Sakai Internationalization and Open Source Portfolio

Beth KirschnerJA Sakai Conference 2008

Internationalization & OSP

Large & International Community Late entry into Sakai, but now integral part Contributions from Developers, User Interface

Designers, HCI Researchers, and Users Enlightened Self-Interest (local/community needs) Common Project Management Needs:

• Technical Development

• Vision/Direction/Planning/Design

• Communication/Collaboration

Managing Sakai Projects…

Aviate…

Navigate…

Communicate…

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate…

Aviate: Technical Development Navigate: Vision/Direction/Planning/Design Communicate: Collaboration (email, wiki,

meetings, face-to-face, phone, IM, …)

Managing Internationalization

http://www.sakaiproject.org/sakai-map/

Internationalization/Localization 2005 - Localize entire Sakai code base 2005 - Initial translations

• Japanese, Chinese, Korean

Highlighted problems: Difficult phrase translation, space allocation for translations, cultural dependencies

2005 - Nagoya University develops dynamic language preferences

2006 - New translations• Spanish, Catalan, French, Swedish

Internationalization/Localization 2007 - Detailed problem analysis:

• Mistakes, missed localized text• Content localization• Date/time formats• Page/tool titles• Right-to-left languages

2007 - Growing Community Visibility• Internationalization Requirement for core tools• Updated translations• New Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese translations

Internationalization/Localization 2007 - Sakai Conferences

• Internationalization presentations• Birds-of-a-Feature Collaborative Meetings

2008 - 70 bug-fixes and enhancements in Sakai 2.5 2008 - New Translations:

• Brazilian Portuguese• Russian

Continuing Contributions• Localization fix patches• Subversion commit rights for translations• QA-Japan Server

I18N Collaboration

Managing Properties Files

Managing I18N Issues

Current Translations in Production

Current Translations…

• More underway:– Danish– German– Slovakian– Finnish– Vietnamese– Hebrew– Turkish– Mongolian

Managing Open Source Portfolio

Open Source Portfolio & Sakai

2003 - University of Minnesota ePortfolio becomes open source, Mellon funded project

2006 - OSP added to Sakai as Provisional tool 2006-2008 - Weekly Teleconferences 2008 - OSP becomes Core Sakai tool

Open Source Portfolio & Sakai OSP Activities

• Collect - portfolio owner collects digital artifacts• Reflect - portfolio owner reflects on their work and

relationships between learning experiences• Design & Publish - design publish and share ePortfolio• Guide - provide tools to guide portfolio owner experience• Review & Evaluation - formative feedback, formative and

summative evaluations, and comments• Analyze - generate reports for analysis of portfolio data

OSP Collaborators by Institution

• rSmart• University of Michigan• Indiana University• Syracuse University• Portland State University• Marist University• Weber State University• Northeastern University

• University of Amsterdam• Portfolio4U• Serensoft• LaGuardia• University of Florida• LOI (Amsterdam)• University of Arizona• George Mason University

OSP Collaboration…

Managing OSP Issues

OSP Planning Meeting ‘Summits’

Current ePortfolio Projects

Representative ePortfolio Implementations

Personal Representation Resumes

Course projects

Self presentation/artistic

Teaching and Learning Connecting academic and real-world experiences

Identifying knowledge and skills in relation to competencies

Integrating learning across disciplines and time

Assessment and Accreditation Demonstrating and articulating skills and competencies

Demonstrating outcomes

Illustrating learning over time

ePortfolio @ umich.edu

ePortfolio @ umich.edu

ePortfolio @ umich.edu

ePortfolio @ umich.edu

ePortfolio K-12: Goals and AssignmentsGuide Learning and Assessment

• Students apply their understanding of standards to the learning process

• Teachers rate student performance in relation to standards

• Schools gauge success according to student evidence of learning in relation to standards

ePortfolio Reports Gather Evidence of Learning

• Students assess quality and completeness of their evidence

• Students use assessment to populate Graduation Portfolio

• Teachers assess student learning and effectiveness of portfolio assignments

• Schools assess student learning and teacher performance

• RIDE assesses school and district performance

RIEPS Graduation Portfolios Demonstrate Learning

• Students assemble, display, and share evidence of learning for graduation

• Schools and districts evaluate student learning as a prerequisite for graduation

• RIDE collects evidence of the complete student learning experience

General Education Portfolio

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate