Since I don’t have RSS feeds for comments, I would like to point out to e-Literate subscribers that several members of the Sakai development team have commented on my earlier initial review of Sakai 2.0. I would like to thank them for their outreach efforts and invite you to check out their thoughtful responses.
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Now, That's What I'm Talkin' 'bout!
An excerpt from Sakai’s press release regarding a demonstration of the IMS Tool Interoperability (TI) standard: The demonstration included four LMS systems including BlackBoard, WebCT, Sakai, and Moodle. The demonstration included three applications: Concept Tutor, Samigo(Sakai), and QuestionMark. All LMS/Application combinations worked and were demonstrated at the meeting which validates the interoperability of the IMS […]
First Impression of Sakai 2.0: Better Than I Expected
Given that Sakai 1.5 was a feature-impoverished, unusable wreck, I fully expected 2.0 to be unusable as well. After spending half a day with it, I think it’s safe to say that I was wrong. While 2.0 is certainly not nearly as mature as other FOSS LMS’s such as dotLRN and Moodle, I think it […]
Is Sakai a Platform or a Product?
Ben Brophy, a UI designer at MIT, muses about whether Sakai is a platform or a product. His initial answer is that it should be both. But he worries about the implications of having it as platform: The conference ended with a Q&A session with the Sakai board members. I asked how decisions about what’s […]
Threaded Discussion Interfaces: A Research Challenge
In the past, I have ranted about the fundamental flaws with threaded discussion interfaces as opposed to a simpler flat interface, where all posts in a conversation can be seen on one single, scrolling page. I am going to up the ante by making a more specific claim and challenging the research community to prove […]
What Version of Yahoo Are You Using?
This great question was posed by Patrick Masson, SUNY Learning Environments’ Director of Technology Projects, to make a point about the next generation of course management systems. The design of the current generation of systems is that of old-fashioned monolitic systems. Blackboard, WebCT, Angel–even Moodle (albeit to a somewhat lesser degree)–they are all built on […]
Sakai Updates
Mike Kruckenberg has posted several updates from the Sakai Winter 2004 Conference: What’s New in Sakai 1.5? If you want to develop Sakai Tools Sakai Tools Team Update: Style Guide Overview Implementing Sakai in a Community College Consortium