Sakai Educause Poster Slides

Sakai 3: An Overview
Michael Korcuska
Executive Director
Sakai Foundation

Sakai History
Collaboration and Learning Environment
Started in 2004
Michigan, Indiana, Stanford, MIT (and Berkeley)
Mellon Foundation Grant
2.6 current release

Defining Sakai: Community
200+ PRODUCTION/PILOT DEPLOYMENTS: From 200 to 200,000 users

Sakai 3: Why?
Changing expectations
Google docs/apps, Social Networking, Web 2.0
Success of project sites = Sakai beyond courses
Years of hard-won knowledge
New technologies
Standards-based, open source projects
JCR (Jackrabbit)
Open Social (Shindig)
Client-side programming
JavaScript/AJAX
Fluid Project
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What?
Photos by Hobvias Sudoneighm, Massimo Valiani, and Mathieu Plourde
Functionality & User Experience
Technology and Developer Experience
Community Practices and Culture

Content Organization, Searching & Tagging
Sakai 3 Themes
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Learning Space Construction
Breaking the Site Boundary
Customizable Workflows (No Tool Silos)
Academic Networking
The unSakai
Open Teaching

Workflow & Architecture
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Tool
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Tool
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Facilitates independent tool development
Resists intuitive workflows
Contributes to inconsistent user experience

Workflow & Architecture
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Kernel
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Workflow
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Services need to respond to more customers
UX oversight is more complicated
Workflows built across services
Encourages presentation & service separation

Workflow

Academic Networking
Academic Networking
People are important, but “friends” aren’t enough
Related content is also relevant, but not the whole story
Activity based
Who has taken the same classes?
Who is reading the same articles? Participating in similar discussions?
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Content
People

The unSakai
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Kernel
Service
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iGoogle
Facebook
Kernel
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Documented data feeds allow Sakai to appear anywhere
Mobile Apps
Windows/Mac Widgets

Sakai 3 Functional Architecture
Public
Users
Groups
Collaboration Spaces
Personal Spaces
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Learning
Research
Project
Portfolio
Profile
Meaningful Arrangements
Dynamic, Collaborative Pages
Dashboards
Defined & Custom Workflows
Fundamental Capabilities
Wiki-like Content Editing
Page Templates
Interactive Widgets
Unified Content Repository
Authored Pages
Uploaded Files
Contextual Content
Media/Streaming

User Research

Prototyping

Sakai 3 Technology Goals
Scalability
Millions of users
Developer Productivity
Faster builds
UX & back-end development separated
Code Quality & Maintenance
Reliance on other open source efforts
Increase unit testing
Easier to install/build
To improve initial experience for new developers
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Photo by Luiz Castro

Tech Architecture

Integration

Resource Usage

Timelines
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Sakai 2.5
Sakai 2.6
Sakai 2.7
Hybrid
Mode
Sakai 3.0
Official Releases
Previews
Sakai 2.8?