Sakai Newsletter January 22, 2009

Sakai Newsletter
January 22, 2009
1.  From the Executive Director
2.  Fluid Infusion 0.7 Released
3.  New Forum Tool
4.  Columbia Upgraded to Recent 2.5.x
5.  Article Draft -- "RESTful Sakai: Entities, SData and Widgets"
6.  Save the Date: NYC Regional MeetUp
7.  What's New With Using Sakai?
8.  Sakai Use Case: Stanford Language Center
9.  Spread the Word: 2nd Annual Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award
10. Adding Contributors Notice on Collab/Confluence/Jira
11. JA-SIG Conference Program Available
12. Call for Papers for MoodleMoot San Francisco 2009
13. 2nd Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging Technology in Online Learning
14. Job Opening: Disability Specialist at Michigan State University
15. Recent Email Group Discussions
16. Events
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1.  From the Executive Director
As you may have read on the Sakai mail lists, the Sakai Foundation  
Board of Directors and I, the Executive Director (who is not a board  
member), will be having a retreat on February 9th and 10th. The  
retreat is being hosted by Marist College (in Poughkeepsie, NY), home  
of Sakai Board member Josh Baron.
While a strategy retreat is a good exercise on an occasional basis in  
any case, I think this is a particularly important time for one. There  
are two major reasons for this. The first is obvious perhaps: the  
emergence of Sakai 3. This will mean a transition in the community  
and, therefore, at least the potential for change in the goals and  
activities of the Sakai Foundation itself (e.g., what is our relative  
emphasis on supporting 2.x versus helping push 3.0 forward?). The  
second reason, though, is that there continues to be analysis of how  
Sakai product design and development work should happen. These issues  
have always been present but the proposal for Sakai 3 has brought them  
to the forefront.
We'd love to get your views on these issues. As usual, the advocacy  
list remains a good place for public discussion of these matters. But  
feel free to send an email to me or any member of the board.
You can read more on my blog at:
http://sakaiblog.korcuska.net/2009/01/13/sakai-board-retreat/Michael Korcuska
Executive Director, Sakai Foundation
mkorcuska@...
phone: +1 510-931-6559
mobile (US): +1 510-599-2586
mobile (FR): +33 (0)6 31 11 58 97
skype: mkorcuska
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2. Fluid Infusion 0.7 Released!
The Fluid Project is pleased to announce the final release of Fluid  
Infusion 0.7, a maintenance release featuring graceful degradation in  
the Uploader, improved documentation and many bug fixes.
Infusion 0.7 is available for download at:
http://fluidproject.org/index.php/downloadsWhat's New in This Release?
- Graceful degradation support in the Uploader
- Improved documentation
- Many bug fixes
See the complete list here:
http://issues.fluidproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10177What is Fluid Infusion?
Fluid Infusion is a collection of rich, reusable, accessible user  
interface components built for the web. These components have been  
designed by a cross-disciplinary team and thoroughly tested for  
usability and accessibility. By incorporating Fluid components into  
your web application's user interface, you will make your application  
easier to use by more people. Easier to use means happier users.
Known Issues
An up-to-date listing of known issues with this release is available at:
http://issues.fluidproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10176Help Us Build a Usable Web For Everyone
The Fluid Project is an open, collaborative development project. Our  
goal is to improve the user experience of community source web  
applications, so if you are a designer or developer and want to help  
change the world, consider getting involved! The Fluid component  
library includes not only full source code but also a designer's  
toolkit that offers useful design, accessibility, and usability  
strategies and documentation, all backed by a growing community of  
interaction designers, user interface experts, and software developers  
contributing a wealth of expertise in usability and accessibility.
Many thanks to everyone in the community for their hard work and  
support for this release!
Michelle D'Souza
Software Developer, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
University of Toronto
michelle.dsouza@...
