't hear from the vendors and thinks it is worth the time.
You need to decide whether to talk to the other product users or if you can just go ahead and choose a product.
<hr>
[[Don't worry about what other users think - we are GNU|14) No, don't talk to other reference sites]] (risk 5%)
[[Yes, talk to other users|15) Yes, talk to other reference sites]] (time 3 days)<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> organises meetings with other users of the products. You are surprised at how willing people are to discuss their experiences, good and bad. You enjoy the feeling of being part of a community and learn that:
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a> is an enthusiastic partner but under-resourced and tends to push promised development and maintenance work back to the institutional IT teams. This means that the functionality that is 'on the roadmap' may take longer than expected, if it arrives at all. The <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a> functionality should meet your anticipated needs for now but you keep this in mind for later.
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a> users found that product updates were reliable but the service level agreement in the contract means the support line currently only operates on European business hours. In practical terms, students often have to wait 12 hours to get a response when they have problems.
<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a> clients seemed quite happy with the product but only used it in a fairly basic way and didn't seem to know a lot about learning and teaching. They noted that once they had signed the contract, Kardashian Learning seemed to care much less about them and the funky merchandise dried up very quickly. They also found support requests took longer than expected.
You called the reference contacts for <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a> but when someone answered the phone, there was a long pause and they simply said "There is nobody here", and hung up. Emails to these people also bounced back. When you told <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a> about this they said "Huh, that's very strange, let me check into it." You didn't hear back from them.
This process took 3 days but you feel like it was time well spent.
Is is now time to (finally) choose your ePortfolio
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[[Choose your ePortfolio|H) Choose a vendor]]
<<set $time -= 3>>You have decided to work with Cobbr.
You get a message from Dale, the founder of Cobbr.
<i>G'day mate. As a <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> alum (Go the mighty <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>s), I'm absolutely stoked that I will be able to give (well, technically sell) something back to my old stomping ground. When I was first developing <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr"><i>Cobbr</i></a>, I often wondered about what kind of ePortfolio tool I would have wanted as a student here.
I guess now we'll both find out.
I look forward to working with you and returning to <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>town
cheers,
Dale
PS - We haven't really discussed what kind of technical support you'll need. Let's chat about that in our next meeting.</i>
[[Make a choice about support|J) Make a choice about support]]
<<set $budget -=80000>>
<<set $vendor to "Cobbr">>
You have decided to work with <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus"><i>Erasmus</i></a>.
You get a message from Greta, the founder of <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus"><i>Erasmus</i></a>.
Dear $name, thank you for joining the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus"><i>Erasmus</i></a> community. After forming in 2011, we have grown rapidly and now work with more than 600 institutions in 34 countries.
As educators ourselves, we are proud of our <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus"><i>Erasmus</i></a> ePortfolio platform and we look forward to working with you and General National University for many years to come.
We host a wide range of community support webinars, at convenient times for members in the European Union. Maybe we will see you online at one of them?
In terms of next steps, we would like to discuss your thoughts for technical and user support for your pilot project.
we look forward to speaking again soon
ciao
Greta
[[Make a choice about support|J) Make a choice about support]]
<<set $budget -=80000>>
<<set $vendor to "Erasmus">>
You have decided to work with KimPortfolio. <<set $vendor to "KimPortfolio">>
You get a message from Gil, your new customer success and embiggening manager at Kardashian Learning.
Congratulations on taking your first steps toward serious learning and teaching success with <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a>, a valued part of the Kardashian Learning suite of products.
Did you know that Kardashian Learning also offers a disruptive new bespoke Learning Management System - KhloeLearn?
As soon as payment clears on your 1 year pilot licence, we will be in touch to discuss next steps in our exciting journey together.
Welcome to the world of eLearning.
best
Gil
[[Make a choice about support|J) Make a choice about support]]
<<set $budget -=80000>>Against the advice of pretty well everyone, you choose <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika"><i>Perestroika</i></a>.
<span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> pays for the licence and <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT starts installing the application on <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> servers.
The installation starts smoothly but then crashes.
Repeatedly.
Suddenly you get a message from Vlad, the founder of <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika"><i>Perestroika</i></a>. He is 11.
It is a short message.
<span class="blink" style="color:yellow">oK bOoMeR yOu GoT PwwwwNeD. I aM iN yOuR sYsTeM St3@LiNg uR d@t@s l0L l0L l0L 111!!1!1!1!</span>
The blood drains from your face.
"Why on Earth did they let me make these decisions?" you wonder.
<hr>
[[What happened then?|19a) What happened then? Perestroika]]
<<set $risk =100>>
<<set $vendor to "Perestroika">>
<<set $reputation =0>>
<<set $LearnTeach =0>>
<<set $budget -=10000000>>
You meet with <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span>, <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span>, <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span>, <span title="Manager, Central Education Technology and Innovation Team"><i>Metti</i></span>, and <span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span>. After a final discussion about the merits and risks of each product, you feel confident enough to make a decision on the vendor to provide the platform.
