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Steve Swinsburg - steve.swinsburg@gmail.com Bio:Steve is a Systems Developer for the Australian National University. He holds a Masters Degree in Information Technology, majoring in Web and Internet Technologies (2008) and a Bachelor of Science Degree (2003), both from the University of New England, Australia. He also has several years of tertiary teaching experience. Steve is a committer on several of the core Sakai services and tools, is a branch manager for the 2.5.x maintenance branch, and is part of the Sakai maintenance team. Steve developed Profile2, the social networking tool for Sakai 2, as well as a URL shortening service, a remote administration utility, has enhanced the Sakai App Builder for new developers and has committed over two dozen new web services to the Sakai suite (see below). Steve also actively contributes to the various mailing lists and assists other developers within the community. Steve has written over a dozen articles on Sakai best practices and how-to's, and regularly blogs about Sakai related developments. In 2008 he had a paper on Sakai in distance education published in the Australian ascilite journal (see below). Steve is also a Sakai Fellow for 2009-2010. You can read his full biography and watch his introduction video on YouTube (taken at the Sakai conference in Boston, July 2009). More recently, Steve has been involved in a project to connect Sakai to uPortal via the IMS Basic LTI specification, so that Sakai applications can be rendered in different environments, as well as continuing developments on Profile2. From 2008-2009, Steve was based in the UK as a Portal Systems Developer at Lancaster University, specialising in Sakai integration and development. He supported the National Centre for e-Social Science's Sakai portal, and helped further Sakai as a research and business tool in the United Kingdom. Prior to his post in the UK, Steve was a Web Developer in the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of New England, Australia. He was involved in many development projects at UNE related to online learning from 2004-2008. His main responsibilities included the analysis, design and implementation of web based applications and the integration of Learning Management Systems (WebCT CE 4.1, Blackboard and Sakai) with core enterprise systems as well as providing technical end-user support. In his spare time, Steve plays competitive water polo and performs with his local post-hardcore band. Recent projects:Profile2 A Web 2.0 profile for Sakai. Search for people with common interests, view their profiles, add them as friends, post status updates (also integrated with Twitter) Recent presentations:Building online communities - the tools (AuSakai, November 2008, Monash University) My articles:CASifying Sakai My publicationsParticipatory action research for professional development: Changing our approach to distance learning (ascilite 2008, Melbourne. Belinda Tynan, Cherry Stewart, Rachael Adlington, Mike Littledyke and Steve Swinsburg) My tool startersThe following are starters that one can download and extend into a full Sakai tool/bundle:
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