Monday, March 22, 2004

Workforce Connecetions Open Source Software I'm passing along this information about Workforce Connections from Seb's Open Research weblog. I've examined the description of Connections and found it interesting and promising as a multipurpose tool, but I've not yet tried the software. JH [Originally posted to EduResources on March 8.] _______ Open source knowledge sharing tools from the US government. This suite looks pretty interesting, and it's very nice to see governments releasing free software. (via Situativity) Workforce Connections is the first tool of its kind to be licensed by the U.S. government free of charge to public and private sector organizations. From the FAQ: "What is Workforce Connections? Workforce Connections is a set of Web-based tools that enable content managers, with no programming experience, to dynamically create and manage online content in a secure environment. Workforce Connections; is an open source custom distribution available under a general public license (GPL) by the U.S. Department of Labor, it empowers non-technical individuals to create, acquire, share and control knowledge in real-time. Users can leverage Workforce Connections to build and maintain traditional Web sites, online courses, knowledge repository, online coach, and communities of practice portals." Apparently, installing it is a techie's job though. 6:55:58 AM    COMMENT []