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 as valuable for students as well). As Murugan points out, there is some common ground […]
working-offline
More Offline Toys
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.
Working Offline with ecto
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.
Web 2.0 for Tracking Web 2.0
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 older for-pay blogging clients. Anyway, Alan Levine is asking for a Web 2.0 tools list […]
Progress Toward an Offline e-Learning Client?
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 and tests, add announcements, and so on, all while offline, and automatically synchronize the next […]
Lean Clients, Plump Clients, and Chubby Clients for Learning Management Systems
As I mentioned in a previous post the SUNY Learning Network currently uses a home-grown learning management system built on top of Lotus Notes. And while there is a web interface to the system, many of the current users are quite attached to their fat client. This may sound quaintly outdated at the moment. However, […]