Sakai Update Suzanne Thorin Dean of University Libraries, Indiana University James L. Hilton Associate Provost, University of Michigan

Around the middle of 2003…  Indiana, Stanford, MIT and U Michigan had all developed learning management systems, which were approaching EOL, and were talking internally about NG systems  The Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) at MIT was developing APIs for learning management systems - involving many universities (UMichigan, IndianaU, Stanford, and MIT were all strong participants)  Java Community Process (JCP) produced JSR The “unified” portal standard API  Oasis developed the Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) standard  The open-source uPortal portal project had quietly moved into the #1 open source portal (#4 including commercial vendors) position

Why we went down the Sakai path  Legacy system with no positive trajectory forward  Saw market consolidation in CMS  Saw the potential of tapping core competence and starting a virtuous cycle of development/teaching/research  Strategic desire to blur the distinction between the laboratory/classroom between knowledge creation/digestion  NRC report and the need for collaboration  A moment in time opportunity (Mellon and synchronization)  Leverage links between open source, open access and culture of the academy/wider world

The Sakai Project The University of Michigan, MIT, Stanford, Indiana University, and now over 45 other universities have joined in an international effort to develop the next generation of software infrastructure and tools to support research and teaching.  Complete Course Management System  Research Support Collaboration System,  Enterprise Services-based Portal,

What is SAKAI?  Sakai ≠ Course Management System  Sakai = Collaboration & Learning Environment Use for teaching/learning/research and many other online group activities. Portal Staff 1Student Discussion Forum Middle East News Feed Discussion Forum Resource Management Collaborative Project Portlet ASUC Middle East Discussion Portlet Staff 2Staff 3Student

Supporting the Class

Supporting the Lab

Bringing the lab to the classroom Bringing the lab to the classroom

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, $300K Hewlett Additional investment through partners

Sakai Project Timeline Michigan CHEF Framework CourseTools WorkTools Indiana Navigo Assessment Eden Workflow OneStart Oncourse MIT Stellar Stanford CourseWork Assessment OKI OSIDs uPortal Sakai 2.0 Release TPP Framework Services-based Portal Sakai Tools Complete CMS Assessment Workflow Research Tools Authoring Tools Primary Sakai Activity Refining Sakai Framework, Tuning and conforming additional tools Intensive community building/training Activity: Ongoing implementation work at local institution… Jan 04 July 04May 05Dec 05 Activity: Maintenance & Transition from a project to a community Sakai 1.0 Release Tool Portability Profile Framework Services-based Portal Refined OSIDs & implementations Sakai Tools Complete CMS Assessment Primary Sakai Activity Architecting for JSR-168 Portlets and Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) standard Re-factoring “best of” features for tools Conforming tools to Technology Portability Profile 170 attend Partner’s Conf

Sakai Project Deliverables Working Code – CMS/CLE- Collaboration and Learning Environment – Sakai 1.0 Course management system – core tools plus Quizzing and assessment tools, [ePortfolio from OSPI], etc Research collaboration system Portal (uPortal 2.3, 3.x) Modular tools - also pre-integrated to work out of the box Tool 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

In production use With >22,000 users at U Michigan Limited Pilot at IU now…Full Pilot in January

Integration of Content and Services: Still More than One Click Away Suzanne E. Thorin University Dean of Libraries and Associate Vice President for Digital Library Development Indiana University December 7, 2004

2003 Campus Computing Project  94% of colleges and universities were using one or more commercial courseware systems  40% of the courses being taught were using courseware tools  Current developments: Open access online learning environment E-portfolios Portals Content management systems Student information systems

Academic Technology Environment  “Why IT Has Not Paid Off As We Had Hoped (Yet)” Authors: Edward L. Ayers Charles M. Grisham pring04/hope.htm

Academic Technology Environment  “American higher education has created a doughnut IT infrastructure: all periphery and no center.” (Ayers/Grisham)

Sakai Partners and SEPP Members  Sakai Project Founders Indiana University JA-SIG MIT OKI Stanford University University of Michigan  ARL SEPP Members: Arizona State University Brown University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth Georgetown University Harvard University Johns Hopkins University New York University Northwestern University Ohio State University Princeton University State University of New York University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara University of Colorado at Boulder University of Delaware University of Hawaii University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign University of Oklahoma University of Texas, Austin University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Yale University

Partners and Cultures  Why should we do this and why do it together?

Digital Journals and Books University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative

Digital Text University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive University of Iowa and University of Nebraska Walt Whitman Archive

Digital Images Duke University Papyrus Archive Indiana University Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection

Sheet Music Indiana University Sheet Music Collection

Music Scores Indiana University Cook Music Library

Geographical & Numerical Data Modified crime index (crime index and arson) Absolute number Areaname Alameda, CA96,108108,283109,500109,680105,00562,487 Alpine, CA Amador, CA Butte, CA8,8529,15010,1849,61810,5229,974 Calaveras, CA1,0921,0891,2381,1531,2101,663 Colusa, CA Contra Costa, CA48,61451,77250,93250,57550,53546,549 Del Norte, CA1, ,0901,2671,521 El Dorado, CA4,9455,1805,2055,2225,4815,256 Fresno, CA55,40962,59264,22061,28666,45766,671 Glenn, CA ,0791,2311,272 Humboldt, CA5,9585,8006,5147,8149,2909,253 Imperial, CA8,3748,1608,8778,6818,4458,167 Inyo, CA Kern, CA35,73637,23538,12439,62239,61635,964

Environment Complexities  “Digital Library Content and Course Management Systems: Issues of Interoperation,” Report of a study group Co-Chairs: Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning & Systems, Harvard University Library Neil McLean, Director, IMS Australia

Current Efforts  IMS Learning Global Consortium

Creating Content  “At various points, they write, leading professional, corporate, and philanthropic organizations have stepped up to the partner with teachers and students... But there is still a disappointing lack of support for digital materials for teaching and scholarship. In general, reference materials, textbook ancillary... Teaching modules are being produced in a sort of desktop-publishing model... Individual faculty, but no group is working with faculty and academic leaders to create content that faculty will respect as real aids in teaching and scholarship... The massive investment in networks and computers will not pay off until we fill in the hole, until we work together to create content.” (Ayers/Grisham)

--Dale Flecker and Neil McLean, “Digital Library Content and Course Management Systems: Issues of Interoperation”

Bibliography  Ayers, Edward L. and Charles M. Grisham. “Why IT Has Not Paid Off As We Had Hoped (Yet),” virginia.edu, (Spring 2004),  Bell, Stephen J. and John D. Shank. “Linking the Library to Courseware: A Strategic Alliance to Improve Learning Outcomes,” Library Issues, 25:2 (November 2004): 1-4.  Duncan, Jim. “Convergence of Libraries, Digital Repositories, and Web Content Management,” Educause Review, 39:6 (November/December 2004),  Flecker, Dale and Neil McLean. “Digital Library Content and Course Management Systems: Issues of Interoperation” Report of a Study Group. Digital Library Federation (July 2004),  McLean, Neil and Clifford Lynch. “Interoperability between Information and Learning Environments—Bridging the Gaps.” A Joint White Paper on behalf of the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information, (June 2003), pdf. pdf  Persons, Jerry C. Unpublished Digital Library Federation Aquifer report.

Demo Sites  Sakai - Collab.sakaiproject.org – running Sakai 1.0 system; open  Sakaiproject.org – open info site; gateway to DGs and public forums  Ctools – can get login if you want to evaluate and see production system; very similar to collab.sakaiproject.org