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3. New Forum Tool
Hi all,
This is an announcement of yet another forum tool for Sakai. Some  
Sakai people may have seen it already as Steve Swinsburg talked about  
it at the recent Australian Sakai conference. It's called Yaft (Yet  
Another Forum Tool), which is a bad name I know but at least there  
little chance of name clashes in contrib, and has come out of a  
requirements gathering exercise at Lancaster University (UK).
For more details have a look at the confluence page. There are some  
screen shots and binaries there.
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/YAFT/YaftCheers,
Adrian Fish
Software Engineer Centre for e-Science
a.fish@...
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4. Columbia Upgraded to Recent 2.5.x
Hello everyone,
On Sunday, January 11, Columbia upgraded its long-running Sakai pilot  
to a very recent version of the 2.5.x maintenance branch for the  
upcoming Spring semester.
In addition, we are using the post_2-5 branch of the Polls tool and  
have introduced Mailsender (1.4 branch) as a drop-in replacement for  
Mailtool, which we used for more than three years.
For more detailed information, please feel free to contact me directly.
Seth Theriault
slt@...
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5. Article Draft: "RESTful Sakai: Entities, SData and Widgets"
I've written a technical article that outlines some of the new work in  
the Community that is focusing on REST-based content addressability,  
clean URL spaces and client-side snippets of user-facing functionality  
known as widgets. I focus in particular on the server-side Poll Tool,  
which has implemented a number of entity providers in order to expose  
its shareable domain objects and its lightweight JavaScript cousin the  
Poll widget.
The latest clean version can be read here:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=d7s4gpm_16c6hz57ck&pageview=1&hgd=1&hl=enAs I noted above this is a technical piece with code snippets and  
technical jargon. It targets the Sakai developer community and those  
beyond who are interested in the software-side of the new ideas and  
approaches powering the Sakai 3 effort outlined earlier by Michael  
Korcuska in his Sakai 3 proposal (http://3akai.sakaiproject.org/access/content/group/sakai3/Sakai%203%20Proposal%20v08.pdf 
). So it won't be of interest to all.
If you choose to read the draft, I would appreciate critical feedback  
on it. No doubt there are omissions, muddled prose and other obstacles  
to a clear understanding of the refactored EntityBroker service,  
RESTful approaches and client-side development practices.
Anthony Whyte
arwhyte@...
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6. Save the Date: NYC Regional MeetUp
If you can, please join us for an NYC Regional Sakai MeetUp Friday,  
February 13th, 2009.
Location and time TBA, but will probably be an after-work thing in  
Manhattan. Please join the NYC Regional site on  
collab.sakaiproject.org for more information and updates.
Suggestions welcome.
Thanks!
Nicola Monat-Jacobs
nicola@...
(See the event flyer attached to this Sakai Newsletter email.)
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7. What's New With Using Sakai?
The End-User Support and Teaching and Learning group held a joint call  
on January 13th.  Discussions took place, lead by Peter Knoop,  
regarding the creation of a "Using Sakai" umbrella confluence page for  
these, and possibly other groups, that would make it easier for those  
new to Sakai to understand what the groups do and how to get involved.  
The two groups also discussed Sakai 3 and how they could help  
contribute in more ways to this effort.  Finally, Robin Hill from the  
University of Wyoming demonstrated, through a Breeze session (thanks  
to folks at Indiana), some of the innovative approach her faculty are  
taking with Sakai course sites.
The group has scheduled a SECOND JOINT CONFERENCE CALL for February 4,  
2009 at 11:30 AM EST during which Peter Knoop will demo Sakai 3.  This  
will lead into a more detailed discussion of how folks involved in  
"using Sakai" can contribute.  Details on how to connect to this call  
will be posted to the End User and Teaching and Learning lists shortly.
Joshua Baron Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
Marist College
Josh.Baron@...
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8. Sakai Use Case: Stanford Language Center
Following is a brief account of how we use Sakai in the Stanford  
Language Center, based on our presentation at ACTFL2007 and the  
Stanford Language Center Annual Report.
