Comments on: Sakai As It Could Be http://aeroplanesoftware.com/sakai-as-it-could-be/ Zach Thomas: Sakai Consulting Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris http://aeroplanesoftware.com/sakai-as-it-could-be/comment-page-1/#comment-7397 Chris Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:06:53 +0000 http://aeroplanesoftware.com/2008/01/25/sakai-as-it-could-be/#comment-7397 <p>Zack,</p> <p>I think we agree. :-)</p> <p>I'm as eager as you are to see more evidence of Sakai's potential realized. I am encouraged by some examples like the one Steven points out from Edia, and some of the stuff Cambridge is working on (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/MYSAK/Home) , etc. Meanwhile there's still a lot of work going into the base software functions and some of the core platform services. </p> <p>The point I was intending to make is that Sakai isn't on a trajectory to produce another monolithic application. There's some encouraging evidence that it can serve as a platform for innovation. It's even more encouraging to think that the examples we have today have been developed in a period where much of the community effort has been focused on the basics. My hope is that we'll be emerging from that stage soon and entering a stage where our collective energy can shift from primiarly working on the basics to really demonstrating the potential of the platform.</p> Zack,

I think we agree. :-)

I’m as eager as you are to see more evidence of Sakai’s potential realized. I am encouraged by some examples like the one Steven points out from Edia, and some of the stuff Cambridge is working on (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/MYSAK/Home) , etc. Meanwhile there’s still a lot of work going into the base software functions and some of the core platform services.

The point I was intending to make is that Sakai isn’t on a trajectory to produce another monolithic application. There’s some encouraging evidence that it can serve as a platform for innovation. It’s even more encouraging to think that the examples we have today have been developed in a period where much of the community effort has been focused on the basics. My hope is that we’ll be emerging from that stage soon and entering a stage where our collective energy can shift from primiarly working on the basics to really demonstrating the potential of the platform.

]]> By: zach http://aeroplanesoftware.com/sakai-as-it-could-be/comment-page-1/#comment-7393 zach Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:52:28 +0000 http://aeroplanesoftware.com/2008/01/25/sakai-as-it-could-be/#comment-7393 <p>This looks great, Stephen. I can think of a lot of ways you could use collaborative map-making for teaching. Edia (www.edia.nl) deserves a pat on the back for that one. I think the distributed nature of today's web tools suggests that Sakai should have a strategy not only for embedding and combining outside elements (the classic mashup), but also pervasive publication and consumption of feeds (classic syndication). This really seems to be the direction the technology is going.</p> This looks great, Stephen. I can think of a lot of ways you could use collaborative map-making for teaching. Edia (www.edia.nl) deserves a pat on the back for that one. I think the distributed nature of today’s web tools suggests that Sakai should have a strategy not only for embedding and combining outside elements (the classic mashup), but also pervasive publication and consumption of feeds (classic syndication). This really seems to be the direction the technology is going.

]]> By: Stephen Marquard http://aeroplanesoftware.com/sakai-as-it-could-be/comment-page-1/#comment-7375 Stephen Marquard Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:34:33 +0000 http://aeroplanesoftware.com/2008/01/25/sakai-as-it-could-be/#comment-7375 <p>We've just added the Sakai Maps tool (http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/MAPS) as a generally available tool in our production Sakai instance (Vula).</p> <p>It's a great example of a Web 2.0 mashup - Google Maps made easy to use in a teaching context by locating it in a site where map references can be collaboratively updated. It's already been successfully used in a postgraduate History course.</p> We’ve just added the Sakai Maps tool (http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/MAPS) as a generally available tool in our production Sakai instance (Vula).

It’s a great example of a Web 2.0 mashup – Google Maps made easy to use in a teaching context by locating it in a site where map references can be collaboratively updated. It’s already been successfully used in a postgraduate History course.

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