Sakai shapes the online learning experience of many millions of students internationally. It has been proven to scale from small pilots to deployments greater than 160,000 students, such as at the University of South Africa (https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal). Sakai works well within many higher education cultures and with different student learning practices. It has been deployed in single departments, in the entire student population at large universities, and in consortiums and commercial third-party hosting services.
This chapter includes ten case studies that explore the real-life situations from individuals' viewpoints. Experts have written the studies. They have written each case study in their own style to emphasize the range of cultures involved in the community. Consider this a low-resolution snapshot of ever changing, diverse cultures.
The ten case studies included in this chapter are:
1. Cambridge University: Patrick Carmichael and Katy Jordan discuss Camtools...