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Sakai Community Update

Dr. Chuck Severance - Chief Sakai Strategist, Blackboard, University of Michigan

Neal Caidin – Sakai CLE Community Coordinator (CLECC)

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Sakai Project Origins 2003-5

MIT, Michigan, Indiana, Berkeley, Foothill CC, Stanford

Replace home grown LMS - sustainability

More than an LMS - research collaboration

Technical and social support for innovation

Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment

Runs at scale, many contributed tools

Research collaboration uses - UK, US, Australia, Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Project

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Sakai Foundation - 2005 >

Collegiate structure - elected Board, etc

Not a software house - coordination, facilitation

Infrastructure, licensing, legal, conferences

80 Members (cf 340+ adoptions)

A community - a place to find collaborators

Executive Director : Ian Dolphin

Ian Dolphin <iandolphin@sakaifoundation.org>

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Sakai Conference Attendance

Worldwide - 400

Europe - 130

Japan - 60

Dubai – 50

South Africa - 60

Mexico - 40

Australia – 50

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Sakai CLE - Overview

Collaborative Learning Environment which includes LMS functionality and research and project collaboration

Educational Community License (ECL) Version 2 – Apache-like

Volunteer-led open source – leadership of the Sakai TCC (Technical Coordination Committee) rotates every six months

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/07/tech-officials-weigh-big-data-moocs-and-open-source

Worldwide Market Penetration

Worldwide Market Penetration

One reported install: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Ireland, Iran, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore

One reported install: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Ireland, Iran, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore

225 reported schools worldwide.

Missing some commercial partner customers and other unreported installs. About 300-350 worldwide enterprise installs is a good estimate.Sakai has nearly complete support for 22 languages including Asian languages and right-to-left languages.

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/PROD

Top-25 Schools (June 2012)S Cambridge* Harvard* MITS YaleS OxfordW Imperial College LondonW-M University College LondonL University of ChicagoL University of PennsylvaniaS Columbia UniversityS Stanford UniversityM Caltech L Princeton

S MichiganL CornellS-L Johns HopkinsW McGillM+* ETHBS DukeW-L EdinburghS BerkeleyWS Hong Kong UniversityL TorontoL NorthwesternL-S University of TokyoS ANU

Sakai 11Learn 8WebCt 2Moodle 2.5Canvas 0

http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/top-400-universities-in-the-world

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https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/TCC+Members

Rutgers University and Stanford University do not have TCC representatives but have made major contributions to Sakai CLE over the years.

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Sakai 2.9 Major UI Improvements

New Portal Navigation including Facebook-like Chat

Lessons Structured Content

IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 Import

Significantly New Profile / Social Components

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Sakai CLE 2.9 – Even More Significant performance improvements

Hundreds of bug fixes since to CLE 2.8

Significant updates to existing tools including, but not limited to, Resources, Gradebook, Lessons, Samigo Test & Quizzes, Profile, Forums and Messages

Accessibility improvements - 21 tools evaluated for accessibility, Over 4 dozen accessibility improvements, including CK Editor

i18n enhancements (more complete translations, numbers, dates)

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Sakai 2.10 – Potential Road Map

Targeted within-tool UI Issues – user led

Improve scalability and ease of installation

Continued upgrade of Technical Infrastructure – ease of maintenance

Improved Searching capabilities – Elastic Search

Continued improvements for i8n and Accessibility

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A Changing Community Structure

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A New Foundation: Apereo

Jasig and Sakai joining forces Not merging projects - providing a better

umbrella foundation

Not changing project governance

Close working relationship with ESUP consortium (France)

Membership(s) voted November 2, 2012 – Overwhelming approval

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www.apereo.org - A Larger Tent

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Apereo: Benefits

• Experience, mentoring; structured programme of incubation

• Individual projects can fund-raise

• Coordinated conferences – cross-pollination

• Sustainability

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Apereo Expansion?

Apereo is naturally broader in scope than Sakai or Jasig

OpenCast – Open Source Video System ?

Stanford’s Class2Go – Open Source MOOC ?

ELMS – Drupal-bases LMS Penn State) ?

Readium – Open Source EPUB3 Reader ?

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**** These projects are hypothetical ****

**** These projects are hypothetical ****

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Summary – www.sakaiproject.org

Sakai 2.9 is a mature open source enterprise learning management system

Sakai 2.9 is strong alongside Moodle, Learn, Desire2Learn, and Canvas

Sakai 2.9 is open source and open community

Increasing adoption – particularly internationally

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Open and Community Source Reception

at Educause

Sponsored by Jasig and the Sakai Foundation

Thursday November 8, 20126:30-7:30 PM

Mineral Hall A, Level 3Denver Hyatt Convention Center

Open and Community Source Reception

at Educause

Sponsored by Jasig and the Sakai Foundation

Thursday November 8, 20126:30-7:30 PM

Mineral Hall A, Level 3Denver Hyatt Convention Center

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Sakai CLE - Getting Involved

Home: https://www.sakaiproject.org/

Wiki: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/

Issue tracker: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK

Mailing lists: http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo