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What Sakai is not:
Sakai: a brief history
Roots in OKI (from MIT)
Seed funded by Mellon
Goal to have core schools running by Ô06
Four ÔcoreÕ schools & SEPP
NowÉ Sakai Foundation

Sakai Today
Being used at: UM, IU, Foothill-De Anza
Pilots at: 30+ schools (including CU)
Releases:
1.0 (10/04), 2.0 (6/05), 2.1 (12/05), 3.0 (6/06)
Each release adds new/better tools
Future tools in new releases:
discussion board, wiki, VITAL, etc.
More than just software

A Community Source Project:  An Ecology
Common Goals of the community:
Educational Culture & Values
Similar challenges (in higher ed)
Transparency
The players - Sakai foundation, Sakai board, other CU groups

ÒCÓ is forÉ?
ÔCourseÕ or ÔContentÕ Management System (CMS)
A Collection of tools
Collaboration
Communication
asd

Essence of the engagement?
Tools can be ÒinterpretedÓ
Looks same, functionally different:
                  vs.
e.g. Test vs. Survey
a.k.a. eight different ways to use the same tool
Looks different, functionally equivalent:
             
              vs.
e.g. Assignments section vs. syllabus (to deliver assignments)
a.k.a eight ways to do the same thing

Purposeful Choices:
The tool and rules affect how the tool will be used in class
Autonomy   Ç group work
Self-guided   Ç directed

Demo:
CW and Sakai sites side-by-side

Where is this going?
Constantly growing, improving
Broad community of adopters
Interesting new tools, tons of potential
CW aging (true? Stay tunedÉ)
Discovery, pilot, testing, adoption?
WeÕre here to help

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ÒWeb servicesÓ = a ton of jargon
web serávis [web Ôservis] - noun:
open-standard-based Web applications that exchange and process data.  The results can be formatted for user-friendly presentation in different modes.
NYT ¨ XML/RSS ¨ HTML/JS
HUH??

RSS Revealed
ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a history
ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a history
ÒWeb ServicesÓ: a future
ÒWeb ServicesÓ: some variations
RSS (syndication, subscription)
Tagging
Photo sharing
Social bookmarking
By whom, for whom, and why
(folksonomies - describing something in my own terms)
The whole is suddenly more than the sum of parts

Where does my course site fit in?
hot rod n. Slang.  An automobile that has been rebuilt or modified to increase its speed and acceleration.

RSS Revealed
Demo
Balance
"Striking the balance between push and pullÓ
Choice: How do students want to get info? How do you want to deliver it?

Classroom Dynamics
how will students engage with information and each other?
how structured will participation be?

Purposeful Choices:
we haven't fully considered the range of uses... you'll help us do that with your needs.

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