The Sakai Community

Educators who work directly with teaching and learning drive Sakai's open-source development and innovation.

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Sakai Community Leadership

The Sakai community is coordinated by the Apereo Foundation and works together to create a cutting edge learning environment.

The Sakai Project Management Committee (PMC) is the body responsible for strategic oversight of the Sakai project. The committee operates based on meritocratic principles of member selection, and consensus-based decision making in an open and transparent manner.

Sakai PMC Members

David Bauer, University of Dayton Noah Botimer, University of Michigan Adrian Fish, Learning Experiences Shawn Foster, Western University Wilma Hodges, Red Willow Solutions, LLC and Sakai Community Coordinator Dede Hourican, Marist University Matthew Jones, University of Michigan and Learning Experiences Kunal Jaykam, Learning Experiences Shoji Kajita, Nagoya University Chris Knapp, Knapp Strategic and Accessiversity Patrick Masson, Apereo Foundation Earle Nietzel, Longsight and Sakai Release Manager Sam Ottenhoff, Longsight Inc Juan Jose Meroño Sánchez, University of Murcia Andrea Schmidt, Learning Experiences Christina Schwiebert, Northwest State Dr. Charles Severance, University of Michigan Steve Swinsburg, Flying Kite Joshua Wilson, Flywheel Strategies

Sakai Commercial Affiliates

Commercial affiliates develop, host, and support Sakai.

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Longsightis the leading developer of new Sakai functionality, which it contributes to the Sakai community.The company also hosts and supports Sakai in the cloud, which relieves Sakai institutions of managing servers and dedicating resources to support and maintenance.

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Learning Experiencesis a business devoted to adding value to the Apereo communities and encouraging the use of Open Source and Open Content in Education.

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EDF is a global education technology company whose Sakai experts provide cloud services, development and support to integrate next-generation technologies into classroom practice.