EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Open Source

The 2007 Campus Computing Survey

drupal — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:39:00 -0600

Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of the role of computing, e-learning, and information technology in American higher education. The session will present the results of the 2007 Campus Computing Survey, including new data on P2P policies, open source deployment, IT security issues, strategic and financial planning for IT, instructional integration of IT, campus IT standards, course management systems, and Web site services.

Implementing, Supporting, and Maintaining Sakai

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

Learn how Indiana University has successfully implemented the world's largest installation of the Sakai open source collaborative learning environment on eight campuses statewide. This presentation will cover migration from an enterprise legacy system, tiered support model, virtualized hardware solutions, source code management techniques, and balancing local needs with community-driven development.

Campus-Wide Open Source: Principles for Successful Implementation

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:46 -0500

Architects of open source adoption at Portland State University will detail a large, urban university's journey with an open source portfolio. A model for securing buy-in from administration, faculty, students, and IT will be introduced; our specific principles that have enabled successful, wide-spread implementation will be discussed; and key issues will be addressed, from aligning open source with your institutional mission to evaluating the real impact on IT staffing and infrastructure. Guidance on mitigating challenges will be provided by speakers who span faculty, IT, and administration positions.

Community Source Development of a Next-Generation Student System

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:47 -0500

The University of British Columbia is working with other institutions to develop a community source, next-generation student system that will use a service-oriented architecture. We will describe our approach to community source projects; a standards-based, service-oriented architecture; and the goals and design concepts for a new, open-source, student services system.

Community Source Procurement System

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:47 -0500

This presentation focuses on the unique aspects of the implementation of the first module of a collaborative, community source financial system being developed by a partnership of U.S. higher education institutions. This session will focus on the project itself, its key successes and challenges, and what it means to be the first implementation of a groundbreaking community source initiative.

Is There an OpenCourseWare Site in Your Future?

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:42 -0500

Do you want a site like MIT's OpenCourseWare site, but don't have millions of dollars to spend? Come learn how to start an OpenCourseWare project. Topics will include moving existing materials from closed learning management systems into an open-access format using eduCommons, gaining faculty and institutional support, and dealing with intellectual property.

Looking Toward the Future of Core Administrative Systems

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:47 -0500

The number of vended core administrative systems options is shrinking, while the price of maintenance remains high. Meanwhile, open source is maturing as an option. This presentation will look at the present state of affairs, anticipate what's coming in the future, and make a case for cross-institution collaboration to establish our own administrative systems future.

Production Quality Open Source VoIP: Next Generation Telephony at Penn

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:49 -0500

The University of Pennsylvania is rolling out flexible, cost-effective voice services based on open-source VoIP. Hear about our experiences with converging voice and data organizations, developing technical solutions, communicating with our community, and rolling out production-quality VoIP and integrated messaging to thousands of users.

Welcome to My Fiefdom: IT Asset Management in a Decentralized Organization and the Creation of OpenITAM

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:46 -0500

Visit feudal IT. Explore how the successes and failures of a five-year software asset management (SAM) project have given birth to a university-wide collaborative project creating a higher education open-source IT asset management (ITAM) solution: OpenITAM. Prepare for crumbling political walls, lengthened asset life cycles, and collaborative management.

.LRN: An Enterprise Open-Source Learning Management System

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:30 -0600

.LRN is one of the largest international open-source projects in educational technology innovation. Backed by the .LRN Consortium, its "out-of-the-box" core capabilities include enterprise integration, course management, learning management, content management, and online community support. This presentation will demonstrate the product and describe the governance process for ongoing development.