| Slide 1 |
| What Sakai is not: |
| Sakai: a brief history |
| Roots in OKI (from MIT) | ||
| Seed funded by Mellon | ||
| Goal to have core schools running by Ô06 | ||
| Four ÔcoreÕ schools & SEPP | ||
| NowÉ Sakai Foundation | ||
| Sakai Today |
| Being used at: UM, IU, Foothill-De Anza | ||
| Pilots at: 30+ schools (including CU) | ||
| Releases: | ||
| 1.0 (10/04), 2.0 (6/05), 2.1 (12/05), 3.0 (6/06) | ||
| Each release adds new/better tools | ||
| Future tools in new releases: discussion board, wiki, VITAL, etc. |
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| More than just software | ||
| A Community Source Project: An Ecology |
| Common Goals of the community: |
| Educational Culture & Values | |
| Similar challenges (in higher ed) | |
| Transparency | |
| The players - Sakai foundation, Sakai board, other CU groups |
| ÒCÓ is forÉ? |
| ÔCourseÕ or ÔContentÕ Management System (CMS) | |
| A Collection of tools | |
| Collaboration | |
| Communication | |
| asd |
| Essence of the engagement? |
| Tools can be ÒinterpretedÓ |
| Looks same, functionally different: | ||
| vs. | ||
| e.g. Test vs. Survey | ||
| a.k.a. eight different ways to use the same tool | ||
| Looks different, functionally equivalent: | ||
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vs. |
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| e.g. Assignments section vs. syllabus (to deliver assignments) | ||
| a.k.a eight ways to do the same thing | ||
| Purposeful Choices: |
| The tool and rules affect how the tool will be used in class | ||
| Autonomy Ç group work | ||
| Self-guided Ç directed | ||
| Demo: |
| CW and Sakai sites side-by-side |
| Where is this going? |
| Constantly growing, improving | |
| Broad community of adopters | |
| Interesting new tools, tons of potential | |
| CW aging (true? Stay tunedÉ) | |
| Discovery, pilot, testing, adoption? | |
| WeÕre here to help |
| Slide 13 |
| Slide 14 |
| ÒWeb servicesÓ = a ton of jargon |
| web serávis [web Ôservis] - noun:
open-standard-based Web applications that exchange and process data. The results can be formatted for user-friendly presentation in different modes. |
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| NYT ¨ XML/RSS ¨ HTML/JS | |
| HUH?? |
| RSS Revealed |
| ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a history |
| ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a history |
| ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a future |
| ÒWeb ServicesÓ: some variations |
| RSS (syndication, subscription) | ||
| Tagging | ||
| Photo sharing | ||
| Social bookmarking | ||
| By whom, for whom, and why (folksonomies - describing something in my own terms) |
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| The whole is suddenly more than the sum of parts | ||
| Where does my course site fit in? |
| hot rod n. Slang. An automobile that has been rebuilt or modified to increase its speed and acceleration. |
| RSS Revealed |
| Demo |
| Balance |
| "Striking the balance between push and pullÓ | |
| Choice: How do students want to get info? How do you want to deliver it? |
| Classroom Dynamics |
| how will students engage with information and each other? | |
| how structured will participation be? |
| Purposeful Choices: |
| we haven't fully considered the range of uses... you'll help us do that with your needs. |
| Slide 27 |