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Foil 66 XML and Universal Access II

From Collaborative Portals for Distributed and Distance Learning NCSA Industrial Partners Meeting -- October 12-13 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


Assume that all education will be web-based
Assume that we need to provide web resources of equal quality for all citizens
This will not work if one has to translate each course from material for "regular user" to that for "user for different access capabilities"
Thus only chance is to define curriculum in XML and produce customized presentation layers
One will need a powerful indexing/abstracting scheme to be able design appropriate navigation schemes for all users and clients
  • Natural framework is XML based Education Portals with SPW implementing collaboration (a.k.a. teaching)



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