1	OLN Open Source Pilot Update (with an emphasis on e-portfolios) Scott Siddall Denison University
2	Open Source Pilot What is the pilot? A community of explorers http://ospilot.oln.org Created by OLN's Emerging Technologies Committee Running through December, 2006 What’s next?
3	Whose involved? 44 institutions in Ohio Members of OLN
4	Activity to date
5	Activity to date
6	Activity to date 795 unique visitors so far in 2006 3,048 visits (842 Mb) 364,753 hits (about 504 added the URL to favorites) 9,901 different pages being hit 6,310 in Sakai 332 in Moodle Remainder = “other” Average visit is 24 minutes Who? 92% Windows 6% Macintosh 0.5% Linux Browsers IE = 66.5% FF = 27.5% Safari = 3.9%
7	Application update uPortal continues with release 2.5.1 Moodle release 1.5.2 Sakai release 2.1.2 OSP release 2.1 beta now available in the “sandbox”
8	Sandbox http://sandbox.oln.org
9	Sandbox Syracuse Goal Aware Tools
10	Sandbox Melete (mee lee tay) lesson builder tool instructors publish learning sequences using a rich text editor uploading learning objects pointing to existing URL resources Instructors design content to support facilitated learning or managed self-study. Lessons can be released automatically based on start and stop dates. Supports IMS Content Packaging.
11	OSP Open Source Portfolio Initiative http://osportfolio.org “with emphasis on OSP” But not training, at least today OSP documentation http://wiki.osportfolio.org/confluence/display/DOC21/Home
12	Curricular Goals Types of ePortfolios Learning or developmental Evaluation or assessment Showcasing or résumé OSP is more curricular than technological
13	Owner-centric workflow Collect work Allows others to review Reflect on the work Design a presentation Publish it as a portfolio Introductory video by Indiana University
14	OSP is role-based Portfolio owner Common Interest Group (CIG) Coordinator (manager) Participant (all involved) Evaluator – explicit responsibilities Reviewer – provides comments and guidance Program administrator
15	OSP is activity-based Collect Reflect Design Publish
16	Collect Form-based or wizard guided process Gather data
17	Reflect Portfolio owner may be asked to reflect Evaluator is required to assess Reviewer might comment
18	Design Tools to create a presentation or portfolio Incomplete in 2.1
19	Publish Access control Eportfolio account holders Email addresses (guests) Public CD/DVD Incomplete in 2.1
20	OSP and Sakai Embedded as a toolset in Sakai Access to Sakai services e.g., gathered content resides in “Resources” Release numbers will match at 2.2 2.2 on July 15 2.2.1 with important bug fixes by early August
21	Forms and Wizards Forms Basic guidance for collecting data Wizards Series of forms for guidance Created by CIG coordinator (or others)
22	Matrices Structured for longitudinal review Portfolio owner adds content to cells according to rubric Forms guide content placement
23	Templates, Layouts and Styles Templates A stylesheet language that transforms XML from one format to another XSLT so templates are not created by end-users Layouts Portfolio design, placement of content Styles “look and feel” (a CSS) So…..we need a library of these!
24	OSP Roadmap
25	Links for this session http://ospilot.oln.org (login required) http://sandbox.oln.org (login required) http://osportfolio.org OSP 2.1 whitepaper Handbook of Research on ePortfolios Helen Barrett’s blog on ePortfolios The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber
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