[Announcements] Sakai Newsletter February 18, 2010
Margaret Wagner
mwagner at umich.edu
Wed Feb 24 15:29:40 PST 2010
Sakai Newsletter
February 18, 2010
1. From the Executive Director -- Transitions
2. Interim Executive Director Position
3. DEADLINE -- Sunday, February 28 -- Call for Proposals for Sakai
Conference
4. Melete & Jforum Tutorials -- Updated
5. Sakai-2.7.0-b03 QA Tag Available
6. rSmart Welcomes Learner's Edge
7. "Open Source, Why or Why Not?" -- Market Research by Unicon
8. rSmart is Hiring People with Sakai Expertise
9. Instructional Technology Position Open at Pepperdine
10. Recent Discussion Groups
11. Events
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1. From the Executive Director -- Transitions
As you may have read by now, I've accepted a position at LinkedIn and
will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation as
of March 15.
In any transition of this type there will always be those individuals
who speculate about difficulties that are or will be facing the
organization. Those who follow Sakai closely know that the Sakai
Foundation is not the driving force behind Sakai product development
efforts. The distributed nature of Sakai's development is a real
strength. My departure will have little to no impact on product
development for Sakai 2 or Sakai 3. The Sakai Foundation staff members
each know their roles and already work very independently. The fact
that Lois Brooks is able to step in as interim Executive Director will
further ensure that everything progresses smoothly. [See the next
newsletter item.]
As for why I'm leaving, it has nothing to do with the state of Sakai.
Sakai continues to head in a very positive direction. A few things
that I would highlight are:
- The Sakai Teaching and Learning community is very impressive. Not
only has it become a place to share best practices but it is also
emerging as a strong voice into the product development process.
- The new Product Development Process and corresponding Sakai Product
Council made great strides with Sakai 2.7 and, from where I sit, look
to improve both product management and governance.
- The process of maintenance releases (recently Sakai 2.5.6 and 2.6.2)
and the emergence of the maintenance team illustrate the continued
community focus on quality.
- Sakai 3 has really picked up steam in the last few months and more
institutions and individuals are getting involved every month. The
vision is in place, the technical foundations have been laid and the
design is progressing at a rapid pace. I regret that I'm not able to
stay around long enough to take credit for the results. The good news
is that all the credit will go to those who actually deserve it.
As for why I'm leaving... those who know me well know that I've been
a big fan of LinkedIn for many years and the particular position,
leading global customer operations, is a great opportunity for me
personally. I'm also looking forward to having a chance to work with
my old friend Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's founder, and to be in the thick
of the
social/professional-networking space.
Sakai is a great project with a great community behind it. The work
you are doing is important and is having a real impact on the world of
education. I will (happily) be going to the Sakai Europe conference
in Valencia and am very pleased to have that opportunity to say
"farewell" to at least some of the community in person. An unfortunate
part of Sakai's distributed nature is that I can't shake hands with
most of the folks I've worked with over the past few years. But it is,
of course, a small world and I'm sure I will cross paths with many of
you again before too long. And, of course, you can find me on LinkedIn.
It has been a great learning experience and a real privilege.
-- Michael
Michael Korcuska
Executive Director, Sakai Foundation
mkorcuska at sakaifoundation.org
phone: +1 510-859-4247 (google voice)
skype: mkorcuska
(From Michael's blog -- http://sakaiproject.org/blogs/michael-korcuska/transitions)
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2. Interim Executive Director Position
Community Members,
The Sakai Foundation Board of Directors has decided that an interim
Executive Director is needed to assure operational continuity of
Foundation activities after Michael Korcuska leaves on March 15.
Sakai co-founder and former Board member Lois Brooks has agreed to
serve as interim Executive Director. Her long association with the
Sakai Foundation leaves her well positioned to step in and help with
this transition. Michael and Lois will work together in the coming
weeks to ensure a smooth handover. The Sakai Foundation would like to
thank Stanford University for helping to enable Lois' transition into
this role.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Sakai Foundation, I would
like to thank Michael for his service to the Foundation and the Sakai
community. Sakai has matured considerably over the past few years and
we are well positioned for the future, including the exciting
opportunities represented by Sakai 3. In addition, many of us have
gotten to know Michael on a professional as well as personal level and
will miss his passion, enthusiasm, and seemingly endless optimism and
goodwill. We wish Michael well in his future endeavors.
In the next few weeks we will communicate more details on the
transition plans.
