1. SAKAI Project (Synchronized Architecting of Knowledge Acquisition Infrastructure) Sakai is intended to deliver open source CMS and research collaboration modules that are completely portable and interchangeable in web and non-web Java environments Deliverables: –Enterprise Services-based Portal –a complete Course Management System with assessment tools –Research Support Collaboration System –Tool Portability Profile Tool (i.e., clear standard for writing future tools that can extend this core set of educational applications) –Community (i.e., development, implementation and support) U Michigan, Indiana U, MIT, Stanford, uPortal, OKI Mellon Foundation supporting development effort Seeking funding from Hewlett Foundation for Sakai Educational Partners Program (so far, 15@10kx3years--goal 200) Goal – interchangeable tools, components built at different places all work together and implemented at different institutions

2. Jan 04 July 04May 05 Michigan CHEF Framework CourseTools WorkTools Indiana Navigo Assessment Eden Workflow Oncourse MIT Stellar Stanford CourseWork Assessment OKI OSIDs uPortal SAKAI 1.0 Release Tool Portability Profile Framework Services-based Portal Refined OSIDs & implementations SAKAI Tools Complete CMS Assessment SAKAI 2.0 Release Tool Portability Profile Framework Services-based Portal SAKAI Tools Complete CMS Assessment Workflow Research Tools Authoring Tools Dec 05 Activity: Maintenance & Transition from a project to a community SAKAI Overview

3. Sakai Project Core Universities Commitments –5+ developers/architects, etc. under project leadership – no local responsibility for 2 years –Public commitment to implement Sakai –Open/Open licensing Project –$4.4M in institutional staff (27 FTE) –$2.4M Mellon Foundation –Additional investment through partners

4. Sakai Educational Partner’s Program Fee: $10k per year, 3 years Access to SEPP staff –Community development manager –SEPP developers, documentation writers Knowledgebase Developer training for the TPP Exchange for partner-developed tools Strategy and implementation workshops Early access to pre-release code

5. SEPP Objectives actively develop a large, self-sustaining community of institutions that share the Sakai Project’s open source vision carry on a discussion of strategic directions for the Sakai Project as it emerges and evolves, provide a Sakai Project roadmap describing the timing and features for Sakai software releases, provide in depth developer and adopter training, develop a leveraged support infrastructure of a common (or locally implemented) knowledgebase, and helpdesk mobilize distributed resources for development and support of Sakai tools, provide a marketplace for the sharing and exchange of Sakai-based tools/components, facilitate purposeful interaction with the Sakai Core development team, coordinate activities with other organizations, such as, IMS or country-level agencies, facilitate Sakai community sharing of best practices in development, implementation, and support.

6. Concluding thoughts In some ways, the real innovation is the organization. Development partners have agreed to abide by a central authority during development (Sakai Board) for resource allocation of internal as well as grant resources and have committed to implement pieces built on campuses other than their own. Significant effort by development partners Significant but manageable bet –Gamble on development team –Gamble on open source – is it a central component of the future? –Gamble on support structure (partners program) –Gamble on the Academy – the “business plan” is to share development costs and shift investment from licensing to development/support