OLN Open Source Pilot
Update
(with an emphasis on e-portfolios)
| Scott Siddall | |
| Denison University |
| 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? | ||
| 44 institutions in Ohio | |
| Members of OLN |
| 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% | |||
| 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” | ||
| http://sandbox.oln.org |
| Syracuse Goal Aware Tools |
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Types of ePortfolios | ||
| Learning or developmental | ||
| Evaluation or assessment | ||
| Showcasing or résumé | ||
| OSP is more curricular than technological | ||
| Collect work | ||
| Allows others to review | ||
| Reflect on the work | ||
| Design a presentation | ||
| Publish it as a portfolio | ||
| Introductory video by Indiana University | ||
| Portfolio owner | ||
| Common Interest Group (CIG) | ||
| Coordinator (manager) | ||
| Participant (all involved) | ||
| Evaluator – explicit responsibilities | ||
| Reviewer – provides comments and guidance | ||
| Program administrator | ||
| Collect | |
| Reflect | |
| Design | |
| Publish |
| Form-based or wizard guided process | |
| Gather data |
| Portfolio owner may be asked to reflect | |
| Evaluator is required to assess | |
| Reviewer might comment |
| Tools to create a presentation or portfolio | |
| Incomplete in 2.1 |
| Access control | ||
| Eportfolio account holders | ||
| Email addresses (guests) | ||
| Public | ||
| CD/DVD | ||
| Incomplete in 2.1 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Basic guidance for collecting data | ||
| Wizards | ||
| Series of forms for guidance | ||
| Created by CIG coordinator (or others) | ||
| Structured for longitudinal review | |
| Portfolio owner adds content to cells according to rubric | |
| Forms guide content placement |
| 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! | ||
| 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 | ||