Josh Baron
Chair, Sakai Foundation Board of Directors
Josh.Baron at marist.edu
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3. DEADLINE -- Sunday, February 28 -- Proposals for the Sakai Conference
Reminder: You have through this coming Sunday, February 28 to submit
your proposal for a session at the 2010 Sakai Conference in Denver,
June 15-17. The submissions are made online at:
http://bit.ly/9ALf9v
You can review the simple Guidelines for proposals on the Sakai wiki at:
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CONF2010/2010+Sakai+Conference+Proposal+Guidelines
It's pretty easy, you just need a Title and Abstract, and to pick from
the following:
Track - (pick one)
- Building Sakai
- Deploying Sakai
- Using Sakai
- Portfolio
- Sakai Showcase
- Multiple Audiences
Subtrack (Subject/Area of Focus Tags) - (pick one)
- Newcomer
- Sakai 3
- Research
- Pedagogy
- QA
- Portfolios
- Faculty practices
- Student Involvement
- Innovation
- User Support
Target Audience - (pick one)
- Developers
- Faculty
- System Administrators
- Managers/Administrators
- Instructional Designers/Academic Technologists
- Support Staff
- Students
We look forward to your proposals. And please forward this reminder
email on to others who may wish to participate in the conference.
Sincerely,
Pieter Hartsook
Sakai Foundation Communications Manager
hartsook at sakaifoundation.org
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4. Melete & Jforum Tutorials -- Updated
Dear Colleagues:
This is to let you know that we've now posted updated user tutorials
on the etudes.org website. They include all new features and
enhancements of the recent releases of Jforum and Melete (both 2.7.x).
You may download them from the following web pages:
- Melete: http://etudes.org/release/melete/
- Jforum: http://etudes.org/release/discussion/
All Etudes user tutorials are licensed under the "Share Alike" Creative
Commons 2.0 license.
Best,
Vivie Sinou
Executive Director, Etudes, Inc.
Etudes.org
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5. Sakai-2.7.0-b03 QA Tag Available
The third 2.7.0 beta tag is now available for QA server admins to
deploy. QA server admins should download and install the tag at their
earliest convenience.
Tag: svn co https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sakai/tags/sakai-2.7.0-b03
Fixes for core projects versioned as 2.7-SNAPSHOT (n=60):
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK/fixforversion/11784
In addition the following new indie releases with additional fixes are
deployed with sakai-2.7.0-b03:
kernel-1.1.0
basiclti-1.1.0-b02
edu-services-1.0.1
msgcntr-2.7.0-b04
samigo-2.7.0-b01
search-1.2.0
common-1.0.1 (pom updates only)
emailtemplateservice-0.4.1(pom updates only)
entitybroker-1.3.8 (pom updates only)
jsf-2.7.1(pom updates only)
purepoms-2.7.1 (pom updates only)
polls-1.3.0 (pom updates only)
profile-2.7.0 (pom updates only)
sakai-mock-2.7.0 (pom updates only)
scheduler-2.7.0-rc06 (pom updates only)
The next QA tag is scheduled for Friday, 5 March 2010.
Release schedule:
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/REL/Release+Management+Calendar
Cheers,
Anthony Whyte
arwhyte at umich.edu
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6. rSmart Welcomes Learner's Edge
rSmart welcomes Learner's Edge to the Sakai Community as one of its
recent rSmart Sakai CLE support customers. Learner's Edge leads the
way in providing educators with the most flexible, dynamic and timely
continuing education graduate courses to advance teacher skills,
career objectives, classroom instruction and ultimately student
achievement. Anticipating the needs and aspirations of teachers,
Learner's Edge has helped thousands of teachers succeed in every
aspect of their career -- from writing units and lesson plans, to
motivating their students, to working with parents.
Learner's Edge courses offer clock hours or graduate credit from its
partner colleges/universities. All partner colleges/universities are
regionally accredited, with long-established traditions of quality
teacher continuing education programs. Learners Edge is also
accredited as a distance learning school by the Northwest Association
of Accredited Schools.
Learner's Edge went live with the rSmart Sakai CLE in October 2009
after a short 4-week implementation performed by rSmart's professional
services team as part of a Standard Support services agreement. After
evaluating its deployment options, the company decided to use rSmart's
Application Hosting Services for Sakai in order to reduce expenditures
in hardware, infrastructure, and IT resources. rSmart completed an
integration with Sakai and the company's Student Information System in
December 2009.
"Our company is focused on providing the best education possible to
educators," said Wendy Knapp, director of online learning, Learner's
Edge. "We chose the open source rSmart Sakai CLE over the leading
commercial course management systems because it meets all of our
technical requirements for functionality, scalability, and stability,
and because we trusted in rSmart's excellent reputation and track
record for support services."
Mike Zackrison
VP of Marketing and Strategy
www.rsmart.com
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7. "Open Source, Why or Why Not?" -- Market Research White Paper by
Unicon
Unicon, Inc., has published its market research findings from the
EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference in the white paper, " 'The Future of
Free:' Open Source, Why or Why Not?" Unicon conducted a market
research session at the conference on November 4, 2009, in which
participants were invited to discuss why their institution has or has
not adopted open source software (OSS), their opinions on the future
of OSS, and what challenges they see for increased OSS adoption among
higher education institutions.
For more information and to download the full white paper, visit:
http://www.unicon.net/node/1356.
