Approximately 100 institutions are represented in the partner programme for research and development. The Sakai Foundation has been formed to back up and govern the multitude of activities taking place within the worldwide community. The primary goal is to deliver the Sakai application framework and associated tools for learning, teaching and collaboration that are designed to work together.

Growing European Interest


Among the Sakai partners, there is a growing community of European universities and institutes and there are already a number of Sakai implementations around Europe. As there is an increasing interest for Sakai in Europe, Luebeck University of Applied Sciences (LUAS) and its eLearning spin-off company oncampus have built a forum to focus this interest in the first European Sakai Day.


Key objectives of the European Sakai Day are

• to promote the open source Sakai approach in collaborative learning and its architecture towards European stakeholders in eLearning;
• to build the European community of practice by exchange of experiences, developments and practices;
• to address the European perspective on Sakai, adapting and deploying the framework in the context of the Bologna process and Lisbon strategy;
• to encourage transatlantic community building for future expansion of Sakai both in use and in development.

The event in Luebeck is open to everyone interested in Sakai, open source, communities, eLearning and pedagogy. The two-day program will hold general sessions particularly on the first day, while sessions on the second will focus on pedagogy, content creation, and implementation issues. There is no admission fee. However, contributors can present their company in the conference area and on the event's webpage. Participants are explicitly encouraged to share their knowledge and experience with each other. Participation is highly appreciated, and registration is required by August 15, 2006.