OOSS Project Wiki

Introduction

These case studies were assembled during the course of our research on the possible uses of open source software in higher education.  While these materials are not included in the final report ...

Apache

Apache has gone through several distinct phases since its founding in 1995. The first dates to a web server development project at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the ...

Apache Data Points

People Involved Committers - Volunteers Approximately 320 (40% of approximately 800 total committers) ...

Key Milestones for Apache

1994Rob McCool of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois and Mosaic develops server software to return web sites in response to a query. The server&...

Apache Sources

Apache Software Foundation website: http://www.apache.orgApache HTTP Server Project website: http://httpd.apache.orgSteven Weber, The Success of Open Source (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard ...

DSpace

DSpace was launched in November 2000 with the announcement of a collaboration between MIT Libraries and HP Labs to create a software system with the capability of preserving, indexing and ...

DSpace Data Points

 

Key Milestones for DSpace

2000MIT Libraries and HP Labs undertake a $1,800,000 research and development project “to create an operational software system with broad functionality to capture, manage, preserve, and ...

Moodle

Beginning in 1999, Martin Dougiamas, a webmaster at Curtin University of Technology in Australia, grew frustrated by the existing course management system software and sought to combine his ...

Moodle Data Points

People Involved Key Moodle Roles 7 Main Developers ...

Key Milestones for Moodle

1999Dougiamas officially begins creating Moodle, “originally an acronym for Modular-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment,” and also “a verb that describes the process of lazily ...

Sakai

The Sakai Project was officially launched in December 2003 with a goal of creating open source learning management software through a collaborative process.  It originated at the University of ...

Sakai Data Points

People Involved Volunteers 85 volunteers contributed their time to QA the 2.2 release ...

Key Milestones for Sakai

2003The University of Michigan submits a proposal to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two-year grant for the Sakai Project, to be led by Joseph Hardin.The Sakai architecture is released.Sakai ...

uPortal

A pioneering project in open source for higher education, uPortal was established in 1999-2000 with the goal of creating a web-based single point of access for  the information technology ...

uPortal Data Points

People Involved Volunteers Staff from about 20 institutions Paid ...

Key Milestones for uPortal

1999JA-SIG (Java Architectures Special Interest Group) is founded with support from Sun to promote a Java-based enterprise system in higher education and encourage collaboration among institutions ...

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DSpace Sources

DSpace Federation Project website: http://dspace.org/federation/project.htmlDSpace Wiki website: http://wiki.dspace.org/Alice Tarleton, “Cambridge First with Electronic Archive,” Guardian ...

Moodle Sources

Moodle website: http://www.moodle.orgMoodle Service Network website: http://www.moodle.comAbhijeet Chavan, “Open-Source Learning Management with Moodle,” LinuxJournal, November 11, 2004.

Sakai Sources

Sakai Project website: http://www.sakaiproject.orgIndiana University website: http://www.indiana.eduPaul Courant and Matthew Rascoff, conversation with Chuck Severance, January 27, 2006/Rebecca ...

uPortal Sources

uPortal website: http://www.uportal.org/JA-SIG website: http://www.ja-sig.org/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation RIT Program website: http://juicy.mellon.org/RIT/MellonOSProjects/uPortal/Rebecca Griffiths ...