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Seminars in Academic Computing August 2005 - Snowmass, CO Bernadine Chuck Fong President, Foothill College Chris Coppola President, The rSmart Group This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Open Source in Education Evolving the IT Marketplace Maroon Bells Open source is successful for infrastructure software Open source is moving up and out Community Source The OS Movement in Education Perspectives from two partners in a new ecosystem Open Source in Education FOOTHILL COLLEGE Bernadine Chuck Fong, President August 2005 Why? Getting Started with technology • Foothill College in the Silicon Valley • Reputation for innovation • 19,000 students • Public two-year college • The onset of the personal computer The Sakai Project Getting Started with technology 1993-94 • Vision for positioning Foothill as a leader in educational technology • Involving the faculty • Blue Ribbon Science and Technology Committee The Sakai Project Getting Started with technology 1993-94 • Using technology in the curriculum • Popularization of email • How could Foothill be innovative The Sakai Project Getting Started with technology 1993-94 • Faculty proposal for an email (“online”) course • Opportunity to be innovative • IT attitude and systems orientation • President’s Leap of Faith The Sakai Project Getting Started with technology 1993-94 • Technical and logistical support Issues • Need a few good men and women • “Band-aiding for the future” • One of the best decisions I’ve made The Sakai Project Getting Started with ETUDES • ETUDES: Easy To Use Distance Education Software for Foothill College • Michael Loceff, faculty-author of ETUDES • Michael Loceff, co-executive producer/writer of “24”-2004 Golden Globe winner, Emmy nominee The Sakai Project ETUDES the First Generation • The ETUDES story, beginning in 1994 • Faculty involvement and “incentive” • Development of online courses in multiple disciplines (“no right course”) The Sakai Project ETUDES the First Generation • College’s investment in faculty development time • Autonomy • Independence from 3rd party investors – Software needs – Pricing The Sakai Project ETUDES the First Generation • Responsiveness to faculty needs • Onset of true faculty collaboration • Explosion of online courses (including hybrid) and degrees The Sakai Project ETUDES the First Generation • New issues • Ongoing technical support • Evolution to an alliance with other colleges • Aging software The Sakai Project ETUDES the First Generation • Enter Vivian Sinou in 2000 • ETUDES Alliance created – 50+ colleges – 60,000 students – Open source The Sakai Project ETUDES Community Bakersfield College, CA Cerro Coso Community College, CA Coastline Community College, CA College of Alameda, CA College of the Siskiyous, CA Crafton Hills College, CA De Anza College, CA East Los Angeles College, CA Foothill College, CA Gavilan College, CA Glendale Community College, CA Harcum College, PA Imperial Valley College, CA Lake Tahoe Community College, CA Laney College, CA Los Angeles City College, CA Los Angeles Harbor College, CA Los Angeles Mission College, CA Los Angeles Pierce College, CA Los Angeles Southwest College, CA Los Angeles Trade-Tech College, CA Los Angeles Valley College, CA Merritt College, CA Porterville College, CA Mendocino College, CA San Bernardino Valley College, CA San Joaquin Delta College, CA Taft College, CA Vista College, CA West Los Angeles College, CA Antelope Valley College, CA Chabot College, CA El Camino College, CA Long Beach City College, CA MiraCosta College, CA Santa Rosa Junior College, CA Skyline College, CA Stephen F. Austin State University, TX West Valley College, CA The Sakai Project ETUDES Alliance Model • Membership Dues – Development – Stakeholders • Support Services – – – – – Hosting Help Desk Support SIS Integration Account Management Training The Sakai Project Perspective Software sourcing decisions are not new 1970-80s Build or Buy Buil d 1990 Build, Buy, or “Borrow” 2000 2010 Benefits Risks -- Brad Wheeler, Indiana University The Sakai Project Considering Open Source • Can I trust open source applications today? • Can I trust open source applications tomorrow? • Who will support it? • Should I invest or be a free rider? • When is the right time to jump aboard? • Are there really any total cost of ownership advantages? • Isn’t vended software safer? • Does open source fit my institution? -- Brad Wheeler, Indiana University The Sakai Project Open Standards Commercial vendors vary in the degree of their commitment to, and delivery of, flexible, interoperable systems that are truly based on open standards.” -- Chris Vento, Syllabus, April 2004 The Sakai Project Community Source Effort • • • • • • • University of Michigan Indiana University MIT Stanford University Foothill College UC-Berkeley Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) • uPortal Consortium • Sakai Partners • Commercial Affiliates Program The Sakai Project Community Source “Community source describes a model for the purposeful coordinating of work in a community. It is based on many of the principles of open source development efforts, but community source efforts rely more explicitly on defined roles, responsibilities, and funded commitments by community members than some open source development models.” “Institutional Investments for Institutional Outcomes” … from www.sakaiproject.org The Sakai Project Future Directions • Integration with electronic portfolios – Student, course, institutional • Inclusion of student learning outcomes criteria • Remaining on the cutting edge of educational issues – Accreditation and assessment requirements – Collaborative learning – Deep learning The Sakai Project Future Directions • Educational plan • Business plan • Performance plan The Sakai Project Tip of the iceberg Who is rSmart? Ecosystem-role Who is rSmart? Commercial Commercial open source software for education Open source vs. Commercial Why OSS vs. Proprietary? “There is no future in vanilla … the commercial future belongs to those that know how to make the richest chocolate sauce, the sweetest, lightest whipped cream, and the juiciest cherries to sit on top, or how to put them all together into a sundae.” Thomas L. Friedman What’s driving the movement? Motivation to change Why Now? Collaboration on steroids Enablers of change Opportunity for education New challenges Thank you. Questions? Bernadine Chuck Fong [email protected] Chris Coppola [email protected] www.sakaiproject.org www.foothillglobalaccess.org/etudes2 www.rsmart.com www.osportfolio.org www.kualiproject.org