1. Why German Universities Choose Moodle Instead of Sakai Andreas Wittke oncampus Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

2. June 2007page 2  oncampus Network  Moodle vs Sakai  The Reasons  The Decider  The Moodle Way  Conclusion Timeline

3. June 2007page 3  1999 Studies Computer Sciences at LUA  1998 - 2001 Network administrator in different companies  since 2001 working for oncampus  2001 Instructional Designer  2003 Learn Management Expert  2004 Manager System Development & Administration  2002 - 2006 Teacher for online & face2face study programs  2006 Organisation of the 1st European Sakai Day About me

4. June 2007page 4  Lübeck University of Applied Sciences (LUA) experience in technology, didactics and implementation of online distance study programmes since 1997  Flagship projects “Virtual University of Applied Sciences”, “Baltic Sea Virtual Campus” and “Portal to future” Who we are and what we do

5. June 2007page 5 We are working as an E-Learning Service Provider for 19 Universities And we are Developing Online Distance Study Programs! In ONE Sentence!

6. June 2007page 6 Baltic Sea Virtual Campus  Online Master- Programmes and Continuing Education in a Consortium of 12 Universities around the Baltic Sea  Luvit from 2003-2006  using Sakai in productive since autumn 2006

7. June 2007page 7 Virtual University of Applied Science  Online Bachelor- /Master-Programmes in a Consortium of 7 Universities of Applied Sciences from 6 German Federal States  Blackboard Academic Suite since 2001 in productive  will run Moodle this autumn

8. June 2007page 8  Sakai & Moodle Pilot in Lübeck  Moodle Pilot in Berlin  Technical Arguments from Lübeck  Acceptance & Usability from Berlin  KO Criteria was the Soap Interface After 6 month developing Moodle is running 12/06 the VFH decided for Moodle

9. June 2007page 9 Sakai vs Moodle Sakai Moodle

10. June 2007page 10 Round 1: Number of Installations Moodle: 26.905 Installations in 184 Countries Sakai: 130 Pilot and Production Systems

11. June 2007page 11 Round 2: Enterprise Installations  51 Installations with over 20.000 Users  Open University UK with 150.000 Users in different instances  Humboldt University Berlin with 40.000 users in one Installation  only 2 Enterprise Installations in the USA

12. June 2007page 12 Round 3: System  LAMP/WAMP  Monolith  SCORM  IMS  QTI  LDAP  AICC  RSS  150 Tools and Plugins

13. June 2007page 13 Round 4: Partners  over 30 Partners in 24 Countries  Sun  Stoas  Harvest Road  Google (no real Partner)  Microsoft (no real Partner)

14. June 2007page 14 Round 5: Environment  61 different language versions  37 Themes  Windows, Linux, Debian, Apple

15. June 2007page 15 Round 7: Infrastructure  Key Roles – 6 People  26 Main Developers  over 200 other Developers  Donation System  Supporting Organisations

16. June 2007page 16 Round 8: Roadmap  Gradebook  Event API  Repository API  Learning Design  SCORM 2004  nWiki  PHP 5.1  Student Information API  Portfolio

17. June 2007page 17  Administrators  Authors  Teachers  Users The Customer Who are the Deciders?

18. June 2007page 18  Emotions  Usability  Fun Acceptance What the customer wants?

19. June 2007page 19  Features  Usability  Sustainability  Performance  Flexibility  Internationalisation  Layout/Design KO Criterias Criterias

20. June 2007page 20 Technical Features IMS Scorm RSS Wikis Service Oriented Architecture News Announcements Virtual Classroom Atom Blogs Discussion Board Chat JSR-168 VoIP Rooster Shibboleth SOAP Email WSRP Repository QTI 1.1 QTI 2.0 Im-/Export Language Glossary LAMS Roles Surveys Podcast Ressources WYSIWYG Syllabus Calendar WebDAV Gradebook Evaluation Videoconferences Whiteboard

21. June 2007page 21 Citation from Moodle vs Sakai „The Sakai Discussion Board has no Forward-Feature, the Moodle Discussion Board has one. We can‘t work with Sakai.“

22. June 2007page 22  Administrator installs Sakai  Customer is working with Sakai  Customer meets somebody using Moodle  Customer tests and likes Moodle  Customer wants Moodle because it is easier  Everybody is knowing and using Moodle Acceptance Scenario

23. June 2007page 23  Easy to install  Every teacher installs Moodle on his PC  over 700 new users every day  60.000 downloads a month  Moodle doesn‘t need a Administrator The success is winning the teachers! Moodle is everywhere

24. June 2007page 24  One Production Installation  No booth on Conferences (Online Educa, Learntec)  no presentations  no website  no German language version Promotion is the problem! Sakai in Germany

25. June 2007page 25 Sakai in Google Trends 2007

26. June 2007page 26 Sakai vs Moodle in Google Trends

27. June 2007page 27 Sakai vs Moodle vs Blackboard

28. June 2007page 28 Conclusion 1 „You have to learn from your enemy.“ Or „Always watch your competitor.“

29. June 2007page 29 Conclusion 2 „In 10 years the decision of the LMS you are using, is so important, than today the decision about the webserver you are using.“

30. June 2007page 30 Conclusion 3 „Best of Both Worlds“ The Framework and the Technology from Sakai And The Usabilty and Ergonomic from Moodle.

31. June 2007page 31 Final „I prefer Sakai, but I don‘t know why “

32. June 2007page 32 Thank you Lübeck University of Applied Sciences Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Wittke Phone: +49 (0) 451-300-5436 E-Mail: wittke@fh-luebeck.de Internet:www.oncampus.de Blog: www.onlinebynature.de