OLN Open Source Pilot Update
(with an emphasis on e-portfolios)
Scott Siddall
Denison University

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?

Whose involved?
44 institutions in Ohio
Members of OLN

Activity to date

Activity to date

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%

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”

Sandbox
http://sandbox.oln.org

Sandbox
Syracuse Goal Aware Tools

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.

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

Curricular Goals
Types of ePortfolios
Learning or developmental
Evaluation or assessment
Showcasing or résumé
OSP is more curricular than technological

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

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

OSP is activity-based
Collect
Reflect
Design
Publish

Collect
Form-based or wizard guided process
Gather data

Reflect
Portfolio owner may be asked to reflect
Evaluator is required to assess
Reviewer might comment

Design
Tools to create a presentation or portfolio
Incomplete in 2.1

Publish
Access control
Eportfolio account holders
Email addresses (guests)
Public
CD/DVD
Incomplete in 2.1

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

Forms and Wizards
Forms
Basic guidance for collecting data
Wizards
Series of forms for guidance
Created by CIG coordinator (or others)

Matrices
Structured for longitudinal review
Portfolio owner adds content to cells according to rubric
Forms guide content placement

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!

OSP Roadmap

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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