OpeniWorld:eLearn2008
Interoperability Summit and Developer Boot Camp
Interoperability Summit Agenda
Please check back often for updates to this schedule of events. All sessions will be held in Boardroom 3, third floor of the Minneapolis Hilton, MERLOT Conference hotel.
Thursday, August 7 (Pre-conference)
10:00 - 12:00 Introduction to “plug-and-play” interoperability in the Enterprise:
The morning session is aimed at the needs and interests of both technology decision makers/stakeholders and software developers alike. Enterprise perspectives will be shared from representatives of the following communities:
Educational Technologists
Software Designers/Architects
Commercial Products Providers
Open Source Projects
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions:
General Session:
For the afternoon session, educational technology stakeholders, decision makers, project managers, etc, will participate in discussions on benefits of interoperabiliy on enterprise, user and business levels
This session is highly participatory. Be prepared to bring case studies, issues, solutions from the perspective of your organization.
Additional case studies will be provided prior to the session
Developer Boot Camp “pre-work” Session:
Those participating in the Developers Boot Camp session will work with Jeff Kahn of Verbena Consulting on “pre-work” development activity
Friday, August 8
We recommend that participants interested in Interoperability Summit activities attend the Digital Marketplace Briefing.
Developer Boot Camp attendees will begin in-depth development efforts aimed at achieving real plug-and-play applications and content sources.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Digital Marketplace Defined and Demonstrated:
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Digital Marketplace Advances the Cause of Accessibility:
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Digital Marketplace Development Processes
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 5:00 p.m. Digital Marketplace as an Organization
Saturday, August 9
Showcase Presentations
10:00 - 10:45 a.m:
More Than You Know: Content Interoperability is Everywhere
Jeff Kahn - Verbena Consulting
This set of demonstrations will highlight the extent to which teachers and learners can access the content they need through the tools they want.
11:00 - 11:45 a.m:
Interoperating learn eXact LCMS, HarvestRoad Hive and Sakai CLE and Moodle VLEs in New Generation Digital Content Marketplaces
Bryan Eldridge, Giunti Labs
This demonstration focuses on a new generation 3-tier model strategy for empowering the digital marketplace. The solution presented is comprised of a back-end content production infrastructure, a middle tier trusted and federated content broker and harvester and a front-end set of interoperable VLEs, Moodle and Sakai CLE.
Integration of a Resource List Management Service Within The Cal State Digital Marketplace
Peter Lamothe - Giunti Labs
This demonstration focuses on the creation of reading lists created from content made available via an OSID federation search. The solution presented is comprised of a standards-based, open architecture digital repository and a 508 compliant resource list management service.
1:45 - 2:30 p.m:
Discover and Use Distributed Content with the Federated Repository Search Tool in Blackboard
Mark O’Neil - Dartmouth College
There is a wealth of content stored in repositories which would benefit educators and learners alike. Unfortunately this content is rarely easily discoverable, let alone useable in a Course Management System or other constructive learning environment. Based on the OKI Repository OSID, the Federated Repository Search Tool solves this by providing a simple, easy to use interface that enables users to discover and use content that is distributed across repositories.
2:45 - 3:30 p.m:
PlugJam: Next generation Social Networking
Stuart Sim - Common Need
This demonstration will showcase the use of open adapters to build next generation social networking and learning platforms that integrate directly with existing campus based and remote resources already used by legacy systems. The PlugJam platform makes use of the OKI OSID framework to leverage existing connector adaptors and lower the cost of systems integration. The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) is an important part of the CommonNeed vision to bringing down the barriers to new tools adoption and overall innovation in the education sector.
4:00 - 4:45 p.m:
OSCELOT Open Source Community
Mark O’Neil - Dartmouth College
OSCELOT is a community of developers, users, and proponents of open source technology who create and employ solutions to e-Learning challenges. Mark O'Neil, President and CEO of OSCELOT, will explain the benefits of OSCELOT, some real world successes, and how interested parties can get involved today!
Sunday, August 10
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Concluding Sessions
Sunday morning concludes the OiW Interoperabilty Summit with a re-convening of “stakeholders” and software developers. Attendees will have an opportunity to analyse and critique the activites of the past few days and to help define further projects activities. This session will also feature presentation and discussion around new and exciting project activity being planned for the upcoming year, including activites of the Open Knowledge Initiative, OSCELOT and other communities.