[Announcements] Article for Sakai Newsletter

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University of Amsterdam Conducts OSP Audit
 The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been a pioneer in using the Open Source Portfolio (OSP) in Sakai for numerous educational purposes. On October 26-28, 2009, UvA conducted an audit to 1) determine the viability of continuing to use OSP, 2) gage the possibility of “quick wins” for encouraging and sustaining OSP use, and 3) gather OSP requirements for future use. The audit was commissioned by Léon Raijmann and organized by Marij Veugelers (Veugelers at uva.nl) of the UvA IT in Education Department. Janice Smith, Ph.D., of Three Canoes (http://threecanoes.com), a professional services company focusing on open source applications in education, facilitated the audit, meeting with seven user groups (Medical Education, Social Geography, Science, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Communication Science, Teacher Education) and the UvA Sakai development and functional support teams. Preliminary findings confirm that although the current use of OSP has declined due to attention being diverted elsewhere, there is overt enthusiasm among UvA user groups for adopting new OSP enhancements to support competency-based education. UvA IT in Education leadership will use the audit report to determine how to employ current OSP innovations to their best advantage and consider how new innovations to be developed by UvA could improve local use of OSP as well as contribute to the OSP community.
 
Janice A. Smith, Ph.D.
2009 Sakai Foundation Fellow
Three Canoes
1204 Laurel Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104, USA
651-642-9069, 207-841-6262 (cell)
janice.smith at threecanoes.com
jasmith at mm.com
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