[school-discuss] Re: [IIEP] CityU HK

[Thomas Templin <lists@GNUWHV.DE>]

On Monday 01 November 2004 20:44, Michael Dean wrote:
> People should really take a look at the Open Source Ilias and Tutos
> programs.
There was an ILIAS booth at LinuxWorld Expo Frnkfurt, Germany last
week.

The most interesting was an OpenOffice plugin which allows users to
export OOo documents to ILIAS E-Learning xml format.
Thats a great thing for authors if you have no bandwith or online
connection at all. Just write your course material whith OOo and then
export to ILIAS XML, import it in ILIAS and thats it.

Alexandra Toedt from ILIAS Kologne may give more information.
+49 221 940 2566 (Timezone Europe, Berlin)
Alexandra.Toedt@uni-koeln.de

Bye,
Thomas
>
> AntiMoneyLaundering.Net - nigelmc wrote:
> > I know one Australian government department (I won't say which)
> > that has just installed an e-learning platform that won't display
> > on a significant proportion of the machines for the target users,
> > either because of poor connectivity / lack of bandwidth or
> > low-tech at point of delivery!  They say it's for the provider to
> > sort out.
> >
> > But that article shows that the users blame those who commission
> > the system not those who create / administer it.
> >
> > N
> >
> > Maccann, Ann wrote:
> >> Excellent article!  Confusion reigns supreme?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ELEARN-OPENSOURCE
> >> [mailto:ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG]On Behalf Of
> >> AntiMoneyLaundering.Net - nigelmc
> >> Sent: Monday, 1 November 2004 11:19 AM
> >> To: ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG
> >> Subject: Re: [IIEP] CityU HK
> >>
> >>
> >> Ann, et al
> >>
> >> The link below has a note (slightly out of date) on how some Aus
> >> unis were moving a couple of years ago. At that point, it was
> >> all proprietary and relatively fragmented)
> >>
> >> http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/ijet/systems.htm
> >>
> >> Nigel
> >>
> >> Maccann, Ann wrote:
> >>> Most (if not all?) unis in Australia started out with WebCT,
> >>> which I
> >>
> >> personally do not find user-friendly;  some are now using a
> >> combination, and my son recently had a course in Blackboard,
> >> another in what appears to be a system set up by the uni itself,
> >> and a third in WebCT!  From what I hear, some Australian unis
> >> started with a proprietary system which was run by an outside
> >> firm (unspecified), and aren't happy with this either, due to
> >> the lack of control.
> >>
> >>> Possibly at the point where a number of unis are running open
> >>> source,
> >>
> >> others will join the bandwaggon, but it seems that a critical
> >> mass of unis using open source that works for a number of
> >> different areas is needed before others join.
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: ELEARN-OPENSOURCE
> >>
> >> [mailto:ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG]On
> >>
> >>> Behalf Of Professor Paul Bacsich
> >>> Sent: Friday, 29 October 2004 10:13 PM
> >>> To: ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG
> >>> Subject: Re: [IIEP] CityU HK
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> What is more interesting is that virtually every other
> >>> university in
> >>
> >> Hong
> >>
> >>> Kong is using WebCT and have been for some time. There have
> >>> been
> >>
> >> stories,
> >>
> >>> and I do not want to name names, that at least two of these are
> >>> now or
> >>
> >> were
> >>
> >>> recently considering open source. Taking Anne's suggestion a
> >>> bit
> >>
> >> further, it
> >>
> >>> would be great if any of our lurkers from Hong Kong or those
> >>> closely in touch with the scene there could enlighten us on the
> >>> reasons behind the
> >>
> >> City
> >>
> >>> U decision. However, I can give one bit of information, which
> >>> suggests
> >>
> >> that
> >>
> >>> there might be special reasons in Hong Kong so that the news
> >>> might not
> >>
> >> be as
> >>
> >>> "discouraging" to open source enthusiasts as they might feel.
> >>>
> >>> In Hong Kong most if not all unis are looking closely at the
> >>> mainland Chinese market, and indeed many are teaching in
> >>> mainland China already.
> >>
> >> This
> >>
> >>> means that they have to have a system with capability in
> >>> Chinese as
> >>
> >> well as
> >>
> >>> English. WebCT has some capability here and announced a while
> >>> back a collaboration with Tsinghua University to ensure a good
> >>> solution but
> >>
> >> people
> >>
> >>> in Hong Kong have told me that it is not that good. On the
> >>> other hand, Blackboard have set up a large joint venture with
> >>> CERNET (I visited it
> >>
> >> last
> >>
> >>> October) and really intends to promote the Chinese version of
> >>> the
> >>
> >> product
> >>
> >>> widely across the mainland. So it may be as simple as the fact
