1. A Model for Successful Open Source Development in Higher Education Copyright Carl Jacobson, 2003. Written permission from the author is required to disseminate or otherwise republish. Reproduced with permission of the author.

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

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

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

6. 38 CHANNEL SINGLE SIGNON TAB DISPARATE RESOURCES PERSONALIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CHANNEL BEHAVIOR CHANNEL RENDERING PORTAL TERMINOLOGY

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

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

10.  Segregation  Integration  Diversity  Revolution

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

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23. 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

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

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

29. 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 www.ja-sig.org

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

32. 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

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

34. 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

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

36. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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