Tag Archives: interoperability

The Economics of the LMOS

Posted on July 25, 2006 by

Jim Farmer has posted a slide stack (in PDF format) on the economics of interoperability. There’s a lot of good general stuff here about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and interoperability issues from a business perspective, but 90%+ can also be read … Continue reading →

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Good Open Source for Higher Ed Article

Posted on July 20, 2006 by

Campus Technology has strong backgrounder on Open Source that could be useful for educating your stakeholders. It covers the basics–and a few not-so-basics–in very clear, simple terms. In the latter case, I’d like to highlight just three of a handful … Continue reading →

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Why We Need More Standards

Posted on June 28, 2006 by

I almost missed this post by Scott Leslie expressing his mixed feelings about the standards talk coming out of Alt-i-Labs. Lucky for me, Stephen picked it up in OLDaily. Scott writes: Part of me really wants some of these developments … Continue reading →

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Widgets, Gadgets, and the LMOS

Posted on May 26, 2006 by

Mark Oehlert has a great post up on the implications of the proliferation of tools like Apple Widgets, Yahoo! Widgets, Google Gadgets, and so on, for learning environment design. (Some of you may recall that Apple widgets figured prominently in … Continue reading →

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Zimbra: What a Mashup-Enabled Enterprise App Looks Like

Posted on February 20, 2006 by

Phew. Enough with the Apple stuff. I actually still have one or two more posts on the topic that I want to return to at a later time, but I need a break from it. (I’m sure you do too.) … Continue reading →

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