OSCELOT Events
Open Source Day
Open Source Day is intended as a day during which developers, managers, and members of the community with a desire to participate in the open source and OSCELOT communities may actively learn about the OSCELOT community, shape it's agenda, learn of developments in the standards community, and identify and spec new candidates for community projects.
Open Source Day III
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Date: Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th 2008
Location: Stan Fulton Building, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada
The outcomes of Open Source Day have resulted in the development and release of a number of open source tools that benefit a broad educational community. Come learn how you can be a part of this and make an impact on education!
Conference Registration Fees
$125.00 for Early Bird registration (before 15th April 2008)
$135.00 regular registration (15th April - 15 June 2008)
$145.00 (after 15 June 2008)
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Keynotes
We are delighted to confirm our two keynote speakers:
Jeff Kahn has been working in the area of repository interoperability for years. Jeff's work has focused on development and exposition of the Repository Open Services Interface Definition or Repository OSID (www.okiproject.org) and facilitating its adoption in a number of commercial and open-source projects.For Open Repositories 2008, the focus will be on work Jeff has contributed to the SOURCE Project, The Bloomsbury Colleges, University of London. Jeff has been working on the development of repository migration tools that include access to the Blackboard Content System. Jeff has also worked with the SOURCE Project, MIT, Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Blackboard on an open source Blackboard Building Block for federated search of repositories.
Jeff Kahn will share some of his experiences in working on more than 50 repository-related, open activities. After reviewing his areas of focus, he will review a case-study or two from these projects, and then discuss what he has found people mean when they say "open source". Jeff will then discuss interoperability standards, particular those related to repositories, closing with some person observations about the industry.
According to the University of Nevada website, destiny has led Michael Wilder on a dual career path of both education and technology. The result is a hybrid individual with skills and perspective from both fields. He worked as teacher and trainer in a variety of environments, serving, among other positions, as Blackboard administrator, Online Learning Specialist, and college faculty (web design, web-based multimedia, networking, programming, desktop publishing, essential computer applications, and much more). Michael specializes in web-based education and the educational use of open-source technology. He has presented at major conferences, and has consulted to schools districts and colleges. Michael received his B.A. in English from UCLA, and received his master's degree in Educational Leadership, with emphasis on computer-based education, from Gonzaga University.
Michael will be giving a talk entitled Commercial vs. Open Source Learning Management Systems: Weighing the Issues. When it comes to learning management systems, many educational institutions would rather pay large corporations vast amounts of money rather than invest in their own technical infrastructure using open source solutions. What are some of the issues that hold such institutions back from considering non-commercial alternatives? What are some of the challenges both commercial and open source learning management system developers face in order to satisfy the needs of educational institutions? He will review the issues related to commercial vs. open source learning management systems, ask you to contribute your own observations, and come to your own informed conclusions.
Open Source Day II
July 14, 2007 Cambridge, Massachusetts
OSD II was hosted on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA the evening of Friday 13th and Saturday the 14th following the annual Blackboard Developers conference. Friday evening's event consisted of a reception based poster session where attendees learned the status of and discussed current projects with the project leads. Saturday's events were based on an Open Space Technology format and after a morning of keynote and supporting speakers, the event kicked off as individuals determined the subject matter of the sessions and groups formed to work in those sessions. At the end of the day, session leaders reported to the attendees the status of their session.
Open Source Day I
July 2006, Washington, DC
Open Source Day I was held at Blackboard, Inc.'s headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. in July 2006, just after the Blackboard Developers Conference. We had about 40 people representing 25 institutions and 3 commercial entities.
The Keynote Speaker was Stuart Sim, then of Sun Microsystems and now with Moodlerooms. His presentation was called "
We then used a meeting format called Open Space Technology to identify topics of interest and break out into small working groups. Several projects emerged out of this including the Photo Bucket Tool, the Maven project, and exploration of Single Sign on. Some of the comments from Open Source Day I included "Totally, refreshingly different experience from most conferences I attend" and "It was very informal, which allowed a lot of good collaboration to happen" .
Overall the feedback was positive, with the main suggestion being to try and get conversation on topics started earlier for the next Open Source Day.
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