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Internationalization & OSP
Large & International Community Late entry into Sakai, but now integral part Contributions from Developers, User Interface
Designers, HCI Researchers, and Users Enlightened Self-Interest (local/community needs) Common Project Management Needs:
• Technical Development
• Vision/Direction/Planning/Design
• Communication/Collaboration
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate…
Aviate: Technical Development Navigate: Vision/Direction/Planning/Design Communicate: Collaboration (email, wiki,
meetings, face-to-face, phone, IM, …)
Internationalization/Localization 2005 - Localize entire Sakai code base 2005 - Initial translations
• Japanese, Chinese, Korean
Highlighted problems: Difficult phrase translation, space allocation for translations, cultural dependencies
2005 - Nagoya University develops dynamic language preferences
2006 - New translations• Spanish, Catalan, French, Swedish
Internationalization/Localization 2007 - Detailed problem analysis:
• Mistakes, missed localized text• Content localization• Date/time formats• Page/tool titles• Right-to-left languages
2007 - Growing Community Visibility• Internationalization Requirement for core tools• Updated translations• New Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese translations
Internationalization/Localization 2007 - Sakai Conferences
• Internationalization presentations• Birds-of-a-Feature Collaborative Meetings
2008 - 70 bug-fixes and enhancements in Sakai 2.5 2008 - New Translations:
• Brazilian Portuguese• Russian
Continuing Contributions• Localization fix patches• Subversion commit rights for translations• QA-Japan Server
Current Translations…
• More underway:– Danish– German– Slovakian– Finnish– Vietnamese– Hebrew– Turkish– Mongolian
Open Source Portfolio & Sakai
2003 - University of Minnesota ePortfolio becomes open source, Mellon funded project
2006 - OSP added to Sakai as Provisional tool 2006-2008 - Weekly Teleconferences 2008 - OSP becomes Core Sakai tool
Open Source Portfolio & Sakai OSP Activities
• Collect - portfolio owner collects digital artifacts• Reflect - portfolio owner reflects on their work and
relationships between learning experiences• Design & Publish - design publish and share ePortfolio• Guide - provide tools to guide portfolio owner experience• Review & Evaluation - formative feedback, formative and
summative evaluations, and comments• Analyze - generate reports for analysis of portfolio data
OSP Collaborators by Institution
• rSmart• University of Michigan• Indiana University• Syracuse University• Portland State University• Marist University• Weber State University• Northeastern University
• University of Amsterdam• Portfolio4U• Serensoft• LaGuardia• University of Florida• LOI (Amsterdam)• University of Arizona• George Mason University
Representative ePortfolio Implementations
Personal Representation Resumes
Course projects
Self presentation/artistic
Teaching and Learning Connecting academic and real-world experiences
Identifying knowledge and skills in relation to competencies
Integrating learning across disciplines and time
Assessment and Accreditation Demonstrating and articulating skills and competencies
Demonstrating outcomes
Illustrating learning over time
ePortfolio K-12: Goals and AssignmentsGuide Learning and Assessment
• Students apply their understanding of standards to the learning process
• Teachers rate student performance in relation to standards
• Schools gauge success according to student evidence of learning in relation to standards
ePortfolio Reports Gather Evidence of Learning
• Students assess quality and completeness of their evidence
• Students use assessment to populate Graduation Portfolio
• Teachers assess student learning and effectiveness of portfolio assignments
• Schools assess student learning and teacher performance
• RIDE assesses school and district performance
RIEPS Graduation Portfolios Demonstrate Learning
• Students assemble, display, and share evidence of learning for graduation
• Schools and districts evaluate student learning as a prerequisite for graduation
• RIDE collects evidence of the complete student learning experience