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uPortal: Open Source Higher Education Collaboration Platform

Learn about uPortal, an open source platform that facilitates the transition to new web technologies in higher education. It offers personalized, role-based access control and layouts, as well as decentralized control of publishing. Join the collaborative effort to improve productivity in higher education.

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uPortal: Open Source Higher Education Collaboration Platform

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  1. Open Source and Higher Education uPortal & Sakai Presented by Justin Tilton at Open Source in Government Conference Tuesday, March 16, 2004 – George Washington University

  2. JA-SIG • Java In AdministrationSpecial Interest Group • www.ja-sig.org • www.ja-sig.org.uk • National and regional conferences • Clearing house • https://www.mis4.udel.edu/JasigCH/ • Collaborative projects

  3. The vision • Facilitate the transition to new Web technologies, especially Java and Web Services, through training and collaboration. • Develop software, important to higher education, that can be shared. • Improve productivity in higher education.

  4. Activities The JA-SIG membership is engaged in three activities. • Sponsorship of a twice-annual conference in the U.S. and one in the U.K. • JA-SIG Clearinghouse - a place on the Web to facilitate the sharing of Java and XML components. • Development of a free, open source, open standard portal for higher education: uPortal.

  5. Boston College Princeton U British Columbia Delaware Nagoya Cornell Denison El Camino Community Lehigh Illinois State Cal Poly SLO Rutgers Roanoke College Yale Texas Tech Columbia New Mexico Virginia Tech Kansas Hawaii Hull Nottingham + ~300 more… Some JA-SIG members

  6. What is uPortal? • Enterprise portal • Framework for presenting aggregated content (channels) • Personalization • Role-based access control and layouts • Open source, collaborative effort • Java web application

  7. Red Universitaria Nacional

  8. Denison University

  9. Cornell University

  10. Why uPortal? • Features important to higher education • Internationalization • Decentralized control of publishing and related parts of the user layout • Layout based on role, accessibility, and user preferences • Anonymous authorization for access • Open standards

  11. Higher Education • Most of thesefeatures applyto HigherEducation • uPortal is bridging the gap between corporate portals and the needs of Higher Education Institutions

  12. Why open standards? • Sharing: Interoperability (component architecture) • Risk Management: Ability to change software if needed • Architecture: Choice of components

  13. Mentoring

  14. Business relationships

  15. Types of portals

  16. Multiple target devices

  17. Current Work: Accessibility

  18. Current Work: Accessibility

  19. Industry Recognition

  20. The future • Continue deployment • Industry-based technical support • Cooperative development of commercial products by business partners • Further development of the portal itself • Sakai Project 2004-2006 • Coordinated development of products using uPortal (e.g. Sakai partners)

  21. The End Justin E. Tilton jet@immagic.com www.immagic.com

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