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Sakai in The Netherlands: one year in the making
Wytze KoopalSURFfoundation (University of Twente)
http://elearning.surf.nl/sakaihttp://sakai-nl.blogspot.com
My goals today• Inform you about our efforts, activities and
goals• Get help from you about future directions
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Agenda / summary• Pre-2006: facts, figures and some opinions
– VLE-’market’ in The Netherlands– SURFfoundation sees potential– Lack of information on open source, open standards etc
• 2006: Sakai SIG NL officially formed– First European Sakai Day(s) in Lübeck– New strategic plan by SURFfoundation
• 2007: conference in Amsterdam!• And beyond
– More pedagogy in Sakai community? How?– How to sell “Sakai as a framework”?– Your suggestions
Beware: I am taking pictures
The Netherlands in a nutshell
• 16.5 million inhabitants; rich history (go for a walk in Amsterdam!)
• Higher Education -> Bologna declaration– All countries are implementing a Bachelor – Master structure (as
of 2004)– Goal: comparable degrees within Europe– Goal: more flexible exchange of students– More? Check out Granow/Wittke: in this room, right after lunch!
• SURFfoundation: the organization that provides HE with ICT and related stuff (e.g. license deals, high-speed infrastructure, advice and guidance on use of ICT, conferences, SIG’s)
Dutch facts and figures (2005)• VLE in primary and secondary education: very
fragmented and small market• Higher Ed: large market share of Blackboard (~ 50 %),
plus local players (TeleTOP, N@tschool), plus everything you can imagine
• HE: Total of ~60 institutions, 500 k students• University of Amsterdam starts ‘monitoring’ Sakai on
behalf of SURFfoundation• Amsterdam puts Sakai in the spotlight for the first time
in Sept: “Crossing the boundaries of your VLE”• Twente is very interested (seeking alternative for
homegrown system): http://www.utwente.nl/elo
Some opinions (2005)• There is lack of information regarding
community source, open source / open standards, and simultaneously
• Very effective market penetration for commercial software vendors (monopoly?)
• Innovation does not scale
Sakai SIG NL is launched (2006)• Interest is gearing up
– March: Twente decides to researchSakai in more detail (Portier)
– April: informational meetingjointly organized by SURFfoundation,Amsterdam and Twente (50 participants)
– July: follow-up meeting with those really interested– September: Severance presents at 2nd edition
“Crossing the boundaries of your VLE”– September: European Sakai Day -> more info to follow
• Official start of Sakai SIG NL (see plan on http://elearning.surf.nl/sakai_nl/sakai_in_nl/3616) -> more info to follow
Sakai SIG NL is official: what does it mean? (2006)
• SURFfoundation is initiator and founder– Assists financially– Provides physical meeting space (and webspace)– Is pro-”open”, since new strategic plan (2007-2010)
• Communication about Sakai – About Framework, product, community– About Who is using it in NL– Using website, weblog, presentations in the country
Sakai SIG NL: what do we do
• 2-monthly meetings with presentations– Lots of different presentations: Hogeschool Utrecht,
Oracle, A New Spring, Utrecht University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Edia, Hotelschool Den Haag, Portfolio4u, University of Amsterdam
• Be present at conferences and meetings (show flyer)
• Talk at universities about Sakai• http://sakai-nl.blogspot.com & http://elearning.surf.nl/sakai
European Sakai Day (2006)• Organized by Lübeck University of Applied
Sciences• Large attendance from Europe: largest
groups from The Netherlands and Germany
European Sakai Day (2006)
• Presentations from all over Europe:– What should be enhanced in Sakai?– What will Bologna mean for Sakai?– Internationalization
• We started to write a paper on pedagogy and Bologna themes, but then it stopped more or less
• Granow/Wittke (Lübeck) will revitalize this discussion, I think / hope….
Sakai SIG NL – in summary
• Several institutions• Several commercial parties• Not only Higher Ed• Lots of interaction and collaboration: open
communications• Go to http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/x/nj8
Where we are now
A lot of dots on the Sakai map
Where are we now, really?• Lot’s of institutions for secondary/vocational
education use OSP (serviced by Portfolio4U• Several commercial (distance) learning
companies use Sakai / OSP (we know of at least 3 and counting)
• Two universities (Twente / Amsterdam) have piloted with Sakai
• Two universities for Applied Sciences will start piloting in September 2007
• Still 50 institutions to win?
What have I learned?
• Collaboration and sharing is not easy: especially with such a diverse group
• Community source is a ‘difficult’ subject• Most decision makers are coming from the
old world (which was not ‘flat’)• Sakai should not be “sold” purely on cost
and/or product features
What’s next
• Position Sakai as a realistic solution for collaboratory (or VRE): RAMS?
• Stimulate best-of-breed, service-oriented architecture (Sharepoint, Sakai)?
• Position Sakai as a framework, not as a product?• Position Sakai as “SOA by design”?• Start working on pedagogy, and European issues• Start working on enhancing usability
What’s your advice?
• Any suggestions to move forward?• Any things that we shouldn’t do?• Any other issue that I need to address?
Thank you!
• Questions? Tips?
More pictures athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wytze/sets/72157594188520810