Ya know, you can’t make this stuff up.
As regular readers know, the SUNY Learning Network is currently on a home-grown LMS built on top of Lotus Notes/Domino. About eight months back, we proposed [PDF] the notion of migrating to a standards-based Java portal backed by a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Well, this week, IBM announced details […]
Archive for April, 2006
IBM Follows SUNY’s Lead on Notes/Domino Migration
Published by April 6th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and LMOS. 0 CommentsMore Offline Toys
Published by April 3rd, 2006 in Blogging and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 2 CommentsToday I’m trying out Blogjet. In contrast to ecto, it has a somewhat simpler interface more reminiscent of a browser than an email client. Like ecto, it offers WYSIWYG:
Both seem like they would work fine for faculty.
I’m also playing around with a 1GB U3 USB key drive. U3 is a standard for making it […]
Working Offline with ecto
Published by April 2nd, 2006 in Blogging and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 4 CommentsI’m experimenting with different blogging clients as a way of exploring different tools that might help faculty and students work offline and synch up with the LMS when it’s convenient. Today I’ve been trying out ecto.As you can see here, ecto provides a standard three-pane view:
Looks a lot like an email client, right? The items […]
Social Software, the LMS, and Walled Gardens
Published by April 2nd, 2006 in Instructional Design and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 1 CommentAntero Aunesluoma writes:
There should exist somekind of continuum between “totally public” and “delimited to a single course in LMS”. A continuum that would serve the diverse users needs. And I refer the term “user” to faculty and students, not to educational technologists. The users need to decide themselves their products level of publicity. Whether the […]
Before I start on this post, I want to note that I am writing it in the Bleezer offline blogging client found via D’Arcy. This little freeware application is just a couple of months old and it already rivals much older for-pay blogging clients.
Anyway, Alan Levine is asking for a Web 2.0 tools list that […]
