Sakai is an Open Source collaborative learning environment that contains everything necessary to deliver an effective eLeaning program. The JumpBox packages the rSmart distribution of Sakai which is a refined version of the Open source Sakai project with enhancements like additional modules and an improved user interface. Sakai can be used to deliver an entirely online learning experience or used as a supplement to traditional in-person coursework. Some of the more notable features include:
(Link: Quickly Deliver courses online with the JumpBox for rSmart Sakai)
Quickly Deliver courses online with the JumpBox for rSmart Sakai
Sakai 3 Proposal – the ambitions for a next generation sakai collaboration and learning environment
In summary, our ambition is not merely an incremental improvement of Sakai nor is it to
copy Google. Our goal is not simply to create a better and cheaper version of Blackboard. It
is time to arrive at a clearer understanding of the capabilities that represent needs unique
to education and for the Sakai community to focus its development effort on providing
these capabilities while taking advantage of established openāsource efforts to provide
more generic capabilities. We should, in short, strive to create a different type of academic
collaboration system. Institutions that choose Sakai 3 will be choosing to run a qualitatively
different type of system. This is the kind choice we should provide to the educational
community. Not just a choice between open source and proprietary.
(Link: Sakai 3 Proposal – the ambitions for a next generation sakai collaboration and learning environment)
LMS Options and Comparisons – WebCT Wiki
Learning Management Systems
* 3.1 Angel
* 3.2 Moodle
* 3.3 OLAT
* 3.4 Sakai
* 3.5 Scholar360
* 3.6 WebCT Campus Edition
* 3.8 Dokeos
* 3.9 RCampus
* 3.10 Solo Learning
(Link: LMS Options and Comparisons – WebCT Wiki)


October 28, 2009
