1. Sakai and the E-Learning Landscape Office of the Vice-Provost (IT) January 31, 2007 http://www.vpit.ualberta.ca/elearning/sakai/

2. Today’s undergraduate student preferences regarding technology are described in an EDUCAUSE research study of 28,724 undergraduates from 49 universities and community colleges during spring 2006.

3. Increasing hardware ownership by students…

4. Student preferences regarding use of IT

5. What was the most valuable benefit of IT in your courses? Students responded that… Use of IT improves learning – 65% agree or strongly agree IT facilitates prompt feedback from instructor – 69% agree or strongly agree Helps me communicate and collaborate more effectively with other students – 55% agree or strongly agree IT increases convenience through easy access to syllabi, resources, grades, sample tests, and so forth – 57% agree or strongly agree

6. Technologies used by respondents…. PodcastSpreadsheets E-portfoliosPresentation software Instant messagingCourse Web site WebcastOnline quizzes or tests SimulationsE-mail BlogsOnline discussions Student response systemsOnline grade books Discipline-specific ITSocial networking software

7. Students report a generally positive (76%) experience of course management systems (CMS)

8. The Sakai Product… A Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) — Suitable for use in teaching and learning, research collaboration, and ad hoc group communication. Slides identified with the Sakai logo were taken from a presentation given by Anthony Whyte, Community Liaison for the Sakai Foundation, at the Atlanta Sakai Conference in December, 2006.

9. Sakai relative to other learning management systems… Collaboration (including eResearch ) Teaching and Learning

10. Overlapping requirements for teaching and research collaboration Physics Research Collaboration Nanotechnology Research Collaboration Teaching and Learning Grid Computing Visualization Data Repository Large Data Libraries Quizzes Grading Tools Syllabus SCORM Chat Discussion Resources

11. Sakai: Software for the enterprise CLE — collaboration and learning environment supporting teaching, learning, research and collaboration. SOA — an extensible, service- oriented architecture and set of tools and services designed for the enterprise. Sakai's CLE offers interoperability, reliability and scalability. Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Research & eScience Research & eScience Portfolios Project Groups Project Groups

12. Sakai: Software for the enterprise FOSS — free open-source software to acquire, use, modify and distribute; no fees or royalties. Apache-style license encourages a wide range of use including commercial applications. Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Research & eScience Research & eScience Portfolios Project Groups Project Groups

13. Sakai: Software for the enterprise COMPOSITION — academic institutions and commercial organizations working in partnership with standards bodies and other open-source initiatives. GOALS — work collaboratively to develop innovative software applications designed to enhance teaching, learning, research and collaboration within higher education. Teaching & Learning Teaching & Learning Research & eScience Research & eScience Portfolios Project Groups Project Groups

14. The Sakai Community – collaboration & innovation VALUES — knowledge sharing, information transparency, meritocracy, “do-ocracy.” IMPLEMENTATION — currently 100+ volunteers representing 30+ academic institutions and commercial organizations active in developing and testing Sakai releases. Academic Institutions Academic Institutions Commercial Enterprises Commercial Enterprises Non- profits Non- profits Standards Bodies Standards Bodies

15. Sakai: Oversight and Coordination MISSION — manage and protect IP; serve as a liability shield for the community; provide basic infrastructure and small staff; help coordinate design, development, testing and distribution of software; advocate for open source and open standards. GOVERNANCE — ten board members elected by partner reps to serve three-year terms; Executive Director manages day-to-day operations. Sakai Foundation Exec. Director Sakai Staff Board of Directors Sakai Partners A member-funded non-profit 501(c3) corporation A member-funded non-profit 501(c3) corporation

16. Sakai: Oversight and Coordination PARTNERS — member institutions and organizations contribute $10K per year ($5K for smaller institutions). Membership is optional. BUDGET — underwritten by members; annual budget of approximately $1M funds. RESOURCES – 4-6 staffers, administrative services, computing infrastructure, project oversight, conferences, Sakai Fellows and outreach activities. Sakai Foundation Exec. Director Sakai Staff Board of Directors Sakai Partners A member-funded non-profit 501(c3) corporation A member-funded non-profit 501(c3) corporation

17. Sakai commercial partners XXX Serrensoft

18. Sakai History 2003-2004 FOUNDERS — Michigan, Indiana, MIT and Stanford in partnership with uPortal and Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI). GOALS — Share ownership, adopt Apache-style licensing; secure funding and staffing; implement Sakai by end of 2005, build a community; achieve project sustainability. FUNDING — Launched with $4.4M in shared staff (27 FTEs); $2.4M Mellon, $300K Hewlett grants; additional investment via community partners.

19. Sakai 2004-2006 100,000+ USERS — Indiana, UNISA 11,000-50,000 USERS — Berkeley, Cambridge, Cape Town, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Yale 1,500-10,000K USERS — Cerritos, Charles Sturt, Fernando Pessoa, Lleida, North- West, Roskilde, Rutgers, Saginaw Valley, UC Merced, Whitman CONSORTIA — Etudes Alliance (31); Appalachian College Association (35); UNC TLTC (16); Claremont Colleges (8); Ohio Learning Network; Sakai Quebec ALLIANCES — UK’s Tetra Collaboration (Oxford, Cambridge, Hull, Leads, UHI) TOTAL — 200+ pilot/production installations eFundi, North-West University, South Africa

20. Sakai: an international initiative GOOGLE MASHUP

21. Sakai Distributed Development Team AFFILIATION Higher Ed = 102 (87.93%) Commercial = 13 (11.21%) Non-profit = 1 (0.86%) LOCATION USA = 93 UK = 10 South Africa = 6 Netherlands = 4 Spain = 1 Portugal = 1 Canada = 1 TOTAL = 116

