Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) v2.8

The most recent version of the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) is v2.8,  we hope to migrate WebLearn (currently based on Sakai 2.6) to this new version at the start of the new year. Sakai 2.8 offers many improvements … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to version 2.6-ox9 on 27 September 2011

New WebLearn was upgraded on 27th September 2011 to version 2.6-ox9. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. We had intended to move to 2.8-ox1 but unfortunately have had to delay this until the January 2012 … Continue reading

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Euro Sakai 2011 – Amsterdam

11 people from UK HE attended the European Sakai conference (#EuroSakai). Delegates from the UK represented the following bodies: the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Newcastle, Hull and Leeds and JISC/CETIS. The highlight of the conference was almost certainly the … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgrade on Tuesday 27th September

The WebLearn service will be unavailable sometime between 7am and 9am on Tuesday the 27th of September for an upgrade to version 2.6-ox9. (It was hoped that we would move to version 2.8-ox1 on this date but this has not … Continue reading

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Interesting report by UC Berkley about Mobile Access to Sakai

I just came across this comprehensive and very interesting report by UC Berkley detailing what students would find useful if a mobile interface into Sakai were developed. The top two wishes were viewing Announcements and checking details of Assignments. Mobile … Continue reading

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WebLearn Upgraded to Version 2.6-ox8.1 on 22 August 2011

New WebLearn was upgraded on 22nd August 2011 to version 2.6-ox8.. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. Improvements Sign-up tool: a site may now have up to 1000 members and the tool will still present … Continue reading

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WebLearn upgraded to 2.6-ox8

Release Notes – WebLearn – Version 2.6-ox8 – 12 July 2011 New WebLearn was upgraded on 12th July 2011 to version 2.6-ox8. For more detailed information please looked at the detailed release notes. General Improvements When sites are copied, a … Continue reading

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Book Release: “Sakai CLE Courseware Management”

The Sakai Foundation and PACKT publishers are proud to announce the Sakai CLE Courseware Management book. This is the official guide to the Sakai CLE. http://www.packtpub.com/sakai-cle-courseware-management-for-elearning-research/book This book is the officially endorsed Sakai guide and is an update to the … Continue reading

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WebLearn User Group TT2011 presentations available

From Jill Fresen: Thanks to Fawei Geng, the recordings and presentations from the WLUG meeting of Trinity Term 2011 are now available from the Home Page in the WebLearn User Group site. Trinity Term: Thursday 7 July 2011 2:00-4:00 pm … Continue reading

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WebLearn Announcements now available via Mobile Oxford

The Mobile Oxford team have now added the Announcements tool to their WebLearn area. Clicking on the Announcements link in Mobile Oxford will collate all announcements from all sites where the user is a participant and display them in a … Continue reading

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