Using Sakai in Research at Rutgers University Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D. Associate Director for Instructional Technology Tom Grzelak Associate Director for Research Technology Office of Instructional and Research Technology (OIRT)

What is Sakai? A community and foundation—a group of people and resources supporting the code and each other, realizing large scale Open Source efficiencies A community and foundation—a group of people and resources supporting the code and each other, realizing large scale Open Source efficiencies A collaboration and learning product with: A collaboration and learning product with: A set of tools which have been tested and released as a unit A set of tools which have been tested and released as a unit An extensible framework for building collaboration to support a wide range of teaching and research An extensible framework for building collaboration to support a wide range of teaching and research

Sakai Tools Message of the Day News/RSS Roster integration Resources Samigo - QTI Assessment Schedule Section Management Syllabus Web Content Wiki Announcements Assignments Chat Room Threaded Discussion Drop Box Archive Gradebook Melete - Content Editor

History The University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford, the uPortal Consortium, and the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) have joined forces to integrate and synchronize their considerable educational software into a pre- integrated collection of open source tools. To begin, the Sakai Project received a $2.4 million grant from the Mellon Foundation

More Sakai project history Each of the 4 core universities committed Each of the 4 core universities committed 5+ developers/architects under Sakai Board project direction for 2 years 5+ developers/architects under Sakai Board project direction for 2 years Public commitment to implement Sakai Public commitment to implement Sakai Open/Open licensing—“Community Source” Open/Open licensing—“Community Source” Overall project levels Overall project levels $4.4M in institutional staff (27 FTE) $4.4M in institutional staff (27 FTE) $2.4M Mellon, $300K Hewlett $2.4M Mellon, $300K Hewlett Additional investment through partners Additional investment through partners The “Sakai Project” became the Sakai Foundation in January, 2006 The “Sakai Project” became the Sakai Foundation in January, 2006

The Sakai Foundation The Foundation manages a small staff to: - coordinate evolution of the Sakai software - provide advanced developer support for members - conduct quality assurance work on Sakai releases - track contributor agreements and manage the Sakai IP - manage conferences and meetings for the Sakai Community

Sakai Foundation members Albany Medical College Monash University University of California, Los Angeles Arizona State University Nagoya University University of California, Merced Australian National University New York University University of California, Santa Barbara Boston University School of Management Northeastern University University of Cambridge, CARET Brown University North-West University (SA) University of Cape Town, SA Carleton College Northwestern University University of Colorado at Boulder Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching Ohio State University University of Delaware Carnegie Mellon University Portland State University University of Hawaii Ceritos Community College Princeton University University of Hull Coast Community College District Rice University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Columbia University Ringling School of Art and Design University of Melbourne Cornell University Roskilde University (Denmark) University of Michigan Dartmouth College Rutgers University University of Minnesota Florida Community College at Jacksonville Simon Fraser University University of Missouri Foothill-De Anza Community College Stanford University University of Nebraska Franklin University State University of New York University of North Texas Georgetown University Stockholm University University of Oklahoma Harvard University SURF/University of Amsterdam University of South Africa (UNISA) Hosei University IT Research Center Syracuse University University of Texas at Austin Indiana University Texas State University - San Marcos University of Toronto, Knowledge Media Design Institute Johns Hopkins University Tufts University University of Virginia Lancaster University Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) University of Washington Loyola University, Chicago Universitat de Lleida (Spain) University of Wisconsin, Madison Lubeck University of Applied Sciences University College Dublin Virginia Polytechnic Institute/University Maricopa County Community College University of Arizona Whitman College Marist College University of California, Office of the Chancellor Yale University MIT University of California Berkeley University of California, Davis 105 and Growing

How Sakai got to Rutgers Version of WebCT used in NB/P and Camden at end of useful life Version of WebCT used in NB/P and Camden at end of useful life Wanted to see what other options were Wanted to see what other options were Learned about Sakai in Campus Technology magazine – January, 2004 Learned about Sakai in Campus Technology magazine – January, 2004 Liked community source concept Liked community source concept Shortly after it was made publicly available in July, 2004, our CTO began to test it Shortly after it was made publicly available in July, 2004, our CTO began to test it We hired staff in December, 2004 We hired staff in December, 2004 Put up demo copy of 1.0 during the summer Put up demo copy of 1.0 during the summer Launched Pilot with 2.0 in Fall, 2005 Launched Pilot with 2.0 in Fall, 2005

The Pilot – Fall faculty members 50 faculty members 5,000 students, in classes ranging from 15 students to 1,200 students and across all disciplines 5,000 students, in classes ranging from 15 students to 1,200 students and across all disciplines Results: Results: Easy to use Easy to use Still young but promising Still young but promising Anyone affiliated with Rutgers can set up site Anyone affiliated with Rutgers can set up site

The Pilot Pilot begins Pilot ends Spring semester begins

Fall 2006 Architecture

Sakai at Rutgers Staff Staff Applications Developer Applications Developer Systems Programmer/Administrator (1.25) Systems Programmer/Administrator (1.25) Instructional Designer Instructional Designer Other staff who are working with us Other staff who are working with us Campus-based instructional designer (2) Campus-based instructional designer (2) Web developer/campus-based instructional designer (0.25) Web developer/campus-based instructional designer (0.25)

Sakai in Research Motivation Motivation Open source, open license Open source, open license Intuitive, easy to use Intuitive, easy to use Cyberinfrastructure Cyberinfrastructure - Collaborative environment for internal/external - Front-end for tools/applications - Same environment as courses

Research Demo Site Created site to demonstrate tools Created site to demonstrate tools Joinable Joinable

Additional general collaboration tools under development  Blog  Shared Display  Shared Whiteboard  Multipoint Audio  Multipoint Video  Open Source Portfolio  SakaiBrary (TwinPeaks) These are works-in-progress by members of the Sakai eResearch community. There are no dates for release.

Web Services Standard web technology that can facilitate communication of data into and out of Sakai Standard web technology that can facilitate communication of data into and out of Sakai OIRT exploring to create “bridge” between existing tools and Sakai using web services OIRT exploring to create “bridge” between existing tools and Sakai using web services We are currently collecting information about tools that faculty have developed in their labs that they might want to integrate with Sakai using web services We are currently collecting information about tools that faculty have developed in their labs that they might want to integrate with Sakai using web services

For more information sakai.rutgers.edu sakai.rutgers.edu sakaiproject.org sakaiproject.org Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D. Gayle K. Stein, Ph.D. Tom Grzelak Tom Grzelak oirt.rutgers.edu oirt.rutgers.edu