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The Portal is the Platform, Part III

This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. I have argued in this series that the heart of an LMOS should be a portal. The main reason I have given so far … Continue reading

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The Portal is the Platform, Part II

This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. Ben Brophy raised an important point in his comment on my last post in this series regarding the different ways in which portals can … Continue reading

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The Portal is the Platform, Part I

This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. In my last few posts, I argued that accommodating niche learning applications is an important part of the next wave of LMS design, pointed … Continue reading

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Is Sakai a Platform or a Product?

Ben Brophy, a UI designer at MIT, muses about whether Sakai is a platform or a product. His initial answer is that it should be both. But he worries about the implications of having it as platform: The conference ended … Continue reading

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