Re: [Bodington-developers] tetra & IMS TI

[John N. <jo...@ca...>]

On 5 May 2006, at 08:49, Adam Marshall wrote:

> Bodington would certainly like to be able to include Sakai tools,  
> so yes,
> that does sound interesting.
>
> Was it your intention to use IMS TI as a framework?
>

No! Our view of IMS TI is that the best thing about it is that it  
exists.

By that I mean that the problem of how to get portability of an  
_application_ rather than content between learning management systems  
is being addressed by open-source and commercial suppliers. The  
version 1.0 does very little that is useful, but it is a start. With  
it we will be able to test the concept that a specialised application  
we may develop for teaching modern language say, can be taken by a  
Bodington University or a Blackboard University or a Moodle  
University or a WebCT University and be run without major integration  
issues.

If this turns out to be something people want to do a lot, we expect  
a lot of development of the specification to make it more useful. I  
would almost call it a research prototype of a spec.

Another issue is that we don't know how engaged Blackboard will be  
now they have merged with WebCT. They may take the view that Chalkbox/ 
PowerLinks now has critical mass not to need interoperability with  
other (competitor) solutions.

John