Speaking of Murugan, he has a great post up about making wikis work offline and points to the nice Wiki2Go tool. At SLN, we think having offline capabilities are valuable for faculty (and, personally, I think they are at least as valuable for students as well). As Murugan points out, there is some common ground […]
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Wikis to Go
Published by May 2nd, 2006 in Higher Education and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 3 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 […]
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 […]
Progress Toward an Offline e-Learning Client?
Published by November 22nd, 2005 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 2 CommentsOne of the most beloved aspects of the SUNY Learning Network’s current Lotus Notes-based homegrown LMS is its offline capabilities. Faculty members can download the current course data—including student discussion posts, tests, etc. They can respond to posts, grade papers and tests, add announcements, and so on, all while offline, and automatically synchronize the next […]