This is on the web, with a link to the slides from the source  
presentation, at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/language/about/   
LCAssessmentProgram.html
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"From Placement Testing to Exit Testing and Assessments in Between"
Stanford Language Center: Elizabeth Bernhardt, Joan Molitoris, Alice  
Miano, Sara Gelmetti, Kenric Tsethlikai, Ken Romeo
Overview
Over the last 10 years, under the leadership of Professor Elizabeth  
Bernhardt, the Stanford Language Center has worked to implement a  
systemic and systematic assessment program for all languages. This has  
centered on the Stanford language requirement but has made use of the  
national standards laid out in Standards for Foreign Language Learning  
in the 21st Century (1999) by the American Council on the Teaching of  
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). While Stanford's online learning management  
system (LMS) is a key component of this effort, it is important to  
note that the program is built around proficiency standards, which  
drive the pedagogy, and not around the LMS. The LMS, previously  
CourseWork, and now Sakai, is used to facilitate the movement of some  
formative and summative assessment out of the classroom in order to  
provide more time for teachers to actually interact with their  
students. Similarly, it is crucial to understand that there are clear  
goals for this program, the foremost being to improve student  
proficiency. If we cannot show progress, then there really is very  
little reason for doing any of it. This improvement is the goal of the  
department, and indeed the goal of the university. Consequently, it is  
important for the Language Center to be able to show that we are  
fulfilling Stanford's language requirement and we are able to use the  
successes we have as a way to appeal for the resources needed to  
achieve this goal. In addition, we enhance our credibility both inside  
and outside the university by showing that students are improving.  
Finally, when clear proficiency standards are used, we are able to  
ensure a certain level of programmatic consistency within and across  
languages. Among the positive results of this effort to build  
curriculum around proficiency standards are more highly trained staff,  
a professional conversation about the role and use of these standards,  
and an increased interest among departments in the proficiency  
notation. Most importantly, however, students have shown a 20%  
increase in proficiency in the first year, and a 24% increase in the  
second year, and have given a very positive reaction to the curriculum.
Assessment components
The program starts with placement testing, which consists of an  
online, text-based assessment during the summer and then an on-  
campus oral assessment during freshman orientation, both done outside  
of the learning management system. At the end of the academic year,  
first and second year students take a Simulated Oral Proficiency  
Interview (SOPI) online, which is administered through the LMS using  
special software. As the name suggests, this assessment simulates a  
live interview with a series of questions that require oral responses.  
In order to do this, the software has to be designed so that users do  
not have control over the media and timing of the test: items play and  
recording starts and stops automatically, with no opportunity to pause  
or go back. Banks of these items are created by the staff at the  
Language Center, based on ACTFL oral proficiency interview guidelines,  
which can then be used for placement tests, year-end exit testing,  
overseas studies testing, occasional or external testing and  
proficiency notation guidance. In the 2007-2008 academic year, nearly  
1000 students participated in placement testing across all languages,  
while roughly 650 students took the online first and second year exit  
exam in nine languages. Multiple prompts are developed so that  
multiple unique tests can be created. A "task force", including  
administrators, coordinators and instructors, meets several times to  
create the final drafts. Artwork is contracted and instructions and a  
range of native-language prompts are recorded. These are all then  
transformed into paper test booklets or loaded into the SOPI software.  
Paper placement tests are delivered in classrooms or auditoria around  
campus, but the SOPI is administered in the Digital Language Lab.  
Results are accessed through the LMS, archived to CD-ROM, and assessed  
over the summer by internal OPI testers. The results go directly to  
the office of the President, to show that the Language Center is  
indeed fulfilling the university's language requirement. This  
development effort is ongoing, in response to new languages and new  
technologies, like Sakai.
