This is a quick reminder that the deadline for Sakai Fellow nominations–Monday, May 4th– is fast approaching. You can find all the information about the program on the Sakai wiki, but here is a quick summary:
There will be 6 fellows per year. These can be contributors to Sakai in any area, from code to UX [...]
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In case you missed it in the Sakai newsletter, rSmart recently announced that the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has become part of the Sakai Community. The NPS, in Monterey, California, is a postgraduate educational institution with an enrollment of 2,500 students from the US Military, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and allied foreign military and [...]
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Last year Chuck Severance mentored the first two Sakai Google Summer of Code students. This year there are three (!) accepted students who will be working with Sakai.
Congratulations to the following students:
Shashank Agrawal (in-line editor for Sakai3; lead mentor Amyas Phillips)
Andre Leger (OpenSyllabus; lead mentor Claude Coulombe)
Yuri Vishnevsky (Annotations system for Sakai3; lead mentor Oszkar [...]
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I’m now accepting applications for both of the previously announced Sakai job openings. You can find them both on LinkedIn.
Product Manager Job Description
Communications Manager Job Description
LinkedIn requires that you specify a location for the job and the job lists “SF Bay Area”. In fact, applicants from anywhere will be considered. Ability to travel extensively is [...]
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As you probably know, we’ve recently announced changes to the Sakai development process. We’re also making some related changes to the role the Sakai Foundation plays in how it supports the community and, as a result, I am making some changes to the staff roles. Two new positions are being created, one for a Product [...]
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The Sakai Foundation today issued the following official statement on the new Bb-D2L lawsuit:
As you may have already read, Blackboard has filed a new lawsuit against Desire2Learn for patent infringement. This recent lawsuit is based on a patent that Blackboard was awarded in February (#7,493,396). This new patent is actually a revised version of the [...]
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Don’t forget, the deadline for proposals for the 10th Sakai Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts is coming up soon: April 10th! This is earlier than it has been in the past but, fret not, it doesn’t take very long to submit a proposal or register for the conference at the conference website.
The deadlines to keep in [...]
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Sakai Courseware Management: The Official Guide is now available from Packt publishing. The publisher is paying a percentage of every book sold directly to the Sakai Foundation. And Alan and I are donating all royalties directly to the Sakai Foundation.
