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Sakai 3: An Overview
Michael KorcuskaExecutive DirectorSakai 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
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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
What?Photos by H
obvias Sudoneighm, M
assimo Valiani, and M
athieu Plourde
Technology and Developer Experience
Functionality & User Experience
Community Practices and Culture
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Content Organization, Searching & Tagging
Sakai 3 Themes
Learning Space Construction
Academic Networking
Breaking the Site Boundary
Customizable Workflows (No Tool Silos)
The unSakai
Open Teaching
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Kernel
Tool
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Workflow & Architecture
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• Facilitates independent tool development
• Resists intuitive workflows• Contributes to inconsistent
user experience
Kernel
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Workflow & Architecture
Kernel
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• Workflows built across services• Encourages presentation &
service separation
• Services need to respond to more customers• UX oversight is more
complicated
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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?
Content People
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The unSakai
Kernel
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iGoogle
Windows/Mac Widgets Mobile Apps
Documented data feeds allow Sakai to appear anywhere
Fundamental Capabilities
Sakai 3 Functional Architecture
Wiki-like Content Editing Page Templates Interactive Widgets
Users Groups
Meaningful Arrangements
Dynamic, Collaborative PagesDashboards Defined & Custom Workflows
Public
Unified Content RepositoryUploaded Files Contextual ContentAuthored Pages
Collaboration Spaces
Learning Research Project Portfolio
Personal Spaces
PLE Profile
Media/Streaming
User Research
Prototyping
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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
Photo by Luiz Castro
Tech Architecture
Integration
Resource Usage
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Official Releases
Timelines
Sakai 2.6
Sakai 2.7
Sakai 3.0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Previews
HybridMode
Sakai 2.5
Sakai 2.8?