Tag Archives: working-offline

Wikis to Go

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Michael Feldstein

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 … Continue reading →

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More Offline Toys

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Michael Feldstein

Today 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.

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Working Offline with ecto

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Michael Feldstein

I’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.

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Web 2.0 for Tracking Web 2.0

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Michael Feldstein

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 … Continue reading →

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Progress Toward an Offline e-Learning Client?

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Michael Feldstein

One 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 … Continue reading →

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