The license for a 1 year pilot for any of the products costs $80,000.
Here are your rankings of the products.
You ranked Perestroika <<= $vendor1a>> for Learning and Teaching quality, <<= $vendor1b>> for Privacy and IP and <<= $vendor1c>> for Technological quality.
You ranked KimPortfolio <<= $vendor2a>> for Learning and Teaching quality, <<= $vendor2b>> for Privacy and IP and <<= $vendor2c>> for Technological quality.
You ranked Erasmus <<= $vendor3a>> for Learning and Teaching quality, <<= $vendor3b>> for Privacy and IP and <<= $vendor3c>> for Technological quality.
You ranked Cobbr <<= $vendor4a>> for Learning and Teaching quality, <<= $vendor4b>> for Privacy and IP and <<= $vendor4c>> for Technological quality.
/* Adding a condition on the amount of vendors to choose from */
<<if hasVisited("10) Don't integrate with LMS")>>You have 4 vendors to choose from:<br> [[Cobbr|16) Choose Cobbr]]<br> [[Erasmus|17) Choose Erasmus]]<br> [[KimPortfolio|18) Choose KimPortfolio]]<br> [[Perestroika|19) Choose Perestroika]]
<<else>>You have 3 vendors to choose from:<br> [[Erasmus|17) Choose Erasmus]]<br> [[KimPortfolio|18) Choose KimPortfolio]]<br>[[Perestroika|19) Choose Perestroika]]
<</if>>
This process seems to be taking forever.
Summer semester starts in only $time days and you haven't even selected the new ePortfolio yet.
You talk to <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> and say that you're ready to make a choice.
"OK, $name, it's your project. Let's do this", <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> replies.
The risk of the project increases by 5%
<hr>
[[Choose your ePortfolio|H) Choose a vendor]]
<<set $risk +=5>><<if hasVisited("16) Choose Cobbr")>><span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span> congratulates you for choosing Cobbr.
<<elseif hasVisited("17) Choose Erasmus")>><span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span> congratulates you for choosing Erasmus
<<elseif hasVisited("18) Choose KimPortfolio")>><span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span> congratulates you for choosing KimPortfolio
<</if>>
"I have seen the effort you have put into this so far", he says. "I haven't been sure about all the decisions you have made but it is great to see the project coming along as it is. We are expecting big things from this project - I'm thinking about Vice Chancellor's teaching awards now - but no pressure."
After a small celebration - it's important to enjoy these small milestones - <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> and <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> come to talk to you about the contract.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> says "We need to talk about support. The main question is around who will provide what kinds of support? Specifically, think about the difference between "the tool is broken" vs "I don’t know how to use it" kind of support."
You need to decide - who will your students go to for "how do I use this" types queries? Should it be $vendor, OR the <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT helpdesk OR you, $name, and <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay,</i></span>?
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> tells you that $vendor is offering to provide full technical support for academics, students and IT for an additional $10,000.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> makes it clear that none of the <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT team currently know how to use $vendor. "If you want us to provide support, it will take 3 days for the support team to get trained up."
Alternately, you, $name, and <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span>, can handle it yourselves. There is a 50/50 chance that this will either increase or decrease your student evaluation by 1 point, based on the fact that students may not get support as quickly as with the other options but they may also take confidence from your extra depth of knowledge about the tool.
What do you do?
<hr>
[[Use the GNU IT support desk|20 Use the GNU IT support desk]] (takes 3 days)
[[Handle support in-house (in faculty)|21 Handle support in-house (in faculty)]] (50/50 chance your Student evaluation will increase or decrease by 1 point)
[["Pay extra for " + $vendor + " to provide support"|21a Pay extra for $vendor to provide support]] (Costs $10,000 and reduces risk 10%)
One of the main reasons that you chose $vendor was that the product seems easy to use. They have fairly rich support resources on their website and in the ePortfolio itself and you feel confident that there won't be a huge need for user support.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i> tells you that she feels the same way. She does suggest creating a space in your <i><span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span></i> LMS site where students can ask questions and potentially support each other as well. You think this is a sensible idea. Your student-centred thinking is noted by <span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> and your reputation in the faculty increases.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> invites you to a meeting about how the ePortfolio should be configured.
<hr>
[[Go and talk about ePortfolio settings|K) Settings and permissions - what functions are available?]]
<<set $risk += 5, $reputation =+ 1>>
<<set _tempvar to either(1, -1)>>
<<set $LearnTeach += _tempvar>>In order to give it the greatest chance of success, you decide that having the ePortfolio integrated with the <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span> LMS and university login systems is the way to go. Your students will have a seamless experience with the tool and your student evaluation increases by 2 points.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> tells you that <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> is happy to go ahead with the work needed to integrate with <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span>, but it will take 6 days.
