Re: [Bodington-developers] [Fwd: [OBHE-alert] - report on SUNY Comparative Evaluation of LMS's

[Brian P. C. <bm...@bm...>]

Thanks, Paul - an interesting document.

I didn't read it, but I did search it.

Bodington 0 hits
Moodle 14 hits
interoperability 13 hits
osid 5 hits
oki 7 hits
sakai 9 hits
shibboleth 0 hits
web services 0 hits

I look forward to seeing the SUNY LMS.

Regards,

Brian



> Hi,
> 
> I'm forwarding an OBHE report on the evaluation of VLEs carried out by 
> SUNY.  Oxford used to subscribe to OBHE, but not now, so I haven't read 
> it.  However, I think Leeds does have a current subscription.
> 
> We did get some contact from them in the past (re Bodington 
> installation) but then things went silent.  In October SUNY announced 
> that they are building their own system, as reported by Michael 
> Feldstein in his blog:
> http://mfeldstein.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/suny_proposes_to_build_a_learning_management_operating_system/
> 
> "SLN Technology Strategy Report: Request for Public Comment (SLN RFPC). 
> This document identifies a candidate solution that will integrate the 
> open source application Uportal with best in class tools from other open 
> source applications, including Sakai and LAMS."
> 
> See links of their Learning Network page at:
> http://sln.suny.edu/index.html
> 
> OBHE article may be worth reading for future promotion of Bod.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> ---
> pau...@ou...
> WebLearn: http://www.weblearn.ox.ac.uk/
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[OBHE-alert] The latest Observatory Report is now available
> Date: 	Wed, 03 May 2006 14:12:47 +0100
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> 
> The latest Monthly Report from the Observatory on Borderless Higher
> Education is now available to subscribers.
> 
> Apples to Apples: Guidelines for Comparative Evaluation of Proprietary
> and Open Educational Technology Systems
> 
> by Dr. Ken Udas, Director, and Michael Feldstein, Assistant Director,
> SUNY Learning Network at the State University of New York, USA.
> 
> Selecting a learning management technology has increasingly become a
> mission critical and strategic decision for higher education 
> institutions. As technology supported and online learning has become
> more prevalent and learning management technologies more important
> institutional features, the selection environment has become
> increasingly complex. This paper presents a comparative model developed
> specifically for evaluating learning management software for adoption
> decisions in which open source software (OSS) and proprietary options
> are under consideration in higher education. It is intended to support
> senior academic administrators and policy makers who are responsible for
> or influence the software evaluation and selection process by proposing
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