Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences, Instructional Technologies, and OSS

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Into the Frying Pan: Lessons Learned Deploying and Supporting Sakai in a Liberal Arts Environment

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Title:Into the Frying Pan: Lessons Learned Deploying and Supporting Sakai in a Liberal Arts Environment (ID: EDU07278)
Author(s):Mary P. Glackin (Mount Holyoke College) and Juliet Habjan Boisselle (Mount Holyoke College)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/23/2007)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
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In the summer of 2006, Mount Holyoke implemented Sakai, an open source learning management system, to replace WebCT and provide diverse capabilities through a single portal. This presentation will cover planning, deployment, and transition of users and materials. The discussion will particularly focus on lessons learned including successes, challenges, and vision for future development.

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Integrating Innovative E-Learning Systems: Challenges and Solutions from LAMS

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Title:Integrating Innovative E-Learning Systems: Challenges and Solutions from LAMS (ID: EDU06278)
Author(s):James Dalziel (Macquarie University)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/11/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:The range of innovative e-learning systems continues to grow, including those available as open-source software. The key challenge is integrating disparate systems to create a unified learning platform. This presentation will review challenges and solutions to integrating e-learning systems based on experiences from the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS).
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Podcasting the Classroom: Two Models

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Title:Podcasting the Classroom: Two Models (ID: EDU06248)
Author(s):Elmer R. Masters and John Mayer
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/11/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:CALI sponsored a project in which 50 faculty from 45 different law schools used podcasting in their courses. This presentation will demonstrate the open-source system we built to handle it (called Classcaster), discuss the lessons we learned, and talk about how any educational institution can add a scalable podcasting system to its repertoire.
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The SEA Framework: An Open-Source Framework for Building Custom Content Authoring Tools

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Title:The SEA Framework: An Open-Source Framework for Building Custom Content Authoring Tools (ID: EDU05178)
Author(s):Bruce Barton (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/19/2005)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:The Learning Solutions group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed and will release as open source a simple editing/authoring framework for building specialized authoring tools that allow faculty to develop rich content for their students. This talk describes the framework and illustrates its use in several authoring tools.
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