It also means that <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a> is no longer a viable option, as it does not yet have an <span title="Learning Technologies Interoperability - something that lets different types of software talk to each other"><i>LTI</i></span> plugin that lets it connect to these systems. Unfortunately, the developer of Cobbr is a <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> alumnus and some of your colleagues are disappointed that you don't have more <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> spirit.
<span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span> asks you how soon the ePortfolio will be ready, noting that Summer Semester is fast approaching and that everyone will look bad if it's not ready.
<span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT wants to do a detailed evaluation of the technological qualities of the products, this will take 4 days.
The information that you got back from the RFP seems quite detailed, you aren't sure what extra insights <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT will bring. And time is ticking.
<hr>
[[Skip the detailed evaluation of the technology|12) Don't do a detailed evaluation of the technology]]
[[Let GNU IT evaluate the technology in detail|13 integrated) Do a detailed evaluation of the technology]]
<<set $time -= 12, $reputation -=1, $LearnTeach += 2>>
Given the small scope of this project and the fact that your real interest is in the ways learner use ePortfolios for reflection and mindfulness, you decide that linking the tool to <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span> isn't necessary at this stage.
You hope that overall, the benefits of reflection and mindfulness will compensate for the 1 point drop on your student evaluation survey due to the extra logging in required.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> understands your thinking and is prepared to help with the extra work needed to create and manage accounts.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> tells you that the technology evaluation will now largely just need to focus on checking how secure the tools are. It will take 3 days.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> advises you that, as the product owner, you can just choose to review the vendor responses to the RFP document instead and simply rank the technology of the products on that basis.
<hr>
[[Don't do a detailed evaluation of the technology|12) Don't do a detailed evaluation of the technology]] (0 days)
[[Do a detailed evaluation of the technology|13 not integrated) Do a detailed evaluation of the technology]] (3 days)
<<set $time -= 6, $LearnTeach -= 1>>
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> takes a deep breath as you tell her that you want the <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> IT servicedesk to look after all support queries for the $vendor ePortfolio. You can tell she is calculating the extra work her team is taking on for you and how it will affect their other services.
But this is her job and she is a professional. She nods and says "Ok, let's get on with it."
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> books in some training for the service desk team. It takes 3 days to organise. You and <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> attend as well, knowing that it will help to have that extra knowledge of the system.
With this final detail resolved, the contract with <<= $vendor>> is signed.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> invites you to a meeting about how the ePortfolio should be configured.
<hr>
[[Go and talk about ePortfolio settings|K) Settings and permissions - what functions are available?]]
<<set $time -= 3>><span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> tells you that integrating the ePortfolio with <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span> will make a huge difference in the time that the technology evaluation process takes (5 days vs 3 days unintegrated), as well as installation (7 days vs 3 days unintegrated) once the product has been selected. She notes that you have $time days until the start of Summer Semester and suggests that there will still be value in piloting the ePortfolio without integrating it with <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span>.
You wonder if <span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> is just trying to make life easier for the <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT team and also speak to <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span>. Fay points out that the advantage of integrating the ePortfolio with <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span> is that student accounts will be created automatically and students will be able to access the ePortfolio directly from <span title="Generic National University Digital Learning Environment"><i>GNUdle</i></span>. They will also be able to submit their assignments from the ePortfolio. This will give them a much better learning experience (+2 student evaluation). She believes strongly that it is worth the extra time.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> also mentions that not doing it this way could mean extra work for you and the students, which may diminish their learning and teaching experience. (-1 student evaluation).
It's time to decide.
<hr>
[[Don't integrate the ePortfolio with GNUdle|10) Don't integrate with LMS]]
[[Integrate the ePortfolio with GNUdle|11) Integrate with LMS]]
<img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/nice office.png" /><br>You teach a fairly dry, mandatory first year subject, <i>Ethics of being a Marketer 101,</i> in the Faculty of Innovation, Business and Research Economics (FIBRE) at <span title="University motto - Learn here"><i>Generic National University (GNU)</i></span>. You have been looking for a way to get your students to practice mindfulness and be reflective learners.
You have done your research and now believe that with an ePortfolio, you can achieve this. (Last semester, your student evaluation score was 5/10, so you're very keen to improve learner engagement)
<table style="width:100%">
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Akira pleased.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> You speak to your faculty Associate Dean, <span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira Takeshi</i></span>. He agrees to support a small pilot of an ePortfolio tool in the faculty, providing a budget of $100,000, and support from your Faculty Education Technologist, <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay Mouse</i></span> but not everyone in the faculty supports this. </td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Cassandra Director 3.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra Friedman</i></span>, Director of the School of Research Economics, has been very vocal about ‘wasting’ money on Learning and Teaching at the expense of (her) prestigious research. In order to get her support, <span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> has to agree that <span style="color:red">if the project fails, the money will be taken from your research allocation <b>and</b> you will need to swap your beautiful office with someone from that School.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
You are so confident that the project will succeed that you don't even bother to ask how success/failure will be defined.
