November 21, 2011
Jasig Celebrates Another Successful Annual Unconference in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
Jasig, the higher-ed open source consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates, held its annual unconference and related “developer days” outside of Boston the week of November 7th. This year UMassOnline hosted the event and participants were able to attend for FREE! A small, passionate group of approximately 32 attendees dynamically determined discussion topics at the beginning of each day, listing possible topics and then gridding them into timeslots and meeting spaces. Throughout each day there were at least three separate in depth conversations ranging from technical road maps to local implementation efforts to inter-project collaboration. The group participated in a successful week of collaboration, innovation, and learning. Highlights of the unconference included:
- Many 10-minute "lightning talks" introduced participants to new initiatives in many Jasig projects.
- Several organizations considering implementing a Jasig project were able to listen to overview sessions and follow up with detailed discussions on local concerns.
- Roadmap discussions were held for CAS, uPortal, uMobile and Bedework.
- Demos were held for CAS, Bedework, uMobile, Scheduling Assistant, Grouper and more.
- Ongoing Identity Management conversations were held to discern the current ecosystem, related projects and the requirements of local institutions.
Jasig plans to exand its unconference to include more participants, more Open Source projects and more topics in 2012.