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Opinion
A Milestone in the Higher Ed Software Market?
8/8/2006
Sakai is supported for the ACA by a commercial firm that specializes in supporting Sakai, allowing LAMP coordinators (one on each campus) to focus on the pedagogical applications, training faculty, encouraging use of Sakai, and providing feedback. Annual cost savings over commercial software has been estimated at $160,000.What’s the bottom line? We all must examine critically and thoroughly the software licensing opportunities before us. We must do this with an open mind, understanding our personal and institutional biases and traditions as well as our capabilities and needs. We must maintain our focus on our constituencies, who expect us to manage resources effectively. But we’re not alone in this. We are fortunate to be members of the enlightened and powerful community of higher education where we can turn to our colleagues for discussion and advice. And in some cases, even software.
Scott Siddall is assistant provost and director of instructional technology at Denison University.Cite this Site
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