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The Open Enterprise. Kevin Pitts, eLearning Centres, Seneca College. Overview. A couple of questions A couple of models Some projects Some products Considerations The Open Enterprise Discussion. Questions.
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The Open Enterprise Kevin Pitts, eLearning Centres, Seneca College October 24, 2005
Overview • A couple of questions • A couple of models • Some projects • Some products • Considerations • The Open Enterprise • Discussion October 24, 2005
Questions Is it possible to build an enterprise level elearning infrastructure/environment using open source software? If so, what would it take to bring an open enterprise system to reality? October 24, 2005
Model October 24, 2005
Model H. David Lambert, CIO, Georgetown University October 24, 2005
Sakai Project October 24, 2005
NZOSVLE Project October 24, 2005
Applied Research Phase One Infrastructure Layer • Network design, architecture • OS, Database, Server, etc. Application Layer • Portal • Course Management System • Learning Object Repository, ePortfolio October 24, 2005
Plone October 24, 2005
Mambo October 24, 2005
Moodle October 24, 2005
Moodle October 24, 2005
Slope October 24, 2005
DSpace October 24, 2005
ERIB October 24, 2005
Products Conferencing • ePresence • NEW Publishing • Open Journal System • Digital Publishing System October 24, 2005
ePresence October 24, 2005
NEW October 24, 2005
OJS October 24, 2005
DPubS October 24, 2005
Questions Is it possible to build an enterprise level elearning infrastructure/environment using open source software? Yes! If so, what would it take to bring an open enterprise system to reality? October 24, 2005
Suitability Scott Leslie, BCCampus October 24, 2005
Readiness 2005 Campus Computing Survey Kenneth Green (2005) • 55.1% of senior IT officials agree that “open source will play an increasingly important role in our campus IT strategy.” • 30.4 % agree that “open source offers a viable alternative” for ERP applications. • Not ready yet, but reaching the tipping point October 24, 2005
Trends • Admin focus Academic focus“Ask why, not how.” “Get faculty talking about teaching.” (Kovalesky, 2005) • Distributed Innovation "...collaboration is more meaningful if you see the focus of these efforts as something that you need to solve, as opposed to something that you can wait for someone else to solve." (Abel, 2005) October 24, 2005
Croquet Project October 24, 2005
LAMS October 24, 2005
ConceptTutor October 24, 2005
Trends Clark Aldrich, Learning Circuits Blog October 24, 2005
Trends October 24, 2005
Considerations Standards • IMS Global (data) • OKI, OSIDs (technical) • IMS/IEEE LOM (metadata) Platform • LAMP • UNIX, J2EE, ? ? October 24, 2005
Considerations Development • How, Who • Project management Support Licensing • Open-Open (e.g. Sakai) • Dual (e.g. MySQL) • Creative Commons October 24, 2005
Openess • Open Source • Open Courseware • Open Knowledge Initiative • Open Archives Initiative • Open Standards; Open Architecture • Community Source • Collaborative Open Source October 24, 2005
Open Enterprise Model • Application layer • Sustainability • Leadership, accountability • Security, Support, Scalability • Competition/Collaboration • Legal issues, Policy issues (IP) • Coexistence (OS & Proprietary) October 24, 2005
Open Enterprise Model Worldview • Culture, philosophy • Right, radicalism, will • Globalization Value • Services • Relationships • Investment in people not products October 24, 2005
Applied Research • Community of like-minded people/ organizations • Outcomes: • Educational Value • Commercial Entity/Product ?? October 24, 2005
In a Nutshell • OS at the tipping point • Entering the “Teaching and Learning” era • Distributed/Democratized Innovation • Open Enterprise duality: technology and institutional culture • It’s about ownership and control October 24, 2005
Discussion • Ideas • Thoughts • Questions • Answers October 24, 2005
Thanks for having me kevin.pitts@senecac.on.ca October 24, 2005