| This section contains
executive-level documents that examine important issues within the
O.K.I. project. Topics covered include:
- Development goals
- Architectural objectives
- Sustainability planning
- Open licensing strategy
- Community creation
- Infrastructural integration
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What Is the Open Knowledge Initiative?
by O.K.I. and Eduworks
The Open Knowledge Initiative™ (O.K.I.) is
defining an open and extensible architecture for learning technology
specifically targeted to the needs of the higher education community.
O.K.I. provides detailed specifications for interfaces among components
of a learning management environment, and open source examples of
how these interfaces work. The O.K.I. architecture is intended to be
used both by commercial product vendors and by higher education
product developers. It provides a stable, scalable base that supports
the flexibility needed by higher education as learning technology
is increasingly integrated into the education process. Read
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Architectural Overview
by Scott Thorne, O.K.I. Lead Architect, MIT,
Chuck Shubert, O.K.I. Developer, MIT, and Jeff Merriman, O.K.I. Team Leader,
MIT
The goal of O.K.I. is to define an architectural
framework that facilitates the development and delivery of educational
software applications. This architecture is being generally described
by two service layers defined by implementation independent Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs). One, Common Services, provides hooks
to institutional infrastructure and other fundamental services that
provide a backbone for higher level services and applications. The
second layer, Educational, will bundle functionality that is of
particular usefulness to the developers of various kinds of educational
software applications. Read
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O.K.I. at a Glance
The Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) is defining an architecture that precisely specifies how the components of a learning technology environment communicate with each other and with other campus systems. By clearly defining points of interoperability, the architecture allows the components of a complex learning environment to be developed and updated independently of each other. This paper offers a summary of the benefits of O.K.I. and the people and organizations involved in the initiative.
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Three Vignettes
Stories of how OKI is integral to the strategies of the University of Cambridge, Tufts University, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin
A Recipe for Integration - Download the PDF »
Innovating with OKI - Download the PDF »
Driving Product Decisions with OKI - Download the PDF »
OKI Presentation, Educause 2002, Atlanta
Geoff Collier and Robby Robson, Eduworks
This PowerPoint presentation includes extensive lecture notes. The content includes and over view of the OKI architecture and APIÕs, Open source implementations, the OKI community and OKI's benefits for higher education.
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