A Model for Successful Open Source Development in Higher Education Copyright Carl Jacobson, Written permission from the author is required to disseminate or otherwise republish. Reproduced with permission of the author.

 Stories  Why a Portal  What’s a Portal  uPortal  Open Source Collaboration

A Model for Successful Open Source Development in Higher Education Or My 16-year-old is coming to your institution… are you ready?

Kidz 2day  Always On  Multi-tasking  Multiple Devices  Community  Deferred Decision  Abbreviated Communications  Have it Your Way 39

38 CHANNEL SINGLE SIGNON TAB DISPARATE RESOURCES PERSONALIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CHANNEL BEHAVIOR CHANNEL RENDERING PORTAL TERMINOLOGY

Portal  Always On  Multi-tasking  Multiple Device  Community  Abbreviated  Personalized  Consolidated (Pocket Size) 37

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Web “Lens”  1- Institutional Presentation –Image, Brand, Appearance  2- Resolve Disparity –System, Hardware, Software, Era  3- Change Business Practices –Quickly, Cheaply, Creatively

 Segregation  Integration  Diversity  Revolution

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Compound “Lens”  The Institution, System Integration –UD Presentation –Resolve Disparity –Change Business Practices  The Customer, The User Experience –Personalize –Customize

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What’s In UD&me?  Not Web Site Replacement  Desktop, Bulletin Board, Dashboard  Notifications, Alerts, Status  Get-n-Go  In Context  Peep Holes, Thumbnails  Framework for Application Development 24

What’s Next For UD&me  Customization  WebCT  Books I’ve Checked Out; ExLibris  UD Instant Messenger; Buddies and Gateway  Web Mail  Pay Parking Citations  Box-o-links, Text Reports, Applications…  Faculty Portal, Parent Proxies 23

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Why a Portal  Resolve disparity  Adopt person centric user interface  Keep pace with changing expectations  Provide framework for application development  Adopt transformation technology

IT Strategy  Buy  Build  Layer –Improve, distinguish, consolidate  Collaborate –Portal, portfolio, CMS, Fin Aid… 20

Strategy: Collaboration  Share the Effort  JA-SIG Collaborative –Conferences-Twice Annually »Canada, UK, Sweden »Training –Clearinghouse-Code Sharing »Discussion List, CVS Repository, Web site –uPortal-Collaborative Project 19

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JA-SIG Collaboration  Share –Fruits of Labor –Work Effort –Ideas and Experience  Support  Collaboration, Cooperation, Clout –Vendors, government, grant agencies 17

Strategy: Cooperation  Boston College  British Columbia  Princeton  Delaware  Florida State  Nottingham UK  Hawaii  Columbia  Cornell  Cal Poly  Rutgers  Yale  Plymouth State  Denison  Georgetown  UCSD 150 More… JA-SIG Participation 16

Strategy: Cooperation  Support –Mellon Foundation –Sun Microsystems –Interactive Business Solutions –instructional media and magic –CampusPipeline/SCT 15

Open Source “When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs.” Source: opensource.org 14

Open Source  Free?  Open?  Community Source? –Community Value –Community Behavior 13

uPortal Adopters  Columbia  Princeton  Cal State  Nottingham UK  British Columbia  Denison  UC Irvine  New Mexico  Nevada  Virginia Tech  Cornell  De Montfort UK  Roanoke College  Linkopings Universitet  Nagoya Japan  Notre Dame  NATN  NSDL  Over 60 institutions…  Hundreds of thousands… 12

Successful Commercialization  CampusPipeline/SC T  UNICON/IBS  im&m  Sigma Systems  Datatel  LAT  RSmart  iAssessment  Channels –WebCT –Blackboard 11

What’s Next For uPortal  Internationalization  Content Management System  Academic Portfolio - OSPI  Channel/Content Development  uPortal “Lite” 10

Model for Open Source  Elements for Success –Collaboration –Community –Cash –Commercial Partnership –Community Source 08

Collaboration  Share Effort  “Best Minds Work Elsewhere”  Common Denominator  Spread the Word 07

Community  For Education by Education  Contribute Effort  Provide Support  Community vs Vendor Relations  “Membership” 06

Cash (Funding)  Seed Efforts  Enable Commercial Partnership  Ensure Progress  Stamp of Approval  Self-Sustaining Plan 05

Commerical Partners  Dedicated Resources  Long-term Support  Long-term Development  Marketing 04

Community Source  Bounded  Market-Driven  Undirected  Community Behavior 03

Outcomes  Product  Buzz  Community  Clout  Standards  Spin Offs 02

Model for Open Source  Elements for Success –Collaboration –Community –Cash –Commercial Partnership –Community Source 08

More Information  JA-SIG uPortal Conference –Denver, June 8-10, 2003  JA-SIG and uPortal –  Delaware’s UD&me demo –uportal.udel.edu uportal.udel.edu  Open Source Portfolio Initiative –  01