Comments on: About http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net Occasional thoughts and updates about Sakai Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Korcuska http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net/about/#comment-1813 Michael Korcuska Tue, 19 May 2009 20:49:53 +0000 #comment-1813 Andrei, I encourage you to post this to the Sakai email lists. Collaboration is a strength of Sakai as is integration with enterprise systems like Banner. You can find information about joining the lists <a href="http://www.sakaiproject.org/portal/site/sakai-community/page/2dfab376-90af-4bc2-83bd-8743f80423dd" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Andrei, I encourage you to post this to the Sakai email lists. Collaboration is a strength of Sakai as is integration with enterprise systems like Banner. You can find information about joining the lists here.

]]> By: Andrei Mikheyev http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net/about/#comment-1798 Andrei Mikheyev Sat, 16 May 2009 10:18:02 +0000 #comment-1798 Hi Michael, Thank you for highlighting the differences. Basically I face the same "Moodle vs. Sakai" dilemma now (I have a bit of experience with Moodle but am new to Sakai). The institution in question is a business school, so the focus is not as much on course tracking, assignments and grading (and not even SCORM, although this would be an important addition to Sakai) but rather on collaboration, discussion, project management. I'm trying to analyze Sakai's advantages in terms of collaboration/social networking (if any). Could you please point me to relevant resources? What is there in Sakai which cannot be done, well, in Google Sites (sorry if this question sounds too awkward)? Also, the rest of IT at the institution is based on Sungard products (Banner/Luminis). How easy is it to integrate Sakai with these? Any useful examples? Thanks. Hi Michael,

Thank you for highlighting the differences. Basically I face the same “Moodle vs. Sakai” dilemma now (I have a bit of experience with Moodle but am new to Sakai). The institution in question is a business school, so the focus is not as much on course tracking, assignments and grading (and not even SCORM, although this would be an important addition to Sakai) but rather on collaboration, discussion, project management.

I’m trying to analyze Sakai’s advantages in terms of collaboration/social networking (if any). Could you please point me to relevant resources? What is there in Sakai which cannot be done, well, in Google Sites (sorry if this question sounds too awkward)?

Also, the rest of IT at the institution is based on Sungard products (Banner/Luminis). How easy is it to integrate Sakai with these? Any useful examples?

Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Korcuska http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net/about/#comment-1679 Michael Korcuska Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:53:37 +0000 #comment-1679 There are a few differences worth mentioning: 1. Sakai is written in Java; Moodle is PHP. 2. Sakai's vision includes research collaboration and portfolios; Moodle focuses more on teaching. 3. Sakai uses an Apache 2.0 license variant; Moodle is GPL. 4. Sakai has not central development organization (the schools do all the work); Moodle HQ drives a lot of Moodle development 5. Sakai is almost always integrated with other enterprise systems; Moodle is often run as a standalone app. 6. The Sakai community is mostly Higher Education, with some K12; Moodle includes more K12 and corporate training uses. There are a few differences worth mentioning:
1. Sakai is written in Java; Moodle is PHP.
2. Sakai’s vision includes research collaboration and portfolios; Moodle focuses more on teaching.
3. Sakai uses an Apache 2.0 license variant; Moodle is GPL.
4. Sakai has not central development organization (the schools do all the work); Moodle HQ drives a lot of Moodle development
5. Sakai is almost always integrated with other enterprise systems; Moodle is often run as a standalone app.
6. The Sakai community is mostly Higher Education, with some K12; Moodle includes more K12 and corporate training uses.

]]> By: Michel Gerin http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net/about/#comment-1678 Michel Gerin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:05:26 +0000 #comment-1678 Hi Michael, I am trying to decide on a CMS/LMS platform for a company I'm starting up. I am looking for a platform that would work equally well for tutors and teachers. I am looking at Sakai and Moodle as solutions and I was wondering what are the advantages of Sakai over Moodle. If you're not the right person to answer this question, would you be so kind to point me to someone who could help me? Thanks, Michel Hi Michael,

I am trying to decide on a CMS/LMS platform for a company I’m starting up. I am looking for a platform that would work equally well for tutors and teachers. I am looking at Sakai and Moodle as solutions and I was wondering what are the advantages of Sakai over Moodle. If you’re not the right person to answer this question, would you be so kind to point me to someone who could help me?
Thanks,
Michel

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