1 The Sakai Project University of Michigan Indiana University MIT Stanford University JA-SIG (uPortal Consortium) Open Knowledge Initiative The Sakai Educational Partners

2 The Sakai Project “The University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford, the uPortal Consortium, and the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) are joining forces to integrate and synchronize their considerable educational software into a pre-integrated collection of open source tools.” “Sakai Project Receives US$2.4 Million Grant” – December 2003

3 Sakai Project Core Universities Each of the 4 Core Universities Commits –5+ developers/architects, etc. under Sakai Board project direction for 2 years –Public commitment to implement Sakai –Open/Open licensing – “Community Source” So, overall project levels –$4.4M in institutional staff (27 FTE) –$2.4M Mellon Foundation –Additional investment through partners

4 Sakai Project Deliverables  Working Code – CMS/CLE- Collaboration and Learning Environment – Sakai July 15, 2004  JSR-168 portal (uPortal 2.3, 3.x)  Course management system – core tools plus  Quizzing and assessment tools, [ePortfolio from OSPI], etc  Research collaboration system  Modular tools - also pre-integrated to work out of the box  Technology Portability Profile  Specifications for writing portable software to achieve application ‘code mobility’ among institutions – modular tools and services  Synchronized development, adoptions at Michigan, Indiana, MIT, Stanford – Sakai 1.0 is the next generation for CourseWork, CHEF, Oncourse, Stellar

5 Michigan CHEF Framework CourseTools WorkTools Indiana Navigo Assessment Eden Workflow OneStart Oncourse MIT Stellar Stanford CourseWork Assessment OKI OSIDs uPortal SAKAI 2.0 Release Tech Portability Profile Framework Services-based Portal SAKAI Tools Complete CMS Assessment Workflow Research Tools Authoring Tools Partner Tools… Primary SAKAI Activity Refining SAKAI Framework, Tool development to TPP. Intensive community building/training Jan 04 July 04May 05Dec 05 Activity: Maintenance & Transition from a project to a community SAKAI 1.0 Release Tech Portability Profile Framework Services-based Portal Refined OSIDs & implementations SAKAI Tools Complete CMS/CLE Assessment Primary SAKAI Activity Architecting for JSR-168 Portlets, OKI services JSFaces, etc. Developing Sakai 1.0 design, Tech Portability Profile. Sakai Project Timeline

6 Sakai Community Support Developer and Adopter Support –Sakai Educational Partner’s Program (SEPP) Commercial Support – for and by vendors For - Open-open licensing – open source, open for commercialization By – Fee-based services from vendors include… Installation/integration, on-going support, training

7 Sakai Educational Partner’s Program The Community directing the Source. Membership Fee: US$10K per year, 3 years Access to SEPP staff –Community development liaison –SEPP developers, documentation writers Invitation to June ’04 Sakai Partners Conference (Denver) –Developer training for the TPP, tool development –Strategy and implementation workshops –Software exchange for partner-developed tools

8 SEPP Members Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Foothill-De Anza Community College Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Northwestern University Princeton University Simon Fraser University Tufts University UCal, Berkeley UCal, Davis UCal, Los Angeles UCal, Merced University of Oklahoma University of Virginia Yale University In process Boston University, School of Management Cambridge University University of Delaware University of Colorado University of Hawaii University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Western Cape, SA University of Melbourne, Australia Community College of Southern Nevada

9 SEPP – Future of Sakai Sakai Project Board morphs into SEPP Board over next 18 months SEPP Higher Education Community members determine directions, tools, strategies SEPP directs resources contributed by Partners, coordinates independent development Realize rapid innovation built on solid code, standards, open source foundations Join and help us make the future SEPP -the Community directing the Source.

10 Sakai Contacts Joseph Hardin –University of Michigan, Brad Wheeler –Indiana University, Amitava ‘Babi’ Mitra –MIT, Lois Brooks –Stanford University, Carl Jacobson –uPortal/JA-SIG/U. of Delaware, Jeff Merriman –O.K.I.,

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