Curriculum
Curriculum is also based on these proficiency guidelines, and in order  
to evaluate students, coordinators have created computer-  assisted  
online diagnostic assignments (OnDAs) of two types: oral diagnostic  
assessments (ODAs) and written diagnostic assessments (WDAs). ODAs are  
delivered four times per term for first and second year students and,  
while WDAs are still in the pilot stage, they are run twice each term  
in several languages. Prompts in these OnDAs are tailored according to  
the proficiency level that is being assessed and structured after a  
live oral proficiency interview: a warm-up and a level check, then  
probes for more challenging functions, spiraling up the levels, and  
finally a wind-down that returns the student to a comfort level. The  
oral proficiency assessments are done in the assignments tool by  
embedding an image or video and the audio recording item type and the  
written diagnostic assessments are done using the short answer / essay  
item type in a timed assignment. These items are all created by the  
coordinators for each language and are posted as assignments to  
separate "resource" sites. Instructors are members of this site and  
they copy the necessary assignments into their own sites. The OnDAs  
are evaluated on a credit/no credit basis and students are given  
individual feedback, although each department determines how this is  
implemented: some departments give feedback in the LMS, but some  
departments give it verbally in individual meetings. The assessment  
criteria are based on ACTFL guidelines and students are rated on how  
the task is performed or how severely communication is impeded. The  
Language Center has found that because OnDAs can be taken  
individually, not only can class time can be maximized and optimized  
for useful practice, pressure to perform is also generally reduced.  
However, it is important to note that both students and instructors  
need to be familiar with the technology, and comfortable using it.
Beyond first year
After the first year, students begin to work much more on oral and  
written presentational language. While the pedagogy involved in  
writing is easily facilitated by tools in Sakai such as file upload,  
presentations have always been much more difficult to implement in  
pedagogically sound ways. The ideal method has always been to provide  
feedback in addition to making the recordings of presentations  
available to both the students and the instructors. In the past, this  
was often done with videotape, but digitizing video has streamlined  
the process, although the size of the files produced often makes it  
difficult to send them by email. Posting these files is possible, but  
often students are not comfortable with individuals other than  
instructors having access to their video. Sakai's drop box has  
provided the solution to this dilemma, and a WebDAV interface allows  
files of any size to be uploaded. The classrooms in the Digital  
Language Lab have been outfitted with video capture carts with simple  
mini-DV cameras and shotgun microphones connected to MacBookPros which  
capture the video in QuickTime Pro. The encoding settings are adjusted  
so that the file is as small as is reasonably possible, and a link to  
the WebDAV for each site working in that room is placed on the desktop  
of the machine. Instructors are given a brief orientation but most are  
able to handle the process themselves. They are encouraged to use a  
mini-DV tape in addition to the capture system, just in case there are  
technical difficulties. This system is also used for graduate level  
ESL classes that focus on presentation and teaching assistant skills.
Into the future
This program has worked well for several years now, and its success is  
a credit to the efforts of both the Language Center and Academic  
Computing. We look forward to the new challenges and possibilities  
that changing technologies will bring us and have high hopes for the  
benefits we will be able to offer to our students.
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Ken Romeo
kenro@...
http://www.stanford.edu/people/kenroStanford Language Center
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9. Spread the Word: Second Annual Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award
Are you a faculty member who engages your students using Sakai (www.sakaiproject.org
)? Or, do you know of a colleague who does so? If you believe that you  
or someone you know has created a Sakai course that transforms the  
learning experience, we want to hear from you. We are looking for  
teachers whose courses best exemplify excellent teaching practices  
combined with innovative solutions. Please share your story with us  
and with other faculty around the world by applying for the Teaching  
with Sakai Innovation Award, which is being sponsored this year by IBM  
(www.ibm.com), with additional support from rSmart (www.rsmart.com)  
and John Wiley and Sons (www.wiley.com), all of whom are Sakai  
Commercial Affiliates.  Check out our self-scoring rubric today to see  
how your course stacks up at http://OpenEdpractices.org/Go to the same url to learn more about the award and access an online  
application form. The application deadline is February 27, 2009, at  
midnight GMT.  Winners will be awarded a trip to Boston,  
Massachusetts, to present at the 10th Sakai Conference and receive  
their award during the conference.
Entries will also seed a collection of innovative practices in the  
OpenEdpractices.org repository, a community of practice for teaching  
and learning with open/community-source tools supported in part by  
rSmart, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and  
Marist College.
