Why German Universities Choose Moodle Instead of Sakai

Andreas Wittkeoncampus Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

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oncampus Network

Moodle vs Sakai

The Reasons

The Decider

The Moodle Way

Conclusion

Timeline

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Lübeck 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”

Who we are and what we do

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We are working as an E-Learning Service Provider

for 19 Universities And we are Developing

Online Distance Study Programs!

In ONE Sentence!

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Baltic Sea Virtual Campus

Online Master-Programmes 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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Sakai & Moodle Pilot in Lübeck Moodle Pilot in Berlin Technical Arguments from Lübeck Acceptance & Usability from Berlin KO Criteria was the Soap Interface

After 6 month developing Moodle is running

12/06 the VFH decided for Moodle

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Sakai vs Moodle

Sakai Moodle

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Round 1: Number of Installations

Moodle: 26.905 Installations in 184 CountriesSakai: 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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Administrators

Authors

Teachers

Users

The Customer

Who are the Deciders?

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Emotions

Usability

Fun

Acceptance

What the customer wants?

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Features Usability Sustainability Performance Flexibility Internationalisation Layout/Design

KO Criterias

Criterias

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Technical Features

IMSScorm

RSS

Wikis

Service Oriented Architecture

News

Announcements

Virtual Classroom

Atom

BlogsDiscussion Board

Chat

JSR-168

VoIP

Rooster Shibboleth

SOAP

Email

WSRP

Repository

QTI 1.1

QTI 2.0

Im-/Export

Language

Glossary

LAMS

Roles

Surveys

Podcast

RessourcesWYSIWYG

Syllabus

CalendarWebDAV

Gradebook

Evaluation

Videoconferences

Whiteboard

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Citation from Moodle vs Sakai

„The Sakai Discussion Board has no Forward-Feature,

the Moodle Discussion Board has one.

We can‘t work with Sakai.“

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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

Scenario

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Easy to install

Every teacher installs Moodle on his PC

over 700 new users every day

60.000 downloads a month

Moodle doesn‘t need a Administrator

The success is winning the teachers!

Moodle is everywhere

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One Production Installation

No booth on Conferences (Online Educa, Learntec)

no presentations

no website

no German language version

Promotion is the problem!

Sakai in Germany

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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 don‘t know why “

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Thank you

Lübeck University of Applied SciencesDipl.-Ing. Andreas Wittke

Phone: +49 (0) 451-300-5436

E-Mail: wittke@fh-luebeck.deInternet:www.oncampus.deBlog: www.onlinebynature.de