Your colleagues in the faculty are impressed that you've managed to get support for a teaching and learning project.<span style="color:green">Your reputation as a doer is improving.</span>
<hr>
[[ Talk to Fay about your next steps|A) Do it in-house or work with Central]]
/* Set the variables for the game */
<<set $time to 60, $budget to 100000, $risk to 10, $LearnTeach to 5>>
<<set $reputation to 5, $vendor to "Nobody">>
<<set $reputation += 1>>Based on your evaluation of the learning and teaching benefits of the 4 platforms, please list them in order from 1 to 4, with best at 1 and worst at 4.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Learning and Teaching</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4a" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
</table>
The next step is to investigate whether the tool is compliant with university policies and national laws.
<hr>
[[Evaluate products based on policy & legal compliance|D) Evaluate uni policy & legal]]
Based on your evaluation of the Privacy and IP policies of the 4 platforms, please list them in order from 1 to 4, with best at 1 and worst at 4.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Privacy and IP policies</th>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4b" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
</table>
The final step in evaluating the products is to investigate them on a technological level, particularly whether the tool will work with other university technologies and is secure.
<hr>
[[Evaluate the technological qualities of the products|E) Evaluate Tech, integration and security]]
Based on your evaluation of the technology merits of the platforms, and the expert advice you received, please list them in order from 1st to last, with the best at 1 and the worst last.
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Technology Merits</th>
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<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<set $RankArray to [1,2,3,4]>><<listbox "$vendor1c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor2c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor3c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><<listbox "$vendor4c" autoselect>><<optionsfrom $RankArray>><</listbox>></td>
</tr>
</table>
[[Talk to other users|G) Talk to reference sites?]] $vendor has a surprisingly rich set of features in their product. For the learning activities you have in mind, you only need about one third of them.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> says "My advice is to only make the core features available to students, to reduce the number of support queries and things that could potentially go wrong."
There is a 30% chance that your student evaluation score will drop by 1 pt if you make all functions available".
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> takes a different perspective though. "We are paying for all of the functionality, and it may well be that there are valuable tools for learning that we haven't yet considered. As long as we make it clear to learners that this is a pilot project and we are all working it out as we go along, we should be fine".
There is a 70% chance of a 1 point increase in your student evaluation score if you make all functions available.
Making all functions available will also take 1 day extra
What do you decide?
<hr>
[[Only make core functions available|22 Only make core functions available]] (30% chance of 1 point drop in student evaluation)
[[Make all functions available|23 Make all functions available]] (70% chance of 1 point increase in student evaluation + 1 day extra)Because Summer Semester is $time days away, you decide to keep things simple. You've been working with your faculty learning designers to change your assessments and your course outline to make the best use of the $vendor ePortfolio.
You're so close now you can taste it.
<span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> calls you into his office. He is very excited about this project now. So excited, in fact, that he has spoken to the Marketing and Communications about options to promote your future success.
His face falls. "I think that was a mistake, I'm sorry. They have some concerns".
You've been invited to an urgent meeting with the Marketing and Communications team.
<hr>
[[Go and meet with Marketing|L) Theme ePortfolio with uni branding]]You decide to keep your options open with $vendor and make all of the functionality available to your students. It's only 1 extra day, you figure and the learning gains (and possible student evaluation boost) could outweigh any issues. It's just a matter of managing their expectations.
<span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> calls you into his office. He is very excited about this project now. So excited, in fact, that he has spoken to the Marketing and Communications about options to promote your future success.
His face falls. "I think that was a mistake, I'm sorry. They have some concerns".
You've been invited to an urgent meeting with the Marketing and Communications team.
<hr>
[[Go and meet with Marketing|L) Theme ePortfolio with uni branding]]
<<set $time -= 1>>
<<set _tempvar to either(1, -1)>>
<<set $LearnTeach += _tempvar>><span title="Marketing and Communications Director"><i>Maddiison</i></span> from <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> Marketing and Communications breezes into your meeting and starts talking immediately.
"Hello, I'm sure you're aware that <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> has invested a considerable amount of time and money in crafting our brand to ensure that every student has the 'True <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>' experience. Can you tell us why your new e-thingy currently looks... like... that? You do realise, don't you, that having a single identity across all of our content vectors is utterly crucial in building customer confidence in the True <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> brand? You are part of the True <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> family, aren't you?"
You're really not sure why the university marketing team gets to have so much say over the look and feel of a learning and teaching tool. Nobody else does either.
