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October 2003
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Another great NetFuture issue is out
http://www.netfuture.org/2003/Oct3003_151.html There’s no one I am currently reading on a regular basis that engages issues fundamental to the role of technology in our society and thinking as deeply as Steve Talbott, and today he sent out the latest issue of his NetFuture newsletter. Though not an educational technology article, I would highlight his longish essay [...]
Academic ADL Co-Lab Learning Repository Community wiki
http://www.academiccolab.org/projects/ repositories/community/wiki/index.php? page=LearningRepositoryCommunity “This site supports continuing discussion of the many issues raised during our successful Learning Repository Summit over October 7th and 8th, 2003.” Looks fairly new but maybe worth keeping an eye on. – SWL
"Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning" – a report from the OCLC E-LEARNING TASK FORCE
http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/elearning.pdf As the authors state early on, this wide-ranging report from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) on the relationship between academic libraries and elearning in higher education is not just for librarians. It focuses topics such as the role of libraries towards learning objects and object repositories, how libraries need to interact and interroperate [...]
LOM/CanCore-based Open-Source Software Components
http://www.cancore.org/swcomponents.html Cancore and Athabasca University have announced the release of three new components to assit in the development of learning object metadata and repositories. They are, variously, A LOM Interface or API simplifying the manipulation and transmission of LOM data within and between software systems. LOR Interface or API for communicating with a Learning Object [...]
Notes and Presentations from alt-i-lab 2003 now available
http://www.imsglobal.org/altilab.html The notes and presentation slides from the alt-i-lab 2003 (Advancing Learning Technology Interoperability) held at MIT last summer are now available at the IMS site. – SWL
McGill's Portal Project site
http://www.mcgill.ca/dp-cio/portal-selection/ This is a great example of what a website to facilitate an institution-wide IT selection process should look like if you want to create as much transparency as possible. Nice looking site too. – SWL – via [Shoulder to the Wheel]
Web-based Outliner
http://demo.weboutliner.com/weboutliner/ This was just too cool not to post on – a web-based outliner that produces OPML files. I have been a long-time fan of outlining software ever since I was first introduced to MORE on the Mac, way back in the day. It was actually one of the things that made me adopt Radio [...]
Definition of 'e-learning'
Here’s what Google says.
Another open source CMS – Interactive Learning Environment
http://virtualschool.edu/ile/ Again new to me but maybe not new (why does no one put dates on their pages!), an early version of a new open source ‘cms’, this time in part notable because it is written in Ruby. Also, you may or may not have noticed that I am slowly moving over some of the [...]
Open Learning Management System (O-LMS)
http://www.psych.utah.edu/learn/olms/ New to me is this java-based open source ‘LMS’ from the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. This system is designed to support “vigorous shared knowledge communities” and as such focuses very much on communication and collaboration tools and seems to recognize the role of shareable learning content though it is unclear [...]
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