instructions on how to install beta for trackback for radio
Author: sleslie
Learn eXact LCMS and WebCT
According to the WebCT site,
“The newly released eXactWEBCT delivery plug in enables WEBCT users to transparently add an effective back-end LCMS technology to their existing WEBCT delivery installations supporting easy authoring, packaging, indexing, storage, management and cross conversion of their WEBCT contents to and from AICC, LRN, IMS and SCORM formats.“
I am REALLY interested to hear from anyone who has had any experience with Learn eXact, and more specifically using it in the context of WebCT. – SWL
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FOAF-a-matic — Describe yourself in RDF
I’ll admit to not having paid a lot of attention to the ‘Friend of a Friend’ format to date, but a couple of things I’ve read recently made me pay a little more attention to this XML-based personal profile that can help connect you to others through the people you know.
Today I stumbled on this – a simple yet useful javascript-based form that helps create an initial FOAF RDF file to get you started. Very handy! In theory, and in practice, XML was meant to be ‘human readable’ and fairly straightforward to create. But little applications like this are so helpful – once you’ve structured data you already understand, expanding it by hand becomes much more straightforward. – SWL
– via [Channel ‘social_software’] and [WebDawn]
eCollegeSM Announces Net Income of $.02 Per Share and Record Revenue of $7.3 Million for the Second Quarter 2003
$0.02 per share might not seem much to write home about, but given that none of the big three CMS firms had previously reported any profits, it seems notable, especially given the current economic climate in the US. – SWL
Rss Readers
including ones for PDAs
NetFuture #147 – Aphorisms on Computers in Classrooms
If you are not already familiar with Stephen Talbott’s newsletter NetFuture, I highly recommend it for anyone interested in thought-provoking commentary on the interaction of human beings and technology. The latest issue contains a set of ‘aphorisms’ on the use of computers in the (in this case primarily K-12) classroom. You may disagree with much that he has to say, but I think his point of view well worth considering. – SWL
uPortal – .LRN Integration Approaches
Important paper on integrating uPortal and .LRN CMS
Word of the day: Wunderkammer
Wunderkammer is a german word for what was known in English as the ‘Cabinet of curiosities.’ The word came to my attention recently from an article in an old Brill’s Content (cf. links below) using it as a metaphor for links-oriented blogs/’personal portals.’ As far as I can tell that reference was picking up on an earlier on in Feed magazine, which itself cites an earlier unknown source.
I just found it delightful to be reminded of that history and of the impulse to collect, categorize and display.
Canadian Forum
Library and Archives Canada will host a two-day Canadian Metadata Forum, to be held on Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20, 2003.
What is especially encouraging to me about this announcement is the number of notable Canadians in the field of learning object metadata (Norm Friesen, Gilbert Paquette, Stephen Downes and Jutta Treviranus to name the ones I recognize) who will be at this meeting. I don’t work full time in the area of learning objects, but every time I come in contact with the library community I am amazed at the work going on there and scratch my head as to why we all don’t seem to collaborate more when there seem to be, on the surface at least, lots of synergies. – SWL