OSS and Contributed by Organizations or Campuses
The Fluid Project
| Title: | The Fluid Project (ID: CSD5044) | | Source: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/13/2007) | | Type: | Programs and Projects | | Abstract: | The Fluid Project is an international community of academic institutions, community source software projects and corporations working together to address the precarious values of usability, accessibility, internationalization, quality assurance and security within academic software projects.
Fluid combines both design and technology to create a living library of sharable user interface components that can be reused across community source projects. These components are built specifically to support flexibility and customization while maintaining a high standard of design quality. The Fluid framework will enable designers and developers to build user interfaces that can more readily accommodate the diverse personal and institutional needs found within community source projects.
Fluid will encourage user-centered design practices within community source software. To this end, we are creating a designer's toolkit that will offer useful design, accessibility, and usability strategies and documentation. Members of the Fluid team are available to provide usability and accessibility support within the Sakai, uPortal, Kuali Student, and Moodle communities. | | View this resource: | |
EduPatents: The Gathering Storm
| Title: | EduPatents: The Gathering Storm (ID: CSD4771) | | Author(s): | Stephen Downes (National Research Council of Canada) and Michael Feldstein (SUNY System Administration) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Interviews/Podcasts/Videos | | Abstract: | Stephen Downes (Canada) and Michael Feldstein (U.S.) discuss the current and long-term implications of the growing number of approved and pending patents on educational software, particularly in the context of Blackboard's current infringement lawsuit against Desire2Learn. What are the implications of Blackboard's current patent? How might it affect teachers and students? How are the likely effects different in different countries? And what are the broader implications of an environment of patent litigation for educational software? What is the potential impact of the patent on the e-learning market, and especially Open Source software? What can teachers, administrators, developers, and other stakeholders do? Note: Once you are in the Elluminate session, fast forward to time index 7:30 to skip the mic checks and orientation slides. | | View this resource: | |
Open Education 2006: Community, Culture, and Content
| Title: | Open Education 2006: Community, Culture, and Content (ID: CSD4683) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Open Education 2006: Community, Culture, and Content was a multidisciplinary event designed to promote the discussion of the variety of research, development, and other activities necessary to move the field of open education forward. The proceedings include over 30 papers on topics such as Open educational resources, Tools and software supporting open education and Reusing and remixing open educational resources. | | View this resource: | |
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