Thursday, May 05, 2005

Course Management: Ready for Prime Time. Good look at the changing face of course managements as this article examines cases at four universities (running WebCT, Blackboard, Sakai and Jenzabar) in order to suggest that campuses are scaling up and investing in more complex, more functional, learning systems. By Rebecca Sausner, University Business, May 5, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 3:05:38 PM      Google It!.

Exploring Single Sign-on. This item lists several other single sign-on initiatives, such as A-Select, Lasso and CAS. All three require some sort of 'identity service provider' (as Lasso calls it). It also mentions my own mIDm proposal in passing, which does not require a third party. Scott Wilson, meanwhile, has created a Zope version of mIDm. Gerrit Visser of Smart Mobs picks up the item, which is echoed in a couple of places. Alan Cooper, meanwhile, took issue with my argument against authentication (badly treated by my comments system (for which I apologise) he appears to have created a blog specifically to comment on this - a blog I hope he continues, as his point of view is clearly written and well argued). By Various Authors, system :: Weblog, May 5, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 3:01:31 PM      Google It!.

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mIDm - Self-Identification the World Wide Web. Yesterday I wrote that authentication is not needed and not desired - self-identification would do the trick. Today I would like to explain how a system of self-identification would work. Moreover, I provide in this article some samples of working code and a demonstration that prove that the sort of system I am describing is possible. Even if you didn't agree with yesterday's article (or missed it - I'm told I didn't promote it enough), do read this one. Even if we don't follow what I am writing here to the letter, something like this is needed and (in my view) inevitable. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 4, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 10:24:32 AM      Google It!.

Internet Phones Arrive at Home (And Some Need No Computer). For those with high-speed online connections, Internet calling and videoconferencing are finally taking off. So is the selection of tools. By By DANIEL TERDIMAN. [NYT > Technology] 9:57:48 AM      Google It!.

phpSpell [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:50:05 AM      Google It!.

The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects [Slashdot:] 9:47:47 AM      Google It!.

The Future of Integration, Personalization, and ePortfolio Technologies - Susan LaCour, Innovate. Most educators accept the premise that, in an ideal world, learning would be delivered in the manner and environment that best suit the needs and learning styles of individual learners. In the future, technologies like personalization, integration, and el [Online Learning Update] 9:44:25 AM      Google It!.

First Monday: The Social Life of Documents [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:42:07 AM      Google It!.