A View From Across the Pond

Cambridge University’s Ian Boston, the technical director of the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET) and lead architect for the Sakai 3, attended Kuali Days VIII and provides some valuable insights on Kuali and Kuali Student. Check his Notes from Kuali Days VIII.

Successful Kuali Days VIII Wraps Up

With a record-setting number of attendees, Kuali Days VIII came to an end Wednesday in San Antonio, Tex. Large audiences listened to the recent progress and on-going development of Kuali Student.

In the closing Kuali Student Roundtable session, project manager Rajiv Kaushik told attendees on Wednesday that project is the project is moving forward with the Release 1.0 planned for March 2010. Among the Kuali Student highlights:

• Milestone 1 of 5 within Release 1.0 has been completed and released to Founders and Partners.
• A demonstration video of Milestone 1 of R1 was shown to attendees and will be made available of the Kuali Student website in December.
• The March 2010 Release 1.0 will be followed by a broader scope shortly after by Release 1.1.
• Business Requirements gathering for Release 2 is already underway.
• The Kuali Student Board is reviewing methods to offer the community greater opportunities to participate and provide feedback

There was valuable information provided in all of the Kuali Student presentations, which will be made available in the coming weeks on the Kuali Student website.

Tweets about Kuali Student at Kuali Days VIII

Read the latest buzz from attendees on Twitter.

Packed sessions at Kuali Days VIII; Foundation launches Open Library Environment project

A record number of attendees lead to near capacity attendance at the Kuali Student sessions at Kuali Days VIII in San Antonio, Tex.

Project manager Rajiv Kaushik kicked off the day for Kuali Student with a project update, noting that the project is on schedule for Release 1 in March 2010 with a fuller scope Release 1.1 to follow.

In Kuali Foundation news, the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) (pronounced Oh-LAY) project was launched to develop software created specifically for the complex business management and workflow operations of academic and research libraries. Read more.

Kuali Days Are Here Again!

Kuali Days VIII have arrived.

Here in San Antonio, workshops are already underway, while the Kuali Student track begins in earnest tomorrow morning with a project overview. The Kuali Student Reporter will provide regular updates during the conference, while full Kuali Student session recordings will be made available in the after the conference has concluded.

KD8 Preview: Exchanging Student Records Globally

With only a week until Kuali Days VIII in San Antonio, the preview of the Kuali Student track continues. Today: Exchanging Student Records Globally.

This “birds-of a feather” panel session is meant as an information sharing opportunity about exchanging student records both within and across different educational jurisdictions. Kuali Student is strongly committed to the concept of internationalization, which means being able to consume transcripts that conform to North American and European standards, as well as those of other regions. Moderated by Jim Farmer, technical adviser at instructional media + magic inc., the session is at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Visit the Kuali Foundation’s conference website for more information about Kuali Days VIII.

KD8 Preview: Taking Curriculum Management Outside of North America – the Internationalization of Kuali Student

Only eight days until Kuali Days VIII in San Antonio. We continue to preview the Kuali Student track. Today: Taking Curriculum Management Outside of North America – the Internationalization of Kuali Student.

Although it is being developed by a consortium of English speaking North American universities, Kuali Student Release 1, Curriculum Management is meant to work in any educational jurisdiction. Current work at the University of Cambridge offers a practical example of the possibilities and opportunities. Among the other topics the panel will discuss are:

1. Standard reference models for different educational jurisdictions. Just as KRU is really KR-North-America-University, so we could have KR-UK-HE
2. What conferences would help facilitate the internationalization of KS?
3. Language configuration: labels, business rules, data.
4. Exchanging student transcript data (standards, Bologna process etc)
5. Should there be a IIUG (International Implementation User Group)?

This session is at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17. For more information about Kuali Days VIII, visit the Kuali Foundation’s conference website.

KD8 Preview: Overview and Demonstration of Kuali Student User Interaction Model

Less than two weeks until Kuali Days VIII in San Antonio. In advance, we continue to preview the Kuali Student track. Today: Overview and Demonstration of KS User Interaction Model (UIM).

Kuali Student's configurability will allow unique institutional workflows, usage of custom services, and corresponding custom html fields, pages, and page flows.  This configurability will be supported by a user interface (UI) framework that will allow implementers to easily render a configured user interface.  The UIM is both precursor and successor to the user interface framework—for the developers of the UI framework, the UIM specifies the behavior of modular user interface elements.  Once complete, it serves as a design guide for both developers and designers. This session will give examples of and describe how the UIM supports the work of the UI developers and User Experience Designers working on Kuali Student, as well as how the modular interaction models were designed and documented. This session is at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17.

For more information about Kuali Days VIII, visit the Kuali Foundation’s conference website.

Kuali Student at EDUCAUSE 2009 this week

EDUCAUSE is this week in Denver, Colo., and Kuali Student is offering three opportunities to connect with project representatives and gather information about the project:

You Can't Change Learning with that Old Curriculum Management System When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 3:50 p.m. Where: Korbel Ballroom 2B.

Designing Data Resources and Business Intelligence for Service-Oriented Solutions When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 4:55PM p.m. Where: Colorado Convention Center, Hall F (exact table numbers and floor plan TBD)

Designing Services within an SOA Student Information System When: Friday, November 6, 2009 - 8:10 a.m. Where: Korbel Ballroom 2B.