Official Sakai Guide
The book Sakai Courseware Management by Alan Berg and Michael Korcuska has been published in 2009 by Packt publishing. The book also contains a section with information about Edia, covering our development of contrib sakai tools and our work on UvA communities for the University of Amsterdam.
The book is useful for multiple audiences, ranging from teachers to programmers or those who are interested in the Sakai community in general. It covers all you need to know about using, managing and maintaining Sakai and it feaures many examples, best practices and showcases from the community as a whole.
More information about the book can be found on http://sakaiproject.org
Other News
Digital Dutch Language Portfolio
Edia is currently developing a Digitaal Dutch Language Portfolio for CINOP. Coming September CINOP will setup a pilot for this environment. Early 2011, the product will be taken into production.
Sakai Commercial Affiliate Program
Recently, Edia became a member of the Sakai Foundation Commercial Affiliate Program. By joining this program Edia is supporting the Foundation's work, the development of Sakai, and to directly contribute to Open Source technological innovations for higher education.
Here you can find an overview of all the companies that are members of the program.
Edia develops Gradebook for CSU
Last summer, Charles Sturt University (CSU) hired Edia to develop a Gradebook tool for Sakai. This tool is still in design and will feature some features specifically designed for CSU. Based on CSU's functional design Edia has designed to develop a completely new tool, rather than making adjustments to the old design.
Some of the unique features of the tool are:
participatie via technologische innovatie
Edia neemt op 3 december deel aan het kennispodium Participatie via Technologische Innovatie georganiseerd door ITPreneurs. Edia presenteert daar samen met ITPreneurs haar plannen rondom een innovatief programma voor het alfabetiseren van laaggeletterden. In deze toepassing wordt innovatieve technologie, een touch-screen pen display, ingezet voor de eerste fase bij het leren lezen en schrijven. U vindt ons op het beurslandschap.
Sakai Foundation director visits Edia
Michael Korcuska, Exceutive Director of the Sakai Foundation visited Edia on October 5. He was in Amsterdam to speak on the OpenIC Symposium. This was a chance for Edia to update him on the Sakai Development that we've been doing recently. Micheals blog post about the visit is an excellent summary.