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Wed., Jan. 07, 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE
VIEWPOINT
NEWS & PRODUCT UPDATES
CASE STUDY
TECH NOTES
READER RESPONSE
Sponsors
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Hoping for a Year of Standards in 2004
Frank Tansey
There’s a gift left unwrapped from the holidays. One that I
have been waiting to open for seven years, but I really hope
I can open in 2004. Standards are coming of age, and I am
really looking forward to taking advantage of all the work
that is maturing. Inside my package are eLearning standards
for Course Management Systems.
Before proceeding, you need to know I am lumping specifications
and standards into one package. To help you out, think of
specification as being the early consensus of an approach to
the solution for a problem. Think of a specification as the
peer-reviewed blessing of the solution.
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SCT Takes Top Honors from 19th Annual (SIIA) Codie Awards
SCT's Banner administrative software for higher education has been named as
finalists in the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 19th annual
Codie Awards competition recognizing the software industry’s “finest products
and services.”
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Just in case . . . $1.5B more waiting at the bank
Hoping for American and European regulatory approval for its takeoverbid for
PeopleSoft, Oracle has obtained a $1.5B credit line. The newcredit line is in
addition to a $5B credit line Oracle had already obtained.
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Oracle Extends Deadline for Share Bids to Acquire PeopleSoft
The merger appears currently stalled, with low interest from shareholders
as American and European regulatory commissions examine itsimpact and legalities.
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ANGEL/Web-Based Training Integration Now Available
Web-Based Training (WBT) and ANGEL, Penn State's Course Management System
have combined to create a simpler and more efficient process for faculty, staff
and students to take advantage of WBT courses. The integration of the two systems
is currently under development, and by the spring semester, faculty and group
owners will be able to assign appropriate WBT courses to their students or group
members through ANGEL.
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SCT sold to SunGard Data Systems
SCT's 1,300 current college and university customers are told
that thecompany will continue to be led by SCT executives.
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CourseWork at Stanford University
CourseWork is an open source, modular course Web sitedevelopment
and distribution system, commonly termed a coursemanagement
system (CMS), that was developed by Stanford University and
is the primarily CMS in use today at the University. CourseWork
is designed both for faculty with little Web experience, who
will be able to develop their course Web site quickly, and
for expert Web-users, who can organize complex, Web-based
materials and link them to Coursework’s communication, authorization,
and assessment tools. Using CourseWork, instructors and TAs
can set up a course Web site that displays announcements,
online readings, a dynamic syllabus and schedule, online assignments
and quizzes, a discussion forum for students, and a grade
book.
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SAKAI Project Working to Enhance "Code Mobility" in CMS
Several universities in have formed the SAKAI consortium
to begin workto, among other things, produce a complete course
management system andother solutions based on OKI open service
interface and JSR 168 portletstandards.
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