Some General Objects of Importance to Education
“(better)portalML” -- define the user’s customized portal layout and what they can choose from
- define available objects and layout (number of columns etc.)
- placement of component objects on pages and specification of their parameters and location e.g. access weather object for suchandsuchcity with suchandsuch sensor overlay
- choice of nifty JavaScript index
- preferences for resolutions and “universal access”
- borders, backgrounds etc.
Portal building tools will exist for developers (architect type of portal i.e. differentiate my.NPAC from my.Netscape) and users ( specialize particular portal architecture )
Such general tools will be competition for education specific systems like WebCT