Introduction
The Sakai Special Interest Group within The Netherlands (which we called Sakai SIG NL) is up and running since August 2006.The University of Amsterdam and the University of Twente have started a weblog on developments in The Netherlands regarding Sakai. Please point your browser to http://sakai-nl.blogspot.com if you are interested in the latest and the greatest from The Netherlands. There is also a website that you can visit (only Dutch content) at [http://www.sakai.nl].
Institutions and commercial affiliates
We will be trying to keep our information up-to-date, by providing child pages per institution. Current status for using Sakai within The Netherlands (in no particular order), mainly restricted to Higher Ed institutions:
| Name | Status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Open University The Netherlands | Interested | In the process of evaluating the future of their VLE. Currently deploying Blackboard. |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | Interested | Currently deploying Blackboard. |
| Free University of Amsterdam | Interested | In the process of evaluating the future of their VLE. Currently deploying Blackboard. Considering MS SharePoint, Blackboard and maybe Sakai. |
| Hogeschool Leiden |
Interested |
Mainly interested in OSP. Currently using Blackboard (including Content System). |
| Saxion Hogescholen |
Interested |
Starting a pilot in Fall 2007 |
| Leidse Onderwijsinstellingen | Production | Distant learning company. Using Sakai/OSP since Feb. 2007 |
| Portfolio4U | Production | An Amsterdam based elearning company, implemented OSP on quite a few schools in the Netherlands. Commercial affiliate. |
| Stoas |
Elearning provider and consultant. Commercial affiliate. |
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| University of Amsterdam | Production | Two production systems: A portfolio system: http://portfolio.uva.nl\\\\ A collaboration & course environment: http://www.iis-communities.nl/\\\\ (in cooperation with Edia |
| University of Twente | |
Not interested anymore. Decision made in June 2008: the University of Twente will be deploying Blackboard as of Summer 2009. |
| Utrecht University | |
Currently using two systems (Blackboard and WebCT), and need to go to one system. Decision has been made to go to Blackboard (June 2008). |
| A New Spring | Production | E-learning company specialized in creating custom tools for Sakai and hosting and implementing Sakai. |
| Hotelschool Den Haag |
Pilot |
Works with Stoas on implementing Sakai. |
| Edia education technology |
Production | Edia is an IT-company specialized in the development and implementation of educational software. Developers of numerous sakaitools: demo environment: http://sakaitools.edia.nl/portal\\ |
Tidbits
Information about the Dutch translation of Sakai can be found here: Dutch Translation
