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Sakai: Open Source … Open Minds
"Unlike Learning Management Systems, Sakai turns students into active learners and contributors, and the instructor into a facilitator. The instructor activates tools and gives students, or groups of students, permissions to use them as they like; the instructor does not have to be an expert in the tools. This is just the start of the difference between Sakai and LMSs."
UNC Sakai Pilot Evaluation: Results Summary
"When we published the Sakai Pilot Evaluation Final Report, we knew that most people would prefer a visual summary rather than reading the 74-page document or even the Executive Summary."
Blackboard’s Response to Open Source: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
"As I noted recently, the University of North Carolina (a Blackboard customer) reported highly favorable results of their pilot study of Sakai, with an outcome of further investigation into Sakai as a full replacement of Blackboard as their primary LMS. It turns out that this was following on the heels of a similar study done by the North Carolina Community College system favorably comparing Moodle to Blackboard."
UNC Chapel Hill - Sakai Pilot Final Report available
"We are pleased to announce that the Sakai Pilot Final Report is available for your review! The 74-page PDF (3.2 MB) provides a wealth of data collected during Fall 2008 and Spring 2009."
LMS Evaluation Committee - Final 2009 Report and Recommendation
Recommends, on the basis of that evaluation, that the University adopt Moodle as its sole Learning Management System.
Blackboard Upgrade: Summer 2009
During the outage period https://blackboard.unc.edu will be completely unavailable. If any Bb materials will be needed during the outage period, these materials must be downloaded or extracted prior to the outage. After extracting the content, it can be made available to students using the Course Web Space tool.
Sakai Instructional Tools (Faculty Practice)
Matt McMurray, an Instructor in the Department of Psychology explains how he uses Sakai in his teaching. In this clip he talks about the “multiple upload/download” feature in the Resources tool that allows you to drag and drop multiple files to your course. In addition, he talks about Site Statistics that allows you to track how site members are using site materials.
Cheers to Sakai: New course Web site is a good alternative to Blackboard
Unlike Blackboard, Sakai allows professors and students to customize features in a way that best suits their needs.
What surprised Jeffrey Pomerantz the most about Sakai
Jeffrey Pomerantz, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in The School of Information and Library Science shares his thoughts on what surprised him most about Sakai (1.5 minutes)
Results-Based Interaction Design
Reach beyond use and usability and focus on impact by combining marketing and interaction design to improve academic website development
Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students’ Sense of Community
Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students’ Sense of Community
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