Lisa Di Pietro
Marketing Coordinator
ldipietro at unicon.net
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8. rSmart is Hiring People with Sakai Expertise
We are looking for a Support Engineer, Support Analyst, and Systems
Engineer. Please see all three job descriptions at the end of the
attached PDF version of this newsletter. If you are interested,
please email resumes to jointheteam at rsmart.com
John Bush
john.bush at rsmart.com
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9. Instructional Technology Position Open at Pepperdine University
We have an open at Pepperdine University with the Graduate School of
Education and Psychology in West Los Angeles, California.
Job Title: Senior Instructional Technology Analyst
Position Number: 00021501
For more information about the position, go to:
http://jobs.pepperdine.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=150543
Alan Regan, MFA
Manager, Technology and Learning
Information Technology
Pepperdine University
(310) 506-6756
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10. Recent Email Discussion Groups
[Building Sakai] Duplicate Site
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Duplicate-Site-td4624315.html#a4624315
[Building Sakai] Forums Tool Instructor Access
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Forums-Tool-Instructor-Access-td4620135.html#a4620189
[Building Sakai] SAK-7956 (enable/disable "guest" section in WSS/Site
Info)
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-SAK-7956-enable-disable-guest-section-in-WSS-Site-Info-td4619304.html#a4619304
[Building Sakai] qa8-us upgraded and back online
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-qa8-us-upgraded-and-back-online-td4614469.html#a4614469
[Building Sakai] Fwd: Hierarchy working as expected?
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Fwd-Hierarchy-working-as-expected-td4612594.html#a4612594
[Building Sakai] Starting Nakamura on sakai3sam.caret fails
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Starting-Nakamura-on-sakai3sam-caret-fails-td4599937.html#a4602079
[Building Sakai] Security Service
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Security-Service-td4599077.html#a4599077
[Building Sakai] Tool categories
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Tool-categories-td4597764.html#a4597764
[Building Sakai] Deleting entities via EB
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Deleting-entities-via-EB-td4598068.html#a4598068
[Building Sakai] Autojoin tool
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Autojoin-tool-td4591859.html#a4591859
[Portfolio] Sakai Conference panel
http://n2.nabble.com/Portfolio-Sakai-Conference-panel-td4621799.html#a4621799
[Building Sakai] Export sites from 2.4 & import to 2.6
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Export-sites-from-2-4-import-to-2-6-td4587700.html#a4587700
[Building Sakai] QA worksheets
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-QA-worksheets-td4588747.html#a4588747
[Portfolio] OSP roster automation proposal
http://n2.nabble.com/Portfolio-OSP-roster-automation-proposal-td4592663.html#a4592663
[Using Sakai] Possible Sakai Conference Proposal Topics (Teaching and
Learning)
http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Sakai-Possible-Sakai-Conference-Proposal-Topics-Teaching-and-Learning-td4587663.html#a4587663
[Portfolio] access to images, etc.
http://n2.nabble.com/Portfolio-access-to-images-etc-td4549036.html#a4549036
[DG: Teaching & Learning] Teaching award committee in full swing
http://n2.nabble.com/DG-Teaching-Learning-Teaching-award-committee-in-full-swing-td4620557.html#a4620557
[DG: User Experience] Sakai 3 UX tag: 0.1.2
http://n2.nabble.com/DG-User-Experience-Sakai-3-UX-tag-0-1-2-td4615139.html#a4615139
[DG: User Experience] Edit and Publish model for 3.0?
http://n2.nabble.com/DG-User-Experience-Edit-and-Publish-model-for-3-0-td4581479.html#a4581479
[Using Sakai] Conditions for use in the site's creation
http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Sakai-Conditions-for-use-in-the-site-s-creation-td4625405.html#a4625405
[Building Sakai] Sakai integration with publisher portals
http://n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Sakai-integration-with-publisher-portals-td4583735.html#a4583735
[Using Sakai] How to copy course content in Sakai?
http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Sakai-How-to-copy-course-content-in-Sakai-td4562613.html#a4562613
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11. Events
European Sakai Conference 2010 in Valencia, Spain
March 1-3, 2010
Valencia, Spain
http://sakaiproject.org/sakai-european-regional-conference-2010
Jasig 2010 Ten Years of Open Source Innovation
March 8-10, 2010
The Town and Country Resort
San Diego, California
http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/10spring/index.html
2nd Annual Etudes Users' Summit
May 13 & May 14, 2010
Burlingame / San Francisco, California
Crowne Plaza San Francisco International
http://etudes.org/summit/
11th Sakai Annual Conference
Date and Time:
Tuesday - Thursday, June 15-17, 2010
Pre-conference sessions: Monday, June 14, 2010
Hyatt Regency Tech Center
Denver, Colorado
http://sakaiproject.org/news/2010-sakai-conference-website-goes-live-call-proposals-now-open
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