The document provides an overview of the Sakai community and project. It discusses the origins of Sakai as an open-source collaboration and learning environment started in 2003 by several universities. It notes that the Sakai Foundation was established in 2005 to provide coordination, infrastructure, licensing, and conferences for the community. Key facts presented include that Sakai has around 300-350 installations worldwide, strong attendance at international conferences, and ongoing development work.

1. Sakai Community Update
Dr. Chuck Severance - Chief Sakai Strategist, Blackboard,
University of Michigan
Neal Caidin – Sakai CLE Community Coordinator (CLECC)
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5. Sakai Project Origins 2003-5
MIT, Michigan, Indiana, Berkeley, Foothill CC,
Stanford
Replace home grown LMS - sustainability
More than an LMS - research collaboration
Technical and social support for innovation
Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment
Runs at scale, many contributed tools
Foundation Research collaboration uses - UK, US, Australia,
Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Project

6. Sakai Foundation - 2005 >
Collegiate structure - elected Board, etc
Not a software house - coordination, facilitation
Infrastructure, licensing, legal, conferences
80 Members (cf 340+ adoptions)
A community - a place to find collaborators
Executive Director : Ian Dolphin
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Ian Dolphin <iandolphin@sakaifoundation

7. Sakai Conference Attendance
Worldwide - 400
Europe - 130
Japan - 60
Dubai – 50
South Africa - 60
Mexico - 40
Australia – 50
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8. Sakai CLE - Overview
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Collaborative Learning Environment which
includes LMS functionality and research and
project collaboration
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Educational Community License (ECL) Version
2 – Apache-like
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Volunteer-led open source – leadership of the
Sakai TCC (Technical Coordination Committee)
rotates every six months
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/07/tech-officials-weigh-big-data-moocs-
and-open-source

10. Worldwide Market
Penetration
225 reported schools
worldwide.
Missing some commercial
partner customers and
other unreported installs.
About 300-350 worldwide
enterprise installs is a good
estimate. nearly complete
Sakai has
One reported install:
support for 22 languages
One reported install:
Argentina, Austria,
Argentina, Austria, including Asian languages
Belgium, Germany,
Belgium, Germany,
Denmark, Algeria,
and right-to-left languages.
Denmark, Algeria,
Guatemala, Hong Kong,
Guatemala, Hong Kong,
Ireland, Iran, Italy, Korea,
Ireland, Iran, Italy, Korea,
New Zealand, Puerto
New Zealand, Puerto https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/PROD
Rico, Romania, Singapore
Rico, Romania, Singapore

11. Top-25 Schools (June 2012)
S Cambridge S Michigan
* Harvard L Cornell
* MIT S-L Johns Hopkins
S Yale W McGill
S Oxford M+* ETH Sakai 11
W Imperial College London BS Duke Learn 8
W-M University College London W-L Edinburgh WebCt 2
L University of Chicago S Berkeley
Moodle 2.5
L University of Pennsylvania WS Hong Kong University
Canvas 0
S Columbia University L Toronto
S Stanford University L Northwestern
M Caltech L-S University of Tokyo
L Princeton S ANU
http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/top-400-universities-in-the-world

12. Rutgers
University and
Stanford
University do
not have TCC
representative
s but have
made major
contributions
to Sakai CLE
Foundation over the years.
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/TCC+M

13. Sakai 2.9 Major UI
Improvements
New Portal Navigation including Facebook-like
Chat
Lessons Structured Content
IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 Import
Significantly New Profile / Social Components
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18. Sakai CLE 2.9 – Even More
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Significant performance improvements
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Hundreds of bug fixes since to CLE 2.8
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Significant updates to existing tools including, but not
limited to, Resources, Gradebook, Lessons, Samigo Test
& Quizzes, Profile, Forums and Messages
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Accessibility improvements - 21 tools evaluated for
accessibility, Over 4 dozen accessibility improvements,
including CK Editor
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i18n enhancements (more complete translations,
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numbers, dates)

19. Sakai 2.10 – Potential Road Map
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Targeted within-tool UI Issues – user led
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Improve scalability and ease of installation
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Continued upgrade of Technical
Infrastructure – ease of maintenance
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Improved Searching capabilities – Elastic
Search
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Continued improvements for i8n and
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20. A Changing Community Structure
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21. A New Foundation: Apereo
Jasig and Sakai joining forces
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Not merging projects - providing a better
umbrella foundation
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Not changing project
governance
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Close working relationship with ESUP
consortium (France)
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Membership(s) voted November 2, 2012 –
Overwhelming approval

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23. www.apereo.org - A
Larger Tent
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24. Apereo: Benefits
• Experience, mentoring; structured programme
of incubation
• Individual projects can fund-raise
• Coordinated conferences – cross-pollination
• Sustainability
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25. **** These projects are hypothetical ****
Apereo Expansion?
Apereo is naturally broader in scope than Sakai or
Jasig
OpenCast – Open Source Video System ?
Stanford’s Class2Go – Open Source MOOC ?
ELMS – Drupal-bases LMS Penn State) ?
Readium – Open Source EPUB3 Reader ?
Foundation ... **** These projects are hypothetical ****

26. Summary –
www.sakaiproject.org
Sakai 2.9 is a mature open source enterprise
learning management system
Sakai 2.9 is strong alongside Moodle, Learn,
Desire2Learn, and Canvas
Sakai 2.9 is open source and open community
Increasing adoption – particularly internationally
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27. Open and Community Source
Open and Community Source
Reception
Reception
at Educause
at Educause
Sponsored by
Sponsored by
Jasig and the Sakai Foundation
Jasig and the Sakai Foundation
Thursday November 8, 2012
Thursday November 8, 2012
6:30-7:30 PM
6:30-7:30 PM
Mineral Hall A, Level 3
Mineral Hall A, Level 3
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Denver Hyatt Convention Center
Denver Hyatt Convention Center

28. Sakai CLE - Getting Involved
Home: https://www.sakaiproject.org/
Wiki: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/
Issue tracker:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK
Mailing lists:
http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo
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