1. 2005 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference SAKAI: Exploration of an Open Source Course Management System Steve Breiner (Appalachian State University) Sharon Pitt (North Carolina State University) Bill Randall (NC Community College System)

2. 2005 UNC TLT Conference This session’s activities…  A brief overview of Sakai (project and software)  Why some of us are interested in Sakai  What can Sakai can do for us (and you)?  A UNC/NCCC Sakai partnership?  Our ideas  Your ideas  Q & A about Sakai (featuring Jim Farmer, Sakai Community Liaison)

3. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Origins of SAKAI The Sakai Project, a landmark venture to create open- source course management tools and related software for the higher education community, is being launched with a $2.4 million grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, it was announced today. University of Michigan News Service (Jan. 22, 2004) Sakai software was developed as a $6.8 million synchronized project of the University of Michigan, Indiana University, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press release from MIT (Jan 23, 2004)

4. 2005 UNC TLT Conference SAKAI is… a project to develop a “Community Source” learning management system and framework an extensible framework to provide support for a range of educational tools and services a set of tools - written and supported by various groups a product - a bundle of framework and tools, tested and released as a unit freely available to interested institutions

5. 2005 UNC TLT Conference SAKAI is not… complete, it’s an ongoing development, currently at release 1.5 cost free; significant investments (partnership, training, hardware, programming, management) required for development and implementation closed; source code, planning, roadmaps available to participants

6. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Evolution of SAKAI – the SEPP 65 members have joined the Sakai Educational Partners Program (SEPP) Promoted as a sustainable, fee-based ($5K or 10K$/year) partnership that provides:  implementation consulting  conference access  early access to documents  access to technical staff  tools exchange  developer training

7. 2005 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference Some Sakai Tools … just a few …

8. 2005 UNC TLT Conference This is the Sakai Entry Page

9. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Here the user can select to which sites s/he want access…

10. 2005 UNC TLT Conference The user’s schedule (calendar)…

11. 2005 UNC TLT Conference A WYSIWYG editor for schedule entries

12. 2005 UNC TLT Conference The Resource Manager, where files can be created, stored and accessed (here or from elswhere in Sakai)

13. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Anouncements page…

14. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Tools can be added or removed from the user’s site

15. 2005 UNC TLT Conference A variety of collaboration and communication tools are available: Chat, Email, Discussion Groups, Presentations

16. 2005 UNC TLT Conference Why we are interested in Sakai Sharon Pitt North Carolina State Bill Randall NC Community College System Steve Breiner Appalachian State

17. 2005 UNC TLT Conference A UNC/NCCCS partnership to explore Sakai… Is there interest? Why might you be interested? What would it look like? What would you expect to get? What would you expect to invest? How should we proceed? Q&A…

18. 2005 UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference Thanks for your interest and participation! Stay tuned to your e-mail…