<span title="Faculty Educational Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> steps in as you try to find some words. "Thanks <span title="Marketing and Communications Director"><i>Maddiison</i></span>, this is a small scale pilot currently with just a handful of units in the faculty. Changing the theme at this point will take 3 days that we really don't have."
<span title="Marketing and Communications Director"><i>Maddiison</i></span> is unconvinced. "We appreciate that. Just be mindful that the <span title="Marketing and Communications, because why say it normally?"><i>MarComms</i></span> team may not be able to prioritise support for you or your faculty with any future projects if you choose not to be "True <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>".
With that, she is gone as quickly as she arrived.
What do you do?
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[[Customise the ePortfolio interface with GNU branding|24) Customise ePortfolio interface with GNU branding]] (takes 3 days)
[[Don't customise the ePortfolio interface|25) Don't customise ePortfolio interface]]<span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> has been speaking to <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> and she has made abundantly clear to him that her Research Economics unit is heavily reliant on the Marketing and Communications unit to get her economists on the TV news as an expert whenever there is a story about economics that nobody understands or cares about.
You have no choice but to spend the extra 3 days getting the theme of $vendor updated to reflect official <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> branding.
You speak to <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span>. "Ok Chris, so we are done now, right? Ready to go?"
"Well $name, just about. I'd really recommend doing some <span title="Getting users to test the software under normal usage"><i>User Acceptance Testing (UAT)</i></span> to make sure this product is ready for primetime. It will take 2 days.
But it's your call. What do you want to do?"
<hr>
[[Fine, Yes do UAT|26 Yes do UAT]]
[[No don't do UAT|27 No don't do UAT]]
<<set $time -= 3>>Time is now just too great a factor in getting this project up and running, so you plead with <span title="Associate Dean Education"><i>Akira</i></span> to get you an exemption from having to use official <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> Branding.
He is able to do this but there is an unexpected cost - suddenly requests to <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> Marketing and Communications seem to take much longer than they ever used to. This impacts a number of your colleagues and they are starting to grumble openly about your "ridiculous ePortfolly"
You speak to <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span>. "Ok Chris, so we are done now, right? Ready to go?"
"Well $name, just about. I'd really recommend doing some <span title="Getting users to test the software under normal usage"><i>User Acceptance Testing (UAT)</i></span> to make sure this product is ready for primetime. It will take 2 days.
But it's your call. What do you want to do?"
<hr>
[[Fine, Yes do UAT|26 Yes do UAT]]
[[No don't do UAT|27 No don't do UAT]]
<<set $reputation -= 2>><span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> organises User Acceptance Testing of $vendor and it pays off almost immediately. When students (but not teachers or admins) try to log in on Apple computers, the tool makes them log in three times, on slightly different screens.
It's not a deal-breaker but it's annoying and some students might think the ePortfolio is broken before they try to login the third time. This could impact their learning experience and the success of your project.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> contacts $vendor and asks them to fix this.They say it will most likely take 3 days. <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> says that you could also just explain this issue to your students in your initial training session and ask for their understanding, explaining that this is a pilot project.
<hr>
[["Get " + $vendor +" to fix the bug"|28) Get vendor to fix bug]] (3 days)
[[Plan to provide advice to students about the bug|29) Plan to provide advice to students about bug]]
<<set $time -=2, $reputation += 1>><scan title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></scan> raises an eyebrow when you say no to doing User Acceptance Testing but the bulging veins on your forehead keep him from pushing the matter.
Unfortunately, this decision means that you miss a glitch with $vendor where your learners are forced to log in three times each time they use the system. The fact that it only affects people in student roles means that you aren't prepared for this and didn't warn your students in advance. It reduces your student evaluation score by 1.
"Ok then $name, I guess that we're ready to go"
[[Start using the ePortfolio in your class|O) Start using the ePortfolio with your class]]
<<set $LearnTeach -= 1>>Your past experiences with students and new technology has been that they can be quick to complain when things don't work perfectly. You agree to take the extra 3 days to provide the best experience possible for your students.
Unfortunately it takes longer than expected, 5 days in total. They also charge $5000. $vendor blames Apple. At least it is fixed.
<hr>
[[Start using the ePortfolio with your class|O) Start using the ePortfolio with your class]]
<<set $time -= 5, $budget -= 5000>>You have faith in your students to be understanding - after all, the whole focus of the unit you are teaching is about mindfulness and reflection and you think this offers a nice teachable moment.
Your students will accept your explanation and appreciate your honesty but a small, vocal minority of your peers (cough - <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra</i></span> - cough) use this issue as a launchpad to criticise other minor flaws in the tool and your reputation in the faculty drops.
Your student evaluation score goes up 1 point, at least.