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10.  Adding Contributors Notice on Collab/Confluence/Jira
Greetings,
This announcement is to let you know that we will be adding the text  
below to the home pages for Sakai community systems: Collab,  
Confluence, and Jira.  The intention is to make everyone aware of and  
simplify the process of making small contributions that get used in  
Sakai releases (e.g., patches, bug fixes, documentation corrections).  
The text will be added at the end of the month.
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This forum has been created for communication about the Sakai online  
collaboration and learning environment and other projects of the Sakai  
Foundation, a non-profit organization. By participating in this forum,  
(1) you agree that unless otherwise clearly indicated, all of your  
communications are intended as contributions to the Foundation on  
behalf of yourself or your institution under the terms of a  
Contributor License Agreement or a Corporate Contributor License  
Agreement between your institution and the Sakai Foundation, as  
applicable. If no such agreement is on file, you agree your  
contribution may be used under the terms of the Educational Community  
License Version 2.0 or future versions of the Educational Community  
License promulgated by the Sakai Foundation; and (2) you represent  
that to the best of your knowledge, either you have all rights  
required to make such contribution, or you are proposing the use of  
third party open source software and have identified the software and  
the relevant license.
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If you have any questions, please let me know.
Peter Knoop
Sakai Project Coordinator
knoop@...
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11.  The JA-SIG 2009 Conference Program is Available!
Higher Education Open Source Communities - Working Together
March 1-4, 2009
Dallas, Texas, USA
Registration for the JA-SIG Spring Conference in Dallas is open at http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/registration.html 
  and the conference program has been published:http://www.ja-sig.org/jasigconf/program.jspYou'll find great presentations and supplementary seminars on CAS,  
DSpace, Fedora, Fluid, Kuali, Internet2, Sakai, and uPortal.
- Conference events run Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th
- Supplementary seminars are scheduled all day Sunday and Wednesday  
afternoon
- A BarCamp and a DSpace/Fedora mashup are scheduled for Wednesday  
afternoon (See the site description for this event.)
- Extra developer meetings will follow on Thursday and Friday
You'll find stimulating keynote addresses by:
- James Hilton, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the  
University of Virginia
- Christian Crumlish, Curator of the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
- Brewster Kahle, Founder and Director of The Internet Archive
You'll find special sessions, panels, and BOFs addressing strategic  
issues for open source.
You'll find plenty of opportunities to mix and mingle with colleagues:
- Reception on Sunday evening! (featuring "PowerPoint Karoake", a  
hallowed JA-SIG tradition)
- Poster Session with refreshments on Monday evening!
- Dallas-Dine-Around on Tuesday evening!
There's never been a better time to register: http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/registration.htmlBut early registration discounts end on January 30, 2009!
Visit the main conference site at http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/09spring/index.html 
  for all the details.
Join us to learn more about open/community source projects and  
technology trends, share ideas and collaborate with your peers. See  
you in Dallas in March!
-- The JA-SIG 2009 Conference Program Committee
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12.  Call for Papers for MoodleMoot San Francisco 2009
The call for papers for MoodleMoot San Francisco 2009 is officially  
open. We are looking for community members who would like to present  
their Moodle experiences to
the rest of the community. We're looking for teachers, students,  
programmers, thinkers, theorists, and business people...  anyone who  
uses Moodle and wants to tell others about it.
You can find the proposal submission database in the MoodleMoot San  
Francisco 2009 area at http://moodlemoot.org/course/view.php?id=9. Be  
sure to enroll yourself in the MoodleMoot San Francisco '09 area to  
receive updates and notifications about registration, sessions,  
speakers and more!
This MoodleMoot will be held in conjunction with the 2nd Sloan-C  
Symposium on Emerging Technology in Online Learning (see the next item  
in this Sakai Newsletter). Two conferences for one price!
