Ruth Sabean - Introduction - UCLA Selects Open Source Solution 1.6 2007/06/28 08:49:51 GMT-5 2007/07/27 08:52:00.045 GMT-5 Ken Udas keu10@psu.edu Cecelia Merkel cbm12@psu.edu higher education Moodle Open Educational Resources (OER) Open Source Software (OSS) OSS and OER in Education Series Ruth Sabean UCLA Introduction to Ruth Sabean's contribution to the "OSS and OER in Education Series." In this 2 part interview, Ruth Sabean, assistant vice provost for educational technology in UCLA’s College of Letters and Science, discusses the evaluation process she managed at UCLA that resulted in the selection of the open source application Moodle.

Ruth Sabean Ruth Sabean serves as the assistant vice provost for educational technology in UCLA’s College of Letters and Science and director of educational technology in the university’s Office of Information Technology. Sabean is responsible for developing strategic educational technology plans and initiatives for UCLA that will improve the student educational experience through technology. From 1993–2002, she was the assistant director for educational technology in UCLA’s Office of Instructional Development, following positions directing and managing academic computing services at Cornell University and UCLA, and an early career in software development. She is an active member of EDUCAUSE, Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC), and the New Media Consortium (NMC). She has served on the boards of SAC, the NMC, and the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching & Learning. Sabean holds an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh. She can be reached at rsabean@ucla.edu.