Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative; Open Source; E-Learning; and Articles, Papers, and Reports

Come Together: Campuses Find the Road to Success Lined with Partnerships and Collaborations

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Title:Come Together: Campuses Find the Road to Success Lined with Partnerships and Collaborations (ID: NLI0356)
Author(s):Wendy Rickard
Origin:Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2003)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Partnering in the learning marketspace is an NLII key theme because it provides new opportunities to reconfigure the way that instruction is funded, developed, marketed, delivered, and supported. We continue to examine alternatives and issues involved for inter-institutional partnering and for partnering with commercial service providers to develop and implement highly leveraged strategies for e-learning-the use of Internet technologies in teaching and learning in higher education.

This article highlights three sessions at the NLII annual meeting looking at how relationships are making it possible for institutions to realize their academic missions.

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How (and Why) to Listen to Heavy Metal: Participating in Standards Development Lets Higher Education Control its Destiny

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Title:How (and Why) to Listen to Heavy Metal: Participating in Standards Development Lets Higher Education Control its Destiny (ID: NLI0357)
Author(s):Vicki Suter (EDUCAUSE)
Origin:Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2003)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:One of the goals of the NLII is developing tools and standards to support new learning environments and creating market structures for the development of interactive learning materials. The NLII gives high priority to the monitoring of and participation in the development of technical specifications and standards for learning materials, instructional technologies, and software developed to manage courses (or learning), learning objects and other content, or student activities

Many factors influence the development of specifications and standards throughout their lifecycle. In particular, good communication and coordination between the tool users and the tool makers is critical, and the NLII sees its role as to facilitate that communication and coordination, working particularly with the IMS.

This article highlights several issues such as the specification and standards development life cycle, use case methodology and open source development. The role of IMS, OKI, and Shibboleth in this context is discussed; the University of Delaware's uPortal describes one model model for open source software development; and anoverview of NLII's involvement in the process of specification and standards development is given.

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