Please contact Kevin Kelly (kkelly@...) with any additional  
questions and forward this invitation to anyone who might be  
interested in presenting at the Moot. We look forward to seeing your  
proposal submissions!
MoodleMoot planning co-chairs:
Kevin Kelly, San Francisco State University
Marc Oehlman, CSU Monterey Bay
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13.  2nd Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging Technology in Online Learning
The Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology  
Applications for Online Learning is designed to bring together  
individuals interested in the technological aspects of online  
learning. Experts, intermediate users and novices are welcome to  
participate in Symposium activities that will include face-to-face and  
virtual components. This event will be held on June 17-19, 2009 at the  
Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California.
Symposium tracks highlight and demonstrate research, application and  
best practices of important emerging technological tools related to  
social networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media  
and support services.
This conference will be held in conjunction with the MoodleMoot San  
Francisco '09 conference. (See write-up, above.)
For more information, see:  http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/------------------------------
14.  Job Opening: Disability Specialist at Michigan State University
Disability Specialist Chronic Health Disabilities
Position Overview:
Michigan State University enjoys a reputation for excellence in  
facilitating inclusion of persons with disabilities in a range of  
educational and work-related opportunities. Disability Specialists  
maintain and employ cutting edge knowledge in their specialty areas to  
provide outstanding advising, outreach and direct services related to  
the specialization at hand.
This position:
- Provides advising, direct services, consultation and referrals to  
persons with disabilities to facilitate full participation in  
university programs and services
- Provides outreach, consulting and presentations to university  
faculty and staff to facilitate an environment of accessibility and  
opportunity for persons with disabilities
- Administers and develops internal programs and services used by  
persons with disabilities
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Minimum qualifications:
- Masters degree in special education, rehabilitation counseling,  
Psychology or other fields related to integrating people with  
disabilities in education and the workplace
- Experience working with persons with disabilities in an educational  
setting
- Knowledge, abilities and skills required:
- Knowledge of educational and employment-related accommodations,  
skills and tools used by persons with disabilities with special focus  
on chronic health disabilities
- Knowledge of state and federal laws pertaining to persons with  
disabilities
- Ability to use personal interviews and medical documentation to  
validate the existence of a disability and to determine and recommend  
appropriate accommodations and auxiliary aids/services
- Excellent written communication skills and ability to produce clear  
case notes
- Excellent oral communication skills including group presentations
- Strong collaborative/team skills balanced by an ability to operate  
independently with minimal prompting
- Extensive working knowledge of assistive technology and its role in  
facilitating full participation by persons with disabilities
- Working knowledge of information management via computer  
technologies including: e-mail, word processing, databases and web  
browsers
Illustration of duties:
1. Provision of direct services to persons with disabilities (60%):
- Interact with persons with disabilities to assess program  
eligibility, conduct needs assessments and determine reasonable  
accommodations
- Review, recommend and implement auxiliary aids/services and  
reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities
- Facilitate full participation in academic, workplace and  
extracurricular life through advising, service coordination, and  
networking
- Monitor academic progress and assist with academic advising
- Assist persons with disabilities on the selection and usage of  
appropriate assistive technology
- Facilitate positive peer contacts and interactions among persons  
with disabilities registered with the RCPD.
2. Presentations, in-services and consultation with faculty, staff and  
departments (20%):
- Provide consultation and disability advocacy with faculty and staff  
regarding individual accommodation needs
- Make referrals to appropriate campus and community resources
- Produce and present workshops and presentations pertaining to  
disability issues and accommodations
3. Coordination of programs providing services to persons with  
disabilities (20%):
- Read, interpret and critically analyze medical and functional  
capacity documentation in order to determine when conditions represent  
ADA qualified disabilities.