<hr>
[[Start using the ePortfolio with your class|O) Start using the ePortfolio with your class]]
<<set $LearnTeach += 1, $reputation -= 1>><<if $time lte 0>>There is one small problem, one that you are abundantly aware of. Summer Semester started <<= $time>> days ago. This summer class is smaller and probably more motivated/capable than your normal students. You could still introduce the ePortfolio but it won't give your students the best experience or you the best data about its value as a teaching tool.
The Semester 1 cohort will offer better understanding of its effectiveness as a tool but will probably require more hand-holding.
<hr>
[[Launch the tool part way through Summer Semester|30) Launch tool part way through Summer Semester]]
[[Launch the tool in Week 1 of Semester 1|31) Launch tool in Week 1 of Semester 1]]
<<else>>
Well done, you got the ePortfolio implemented with <<= $time>> days to spare. You spend a good chunk of your first class with your Summer Semester students working through how to use $vendor and explaining how it will enhance their learning.
<hr>
[[So, how did the project go?|Info - How does the pilot go?]]
<</if>>While you think that your Summer Semester students would probably have been ok with picking up a new tool during semester, you just don't want to take that chance. You revert back to your course outline from the last time your ran this subject and decide to spend more time familiarising yourself with the $vendor ePortfolio.
<hr>
[[Info - How does the pilot go?]] <I>This screen will show the player the decisions they made and how these affected the project scores. An example is shown below regarding your choice of completing UAT or not.</i>
<<if hasVisited("8) Don't do a detailed evaluation of policy/legal")>>You chose not to evaluate the legal policy and increased the project risk by 10%!
<<else>>Congratulations for choosing to check the finer print of legal policy, this helped to keep the Project Risk down.
<</if>>
<<if hasVisited("26 Yes do UAT")>>You chose to do UAT! Well done. While this may have impacted the length of the project you still made it with <<= $ime>> days to spare.
<<else>>You chose not to do UAT and this caused the Student Evaluation to go down by 1 point but saved you 2 days.
<</if>>
[[What happened then?]]
<<run UIBar.unstow();>>
You are an academic at Generic National University (<span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>) embarking on a project to pilot the use of an ePortfolio tool in a handful of units.
<b>Your goal is to have a successful project - how you define success is up to you.</b>
You can track the progress of your project by the factors at the left of your screen.
You can get more information about characters and some terminology by moving your cursor over text in <span title="Yes, just like that. Nice one"><i>italics</i></span>
You can only move forwards. You can not re-make decisions.
<span style="color:green">Choose your character name</span> <<textbox "$name" "Add a name here">>
<hr>
[[Let's play|Start - We want an ePortfolio]]
<<set $time to $time, $reputation to 5>>You meet with <span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span>. She tells you that you need to decide whether you can run the project in-house in the faculty or whether you want to work with the Central Education Technology and Innovation unit and the GNU IT team.
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> says:
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Fay displeased.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top"> “Ugh, Central just wants to control everything. We are paying for it and it's only going to be used by our students in a limited capacity. I can run this on a server under my desk. Let's just get going. We don't need them taking over"."</td>
</tr>
</table>
<span title="Faculty Education Technologist"><i>Fay</i></span> is confident that she can handle the tech side, except for integrating the ePortfolio with the <span title="Online platform used to share course content, facilitate communication and support assessment"><i>Learning Management System (LMS)</i></span>. The last time she worked with Central, the project was eventually abandoned. She tells you that working with them will take more time and it will cost more.
"But by all means, talk to the Central Ed Tech team", she concludes, "don't take my word for it".
You know <span title="Manager, Central Education Technology and Innovation Team"><i>Metti</i></span>, the manager of the Central Education Technology and Innovation (CETI) team, from your birdwatching group. She offers a different perspective:
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/Metti thoughtful.png"></td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">"Nobody in the faculty has experience with a project like this. There will be a need for tech support and, to make the most of the system, it should be integrated with the LMS to give students a seamless learning experience. This is your project, we just want to give it every chance to succeed so we can roll it out more widely if it helps learners."</td>
</tr>
</table>
Your first decision!
<hr>
[[Implement the ePortfolio in the faculty|1) Implement the ePortfolio in the faculty]]
[[Work with Central to implement the ePortfolio|2) Work with Central to implement the ePortfolio]]
<<set $time -= 1>><br><i>passage name: <<print passage()>></i><img src="https://www.screenface.net/TSF/logo transparent white 2.png" />
<<run UIBar.stow();>>
Some people would say that the process of implementing a piece of education technology is not for the squeamish.
Some people are told by education technology vendors that it only takes 30 minutes to install their product and then wonder why it actually takes 6 months.
It's because the process of ensuring that the product is fit for purpose is a comprehensive one.
This game is intended to help you understand and navigate that process.
Welcome to Untitled Ed Tech Game.
