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Foil 68 Managing the Curricula II

From Tango for Distance Education and Training Today Rice University Tango Tutorial -- October 18 1999. by Geoffrey C. Fox
One needs database technology for
  • Storing raw curricula material with facilities to re-use, edit, produce summaries, re-order etc. WebWisdomDB
  • Archiving multimedia learning sessions LecCorder
  • Managing the students PAPI: grades, homework and personal data -- NPAC Grading Database
  • As discussed under Portals, Blackboard is a strong commercial system
One needs web-linked seamless computing to support programming assignments
  • Using older NPAC VPL written in JavaScript to allow web access to computer cluster for HPF and MPI (DoD Gateway activity should produce better technology)
These capabilities are part of effort in Portals for Education and Computing .....

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