22. Sakai Technology Stack JAVA — Sakai consists of technologies common to Java enterprise environments. WEB SERVER — Apache Server/Apache Tomcat (mod_jk); Apache Tomcat UI FRAMEWORK — JavaServer Faces (JSF), Apache Velocity, Reasonable Server Faces (RSF). COMPONENT INJECTION — Spring OBJECT/RELATIONAL MAPPING — Hibernate DB SERVER — Oracle, MySQL and HSQL (for demos). Java 1.5 Java 1.5 Oracle 9i/10g MySQL 4.1 HSQL (demo) Oracle 9i/10g MySQL 4.1 HSQL (demo) Spring Hibernate Tomcat 5.5 JSF/Velocity/RSF Sakai 2.x Apache SSL mod_jk WEBISO Virtual hosting Apache SSL mod_jk WEBISO Virtual hosting

23. Sakai SOA Component-Based Expansion SOA Components — A pattern for decomposing a single application into distinct components, each with a well- defined data model, contract (API), independent implementation and documented dependencies. SELECT — download and install the Sakai Application Framework (SAF); choose and configure tools, supporting services and database that meets your requirements. INTEGRATE — connect to local student and course information systems (SIS), single-sign-on systems (SSO), etc. Sakai Framework Service Components Custom Configuration Custom Configuration UI/Tool Components

24. Sakai SOA Component-Based Expansion CUSTOMIZE — add local customizations, adjust look and feel, choose default language, etc. DEPLOY — implement production-ready CLE utilizing tools, services and other capabilities contributed by the Sakai Community. Sakai Framework Service Components Custom Configuration Custom Configuration UI/Tool Components

25. Sakai 2.3 Tools Announcements Blog (*) Discussion Drop Box Calendar Chat Room Email Archive Forums LinkTool (*) Message Of The Day Message Center (*) News/RSS Podcasting (*) (*) indicates tool is provisional for release 2.3 PreferencesPresentationProfile/Roster Repository Search (*) Resources Sakaiscripts (*) Schedule Search (*) Site Stats (*) SU tool (*) Web Content WebDAVWiki Worksite Setup

26. Sakai 2.3 Tools - continued Assignments Gradebook Melete Module Editor QTI Authoring (*) QTI Assessment (*) Roster (*) Section Mgmt Syllabus TwinPeaks (*) Postem (*) (*) indicates tool is provisional for release 2.2 OSP Portfolio Portfolio Forms (*) Evaluations (*) Glossary (*) Layouts (*) Matrices (*) Reports (*) Templates (*) Wizards (*)

27. Sakai upgrades for 2007 Administration Installer Package Collaboration Shared Whiteboard Shared Display Multipoint Audio Multipoint Video Teaching & Learning OCW Tool SCORM Support IMS Common Cartridge Lanc’s Shared Whiteboard Sakai Installer UofM OCW tagging tool Lanc’s Shared Display

28. Sakai at the University of Michigan CASE STUDY: WEB APP SERVERS CLUSTER — 8 X Dell PowerEdge 2650 (dual 2.4-3.2 GHz CPU 32 bit, 4 GB RAM), bandwidth allocation 1 Gbps STACK — Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL-AS3), Apache 1.3/cosign/mod_jk,Tomcat 5.5.x, Java 1.5, Sakai 2.2 LOAD BALANCERS: PRIMARY & FAILOVER 2 X NetScaler RS9800 Secure Application Switch, high availability, 10/100/1000 Mbps copper, 1 GB Memory

29. Sakai at the University of Michigan — cont. CASE STUDY: DATA STORAGE DATABASE CLUSTER: PRIMARY & REPLICATED 2 X SunFire V480 (quad 900 MHz CPU 32 bit, 20 GB RAM), 3 X StorEdge 3310 SCSI RAID Arrays w/12 73 GB disks Bandwith allocation 1 Gbps, standby mode (replication server), tape backups, off-site storage STACK — Solaris 8, Sun RAID Mgmt tools, Oracle 10g FILESYSTEM — AFS, 1 TB file storage

30. In sum, the Sakai Project… Provides a comprehensive, fully integrated learning management system. Includes a research collaboration system. Provides a workflow engine. Is intended to integrate with institutional ERP systems (e.g. PeopleSoft). Enables us to avoid escalating licensing fees associated with Blackboard’s market dominance. Involves well-organized community source development. Is based on open licensing with no restriction on commercialization. Has been adopted by a number of large research universities (e.g. Michigan, MIT, Indiana, Stanford).

31. Questions we are asking about Sakai: What technical resources are required? How mature is Sakai? Is Sakai interoperable with our existing systems including: –Student registration systems –Libraries –Finance –Research –Digital repositories Does it have the functionality we require for teaching & learning? What are the relative benefits/costs of purchasing vs collaborative development? What are the challenges and rewards with becoming a community source partner? Will the Sakai community continue to grow?

32. Credits & Demonstrations R.N. Katz (2006). The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2006 – Key Findings. (www.educause.edu )www.educause.edu A. Mitra & J Hardin, Sakai presentation at Austin Sakai Conference – 2005. (www.educause.edu)www.educause.edu A. Whyte, Sakai presentation at Atlanta Sakai Conference – 2006. (www.sakaiproject.org)www.sakaiproject.org For Sakai demonstrations, please visit: www.longsight.com and http://testdrivesakai.netwww.longsight.comhttp://testdrivesakai.net