<hr>
[[How to play]]
<hr>
//This game is the result of a collaboration between the ASCILITE TELedvisors Special Interest Group, Monash Education Innovation (Monash University) and Charles Darwin University.
It was built in Twine by:
Art: Stephanie Luo
Support: Kate Mitchell (@katevideo)
Words: Colin Simpson (@gamerlearner)
Code: Wendy Taleo (@wentale)
(With gratefully received advice from colleagues and friends)
Copyright 2019
/* Set the variables for the game */
<<set $time to 60, $budget to 100000, $risk to 10, $LearnTeach to 5>>
<<set $reputation to 5, $vendor to "Nobody">>The project begins and a Project Manager (PM), <span title="Project Manager "><i>Chris</i></span>, and a Business Analyst (BA), <span title="Business Analyst"><i>Baracus</i>,</span> are assigned. <span title="Project Manager"><i>PM Chris</i></span> maps out a project plan including timelines, dependencies, and risks. <span title="Business Analyst"><i>BA Baracus</i></span> starts gathering requirements from you and other stakeholders to identify what the product should actually do to meet the definition of success and to create a <span title="Call for vendor responses to your requirements"><i>Request for Proposal (RFP)</i></span> document that vendors can respond to in the procurement process.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> conducts a scan of existing products in the market and checks with the Central IT team whether any products are currently in use elsewhere in the uni. A shortlist of prospective vendors is created.
<span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> and <span title="Business Analyst"><i>Baracus</i></span> are great workers and this only takes 5 days.
The <span title="Call for vendor responses to your requirements"><i>RFP</i></span> is sent out to the market with a tight, 5 day, response time. Four responses are received.
10 days have passed.
Let's take a look at the products and vendors in consideration
<hr>
[[ Look at the product information from the vendors|info Marketing presentations from vendors]]
<<set $time -= 10>><h3>Marketing presentations</h3>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Vendor</th>
<th>Details</th>
<th>Info Link</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">KimPortfolio is a SAAS (Software As A Service) product that can be integrated with the LMS but doesn’t have to be. Website has an amazing sales pitch which promises the world. Lots of prestigious clients listed</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">[[Brief|https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio]]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Perestroika</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Cheap functional Russian product with an amazing look mobile app.</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">[[Brief|https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika]]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Cobbr</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Open Source Australian one (Cobbr) that doesn’t quite have all the functionality needed but developer will build extra functions to order and the developer is a <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> alumni.</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">[[Brief|https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr]]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Erasmus</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">Polished looking European product that ticks most boxes</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top">[[Brief|https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus]]</td>
</tr>
</table>
The next step in the process is to:
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[[Evaluate learning & teaching benefits of each tool|C) Evaluate learning & teaching benefits]]
Choosing not to integrate the ePortfolio with <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> IT systems saves the <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span></i> IT team a lot of time and drama in terms of evaluating the technology. <span title="Project Manager"><i>Chris</i></span> comes back to you after 2 days with their report.
The IT team ranks the products as follows:
1 <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/cobbr" target="_blank"><i>Cobbr</i></a></a> was developed by a <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> graduate while they were studying IT at the university and working part time for <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT. It perfectly matches <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT requirements.
2 <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/erasmus" target="_blank"><i>Erasmus</i></a></a> is the next best technical option and it will work just fine right out of the box. It presents only a nominal, acceptable risk. (5% risk)
3 <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/kimportfolio" target="_blank"><i>KimPortfolio</i></a></a> is also acceptable but some default settings will need to be changed which will take additional time (1 day) It also does not work well with all browsers. (5% risk)
4 <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> – Access to the tool wasn’t provided for testing purposes but vendor made assurances that it follows all necessary standards. Further investigation by the IT team found that the <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a> website is riddled with <i>malware</i>, which raised serious concerns. <i><span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT</i> strongly advise against using <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/untitled-ed-tech-game/vendors/perestroika" target="_blank"><i>Perestroika</i></a></a>, doing so will add 60% risk to the project.
Based on this information and your own understanding of the products, it's time for you to rank the products based on their technological qualities.
<hr>
[[Rank the products based on Technology|13a informed ranking by tech]]
<<set $time -= 2>>
You are heavily invested now in making sure this project is a success. You don't want to leave anything to chance and you figure that the people that make the product will be the best people to provide support. This costs $10,000 and reduces the risk of the project by 10%.
You don't have time to learn the ins and outs of this product, you just need to know enough to be able to teach with it.
<span title="Manager Education Resources, IT"><i>Merin</i></span> invites you to a meeting about how the ePortfolio should be configured.
<hr>
[[Go and talk about ePortfolio settings|K) Settings and permissions - what functions are available?]]
<<set $budget -= 10000, $LearnTeach += 1, $risk -= 10>>You've come this far and invested a lot of time and energy to get $vendor up and running. Your Summer Semester students are a little more self-motivated and open to embracing your new ideas.
