News
Janine Sisk detailed the efforts of MIT Sloan to
improve
performance. The steps include Increasing the AOLserver threads,
Increase the number of database connections, disable parallel query
execution and make use of various query tools. Rocael added to this the
need to switch to AOLserver 4.0.8
Al Essa announced a new
marketing
tool kit that will contain a brochure, whitepaper and a roadmap for
.LRN that will be ready by 18th of October. Malte announced a German
version and more marketing materials ready by 26th of October.
Peter Monien gave
feedback
on an e-learning conference he attended and that most people would
like to make good use of Learning Objects using SCORM. Bruce Spear on
the other hand stressed out that one of the strenghtes of .LRN is the
community features below it that enable a model collaborative learning
with a focus on the seminars. As this is a long thread, please read it
on your own :).
Dave posted information on the
Open
Learning Support system that provides community features for MIT
OpenCourseware material.
Packages
External Authentication recieved a new documentation by Rocael,
furthermore LDAP BIND style authentication was added along with a
driver for Single Sign On systems.
Peter Monien and Jose Pablo Escobedo Del Cid
discussed the
Evaluation
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package, talked about new features and some bugs.
Jonatan Tierno announced the development of a new
Knoppix CD that stores content on the harddisk of the user.
Dave and Caroline initiated a discussion about the
Simulation
Package that has been used at Leiden University and it's use their,
giving the first good overview of the package and possible use cases
for the future (e.g. simulations in engineering and business
administration).
Links
http://www.criticalme
thods.org/collab/index.htm
looks like a good resource for information on collaborative learning.
http://www.learningtools.arts.u
bc.ca/
Open Source learning tools includes: timeline creator, webct discussion
extractor, and a web-based wysiwyg tool.>
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ttp://home.arcor.de/civici01a/programming/elearning_principles.htm.
Literature collection supporting claims on strengthening seminars.