- Utilize disability documentation and data from needs assessments to  
implement effective accommodation strategies that enable persons with  
disabilities to meet essential functions in academic and workplace  
settings
Recommend, select and maintain specialized assistive technology and  
equipment related to services to persons with disabilities
- Annual reporting of office statistics, needs, progress and strengths/
weaknesses related to services for persons with disabilities
- Maintain a high level of knowledge/expertise regarding the issues,  
resources and concerns for persons with disabilities with special  
focus on chronic health disabilities
- Research and write funding and program proposals that facilitate new  
or expanded programmatic efforts for persons with disabilities
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of the Resource  
Center for Persons with Disabilities
Supervision received:
Reports to the Director of the Resource Center for Persons with  
Disabilities who provides general direction and specific projects.  
Independent judgment and collaboration with colleagues is expected for  
most assignments.
Compensation:
Minimum salary of $44,000 commensurate with experience as well as a  
comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and  
retirement.
To apply:
Send letter of interest, resume/vita, and 2 letters of reference to  
Michael Hudson, MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120  
Bessey Hall, East Lansing Michigan 48824-1033. Application review  
begins February 2, 2009
Michael J. Hudson, Director
Michigan State University, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.rcpd.msu.edu(517) 884-RCPD
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5.  Recent Email Group Discussions
Here are some topics that have been discussed in the last couple of  
weeks in Sakai email groups.  Click the links to read the complete  
threads on Nabble2.
To join an email group, go to http://www.collab.sakaiproject.org.  
(You'll need to create an account if you don't have one.) While you  
are in your workspace, click the "Membership" link in the left-hand  
menu and then click the "Joinable Sites" link.  Click "Join" next to  
any of the groups.
Recent discussions:
Draft: RESTful Sakai: Entities, SData and Widgets   (DEV email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/Draft%3A-RESTful-Sakai%3A-Entities%2C-SData-and-Widgets-tt2170721.html#a2170721Entities and Forums   (DEV, UX, UI email groups)
http://n2.nabble.com/Entities-and-Forums-tt2205562.html#a2205562JForum 2.6.0 errors   (DEV email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/JForum-2.6.0-errors-tt2188735.html#a2188735QA process improvement/2.6.x and 2.5.4 release meeting 1/22/2009 (DEV  
email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/2.6.x-and-2.5.4-release-meeting-1-22-2009-tt2194214.html#a2194214Re-Organizing Sakai DGs/WGs in the area of "Using Sakai"   (PORT, PED,  
USER email groups)
http://n2.nabble.com/Re-Organizing-Sakai-DGs-WGs-in-the-area-of-%22Using-Sakai%22-tt2158628.html#a2158628Report parameters question   (PORT email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/Report-parameters-question-tt2188576.html#a2188576resources & all.groups permission   (USER, UX, DEV email groups)
http://n2.nabble.com/resources---all.groups-permission-tt2182070.html#a2182070search module in 2-6-x failed to build   (DEV email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/search-module-in-2-6-x-failed-to-build-tt2200690.html#a2200690UX working session update   (UX email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/UX-working-session-update-tt2164763.html#a2164763WebService Tool issues   (DEV email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/WebService-Tool-issues-tt2147760.html#a2147760what's the status of conditional release? (DEV email group)
http://n2.nabble.com/what%27s-the-status-of-conditional-release--tt2145873.html#a2145873Worksite Setup: gathering information at creation time    (DEV email  
group)
http://n2.nabble.com/Worksite-Setup%3A-gathering-information-at-creation-time-tt2197247.html#a2197247------------------------------
16.  Events
2009 JASIG Spring Conference
March 1-4, 2009
The Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Dallas, Texas
http://www.ja-sig.orgSecond Rhode Island Sakai Conference
March 31-April 1, 2009
Providence Biltmore Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island
www.rinet
eLearning Africa 09
May 27- 29, 2009
Le Meridien President
Dakar, Senegal
wwwelearning-africa.com.
2009 MoodleMoot San Francisco and 2nd Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging  
Technology in Online Learning
June 17-19, 2009
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
San Francisco, California
http://moodlemoot.org/course/view.php?id=9http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/10th Sakai Conference: Boston
July 8-10, 2009
Cambridge Hyatt
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Collab -- collab-admins@...
Confluence -- confluence-admins@...
Jira -- jira-admins@...
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