Why German Universities Choose Moodle Instead of Sakai

Andreas Wittke
oncampus Lbeck University of Applied Sciences

Timeline

 oncampus Network  Moodle vs Sakai  The Reasons  The Decider  The Moodle Way  Conclusion
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About me
 1999 Studies Computer Sciences at LUA

 1998 - 2001 Network administrator in different companies  since 2001 working for oncampus  2001  2003  2004 Instructional Designer Learn Management Expert Manager System Development & Administration

 2002 - 2006 Teacher for online & face2face study programs  2006
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Organisation of the 1st European Sakai Day

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Slide 3 SH1 zu viel Text!!! KISS (keep it short and simple) - differenten courses und universities wrde ich weglassen - by oncamus wrde ich auch weglassen oder nur 1x erwhnen: z.B. 2001 working for oncampus as Instructional Designer
Stefanie Herbst, 10/27/2006

Who we are and what we do  Lbeck University of Applied Sciences (LUA) experience in technology, didactics and implementation of online distance study programmes since 1997  Flagship projects Virtual University of Applied Sciences, Baltic Sea Virtual Campus and Portal to future

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In ONE Sentence!

We are working as an E-Learning Service Provider for 19 Universities And we are Developing Online Distance Study Programs!
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Baltic Sea Virtual Campus  Online MasterProgrammes and Continuing Education in a Consortium of 12 Universities around the Baltic Sea  Luvit from 2003-2006  using Sakai in productive since autumn 2006
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Virtual University of Applied Science

 Online Bachelor/Master-Programmes in a Consortium of 7 Universities of Applied Sciences from 6 German Federal States  Blackboard Academic Suite since 2001 in productive  will run Moodle this autumn
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12/06 the VFH decided for Moodle

 Sakai & Moodle Pilot in Lbeck  Moodle Pilot in Berlin  Technical Arguments from Lbeck  Acceptance & Usability from Berlin  KO Criteria was the Soap Interface

After 6 month developing Moodle is running

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Sakai vs Moodle

Sakai

Moodle

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Round 1: Number of Installations

Moodle: 26.905 Installations in 184 Countries Sakai: 130 Pilot and Production Systems
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Round 2: Enterprise Installations

 51 Installations with over 20.000 Users  Open University UK with 150.000 Users in different instances  Humboldt University Berlin with 40.000 users in one Installation  only 2 Enterprise Installations in the USA
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Round 3: System

 LAMP/WAMP  Monolith  SCORM  IMS  QTI  LDAP  AICC  RSS  150 Tools and Plugins
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Round 4: Partners

 over 30 Partners in 24 Countries  Sun  Stoas  Harvest Road  Google (no real Partner)  Microsoft (no real Partner)
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Round 5: Environment

 61 different language versions  37 Themes  Windows, Linux, Debian, Apple

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Round 7: Infrastructure

 Key Roles 6 People  26 Main Developers  over 200 other Developers  Donation System  Supporting Organisations
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Round 8: Roadmap

 Gradebook  Event API  Repository API  Learning Design  SCORM 2004  nWiki  PHP 5.1  Student Information API  Portfolio
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Who are the Deciders?

 Administrators  Authors  Teachers  Users

The Customer
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What the customer wants?

 Emotions  Usability  Fun

Acceptance
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Criterias

 Features  Usability  Sustainability  Performance  Flexibility  Internationalisation  Layout/Design

KO Criterias
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Technical Features
Whiteboard Repository Gradebook Scorm IMS Announcements Roles Shibboleth Rooster WSRP Calendar Im-/Export WebDAV Chat Service Oriented Architecture Language RSS QTI 1.1 Videoconferences VoIP Blogs Syllabus Discussion Board Glossary Atom WYSIWYG Surveys Email QTI 2.0 Ressources Evaluation JSR-168 Virtual Classroom News Wikis SOAP LAMS Podcast
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Citation from Moodle vs Sakai

The Sakai Discussion Board has no Forward-Feature, the Moodle Discussion Board has one. We cant work with Sakai.

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Scenario

 Administrator installs Sakai  Customer is working with Sakai  Customer meets somebody using Moodle  Customer tests and likes Moodle  Customer wants Moodle because it is easier  Everybody is knowing and using Moodle

Acceptance
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Moodle is everywhere

 Easy to install  Every teacher installs Moodle on his PC  over 700 new users every day  60.000 downloads a month  Moodle doesnt need a Administrator

The success is winning the teachers!

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Sakai in Germany

 One Production Installation  No booth on Conferences (Online Educa, Learntec)  no presentations  no website  no German language version

Promotion is the problem!

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Sakai in Google Trends 2007

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Sakai vs Moodle in Google Trends

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Sakai vs Moodle vs Blackboard

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Conclusion 1

You have to learn from your enemy. Or Always watch your competitor.

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Conclusion 2

In 10 years the decision of the LMS you are using, is so important, than today the decision about the webserver you are using.

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Conclusion 3

Best of Both Worlds The Framework and the Technology from Sakai And The Usabilty and Ergonomic from Moodle.
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Final

I prefer Sakai, but I dont know why

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Thank you
Lbeck University of Applied Sciences Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Wittke Phone: +49 (0) 451-300-5436 E-Mail: wittke@fh-luebeck.de Internet:www.oncampus.de Blog: www.onlinebynature.de

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