You scale back some of the activities you had planned involving the ePortfolio but student engagement with the tool is encouraging. You definitely learn a few things that you can incorporate into the course plan for the Semester 1 unit to make better use of this.
<hr>
[[Info - How does the pilot go?]] This screen provides a brief paragraph story about what happens to you, the students, your faculty and the university. (Based on your scores and your other choices)
''Money''
Your project left the university with $<<= $budget>>, from an initial budget of $100,000.
<<if $budget lte 0>>
You went over budget as <span title="Director, School of Research Economics"><i>Cassandra Friedman</i></span> predicted. Bloody economists. You give up your office with the large windows overlooking the garden and move into a smaller office next to the toilets. Part of your research funding is reallocated to the School of Economics, who buy a bar fridge and table-tennis table for the staff lounge.
<<else>>
Well done, you stayed in budget. Not that this was ever about the money for you anyway. You're happy to know that your office and research budget are secure.
<</if>>
''Time''
You have <<= $time>> days left from the planned 60 days.
<<if $time lte 0>>
You didn't quite achieve your deadline but, with a lot of help for your colleagues at <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span>, you were still able to make the project work, for the most part. The fact that it was rushed at the end probably didn't help your stress levels or student engagement with the tool. You will certainly allow more time on your next project, if you get one.
<<else>>
You were able to get the <<= $vendor>> ePortfolio up and running in time for Summer Semester. This meant that you were able to learn valuable lessons from this smaller, more motivated cohort of students that you could then apply in your larger Semester 1 class. You have no doubt that this played a significant role in the success of this project.
<</if>>
''Learning & Teaching''
Before you started this project, your student evaluation score for this unit was 5 out of 10. It is now <<= $LearnTeach>> out of 10
<<if $LearnTeach lte 5 and $LearnTeach gte 2>>
Trying new approaches to teaching or new tools can be a leap of faith. In this instance, the choices you made were seen by your students as harming their learning experience. Research shows however that student evaluation scores often drop the first few times an innovation is tried. Your Associate Dean Education, <span title="Associate Dean of Education"><i>Akira</i></span> certainly knows this and encourages you to apply what you have learned to your next attempt.
<<elseif $LearnTeach lte 2>>
While this was a good idea, your students had a bad experience and rated you poorly. The decisions you made in this project negatively impacted their learning and your course is being reviewed
<<elseif $LearnTeach gte 5 and $LearnTeach lte 8>>
Research shows however that student evaluation scores often drop the first few times an innovation is tried. This didn't happen so clearly something has gone right. You start thinking about how you will develop your use of this tool
<<else>>
You absolutely smashed this project. Your students are happy and student enquiries about this unit have risen dramatically. Your colleagues want to know more about what you did and your Dean is nominating you for a University Learning and Teaching award. <<set $reputation += 2>>
<</if>>
''Risk''
Your decisions on this project brought a <<= $risk>>% risk of something serious impacting the university.
<<if $risk gte 30>>
When the General Manager of the University heard about the risks you took with this project, they nearly fainted. You now have to get approval from three layers of management whenever you want to buy anything more expensive than a paperclip.
<</if>>
''Reputation''
Your reputation is sitting at <<= $reputation>> out of 10 (<<= $whatrep[$reputation]>> status)
<<if $reputation gte 5>>
Your work on this project, alongside your colleagues in the education technology and <span title="Generic National University"><i>GNU</i></span> IT teams (among others), has put a new shine on you in the Faculty. People actually listen now when you say something in meetings.
<<else>>
You made some choices that have affected your colleagues in the faculty negatively. Even if the rest of the project was a success, you have a bit of work to do in mending those fences.
<</if>>
<hr>
[[Would you like to play again?|Start - We want an ePortfolio]] __Progress__<br>
Time remaining <<print $time>> days<br> <progress @value="$time" max="60"></progress><br>
Budget: $<<print $budget>> left<br><progress @value="$budget" max="100000"></progress><br>
Student Evaluation <<print $LearnTeach>>/10<br><progress @value="$LearnTeach" max="10"></progress><br>
Project Risk is <<print $risk>>%<br><progress @value="$risk" max="100"></progress>
/*Set the reputation variables into the array*/
<<set $whatrep to ["Pariah", "Problematic", "Damaged", "Openly mocked", "Not well liked", "Neutral", "Well liked", "Openly praised", "Taken seriously", "Sought after", "Hero"]>> Your reputation is <<= $whatrep[$reputation]>><progress @value="$reputation" max="10"></progress><<set $time to 60, $budget to 100000, $risk to 10, $LearnTeach to 5>>
<<set $reputation to 5, $vendor to "Nobody">>
<<set $score to $reputation>>Yeah, nah, it wasn't good.
[[Would you like to play again?|Start - We want an ePortfolio]]