Opened Practices Users Working at: Three Canoes

Previously a Project Manager at the School of Education at Syracuse University. Currently working at Three Canoes.

I received my B.S. in Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2000 and M.S. in Information Management in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in 2008. Following 6 years of service in the U.S. Navy as an electronic equipment maintenance technician and reactor plant operator on a nuclear submarine and 2 years of experience as a computer support technician, I joined the Living SchoolBook as a Science Field Coordinator until 2008. I am a co-founder of "Three Canoes" a consulting group which offers training, support, technical and implementation services for schools interested in deploying Sakai, OSP and other open source technologies.

My current interests include:

• The IT role in Higher Ed and K12 systems.
• Strategic uses of FOSS to achieve institutional objectives.
• The implementation and development of learning management and portfolio systems which provide tools that encourage differentiated instruction and deepen the relationship between teachers and students.

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Janice A. Smith, Ph.D. has worked with the Open Source Portfolio (OSP) since its inception at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the mid 1990s. After three decades in faculty and TA development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, she served as a Senior Education Consultant for The rSmart Group, and now works with her own organization Three Canoes, providing Sakai and OSP services for a broad array of K-12 and higher education institutions.

Janice A. Smith, Ph.D. has worked with the Open Source Portfolio since its inception at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the mid 1990s. After three decades in faculty and TA development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, she served as a Senior Education Consultant for The rSmart Group, providing OSP services for a broad array of K-12 and higher education institutions. She has presented on OSP, assessment, and teaching and learning, at national and international conferences including numerous Sakai Conferences, CIT and Innovations (League for Innovation), NLII (Educause), the Professional Organizational Development Network (POD), the AAHE Assessment Conference, the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, Syllabus (Campus Technology), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

At the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Janice taught graduate courses to prepare future faculty, administered multiple programs to enhance teaching and learning, and was invited to speak and consult at numerous universities. Through her association with The rSmart Group, she conducted site assessments and project planning, customized ePortfolio software for specific institutional purposes, and offered train-the-trainer sessions for colleges and universities in the process of implementing the Open Source Portfolio.

As a member of Three Canoes, Janice offers:

* Consultation on the assessment of learning
* Documentation of OSP functional requirements
* Customization of OSP data structures
* Sakai/OSP functional training
* Development of Sakai/OSP materials and documentation