> >>> that
> >>
> >> City U,
> >>
> >>> coming rather late to the selection of an MLE, and certainly
> >>> (from
> >>
> >> their
> >>
> >>> press release) wanting to operate across a wide era, were
> >>> impressed by
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >>> Chinese-language aspect in particular.
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "AntiMoneyLaundering.Net - nigelmc"
> >>
> >> <nigelmc@ANTIMONEYLAUNDERING.NET>
> >>
> >>> To: <ELEARN-OPENSOURCE@LST.IIEP-UNESCO.ORG>
> >>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:17 AM
> >>> Subject: [IIEP] CityU HK
> >>>
> >>>> Apologies for length: the following press release (From
> >>>> Blackboard so
> >>
> >> it
> >>
> >>>> lays it on a bit thick about them) arrived today.
> >>>>
> >>>> It would be interesting to discover the Uni's reasons as that
> >>>> would no doubt inform our own deliberations.
> >>>>
> >>>> *City University of Hong Kong Moves to Blackboard*
> >>>>
> >>>> *Students Will Benefit from Campus-Wide Deployment of
> >>>> Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) *
> >>>>
> >>>> QUEENSLAND, Australia, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
> >>>> Blackboard
> >>
> >> Inc.
> >>
> >>>> (NASDAQ:BBBB
> >>>
> >>> <http://alliance.marketwatch.com/custom/alliance/interactivecha
> >>>rt.asp?s
> >>
> >> ymb=B
> >>
> >>> BBB&astyle=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0&c=179&urlpull=&logourl=&post=0>
> >>>)
> >>>
> >>>> announced today at its annual Asia Pacific Users Conference
> >>>> that it
> >>
> >> has
> >>
> >>>> signed an agreement with the City University of Hong Kong to
> >>>> provide
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >>>> Blackboard Academic Suite(TM), hosted by Blackboard(R) ASP and
> >>>> Blackboard(R) Professional Services. This new venture will
> >>>> assist the City University of Hong Kong in meeting the
> >>>> e-education needs of its 18,000 full- and part-time students
> >>>> across the main campus.
> >>>>
> >>>> Taking place today and tomorrow at the ICT Learning Innovation
> >>>> Centre
> >>
> >> in
> >>
> >>>> Queensland, Australia, Blackboard's Asia Pacific Users
> >>>> Conference
> >>
> >> brings
> >>
> >>>> together the City University of Hong Kong and more than 125
> >>>> other Blackboard clients and partners from across Asia and
> >>>> Australia. Titled "Innovating Together", the conference
> >>>> provides a forum for learning institutions to share best
> >>>> practices in online education, learn about product innovations
> >>>> and hear more about Blackboard's vision of a Networked
> >>>> Learning Environment(TM).
> >>>>
> >>>> By adopting a single e-learning platform, City University of
> >>>> Hong Kong will make a university-wide deployment of the
> >>>> Blackboard Academic
> >>
> >> Suite,
> >>
> >>>> an integrated family of enterprise-grade software applications
> >>>> that support teaching, learning and campus life. The
> >>>> Blackboard Academic Suite includes three leading e-education
> >>>> software solutions: the Blackboard Learning System(TM), the
> >>>> Blackboard Community System(TM),
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >>>> the Blackboard Content System(TM). Together, these solutions
> >>>> create a comprehensive online learning platform that supports
> >>>> multiple
> >>
> >> approaches
> >>
> >>>> to teaching, learning, research and collaboration.
> >>>>
> >>>> "At CityU, we strive to maintain our long-term commitment to
> >>
> >> innovation
> >>
> >>>> in the use of communications and information technologies for
> >>>> teaching and learning, thus we look forward to bringing the
> >>>> many features and functionalities of Blackboard to our
> >>>> university community," said Dr. Jerry Yu, CIO of City
> >>>> University of Hong Kong. "We have selected a vision-driven and
> >>>> pedagogically oriented approach to guide the implementation to
> >>>> ensure that the system is used and useful for a wide range of
> >>>> stakeholders including students, faculty, staff and
> >>>> administrators."
> >>>>
> >>>> Implementation of the Blackboard Academic Suite at City
> >>>> University of Hong Kong will begin in October. Some pilot
> >>>> courses will be launched
> >>
> >> in
> >>
> >>>> the early 2005 and full scale deployment is expected by the
> >>>> start of
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >>>> next academic year in September 2005. Fully implemented, the
> >>
> >> Blackboard
> >>
> >>>> Academic Suite will facilitate the full integration of the
> >>
> >> university's
> >>
> >>>> entire online community with extensions to content management,
> >>>> library integration, Blackboard Building Blocks(R) development
> >>>> and alumni
> >>>
> >>> outreach.
> >>>
> >>>> "Blackboard is pleased to work with City University of Hong
> >>>> Kong to create a strong networked learning environment that
> >>>> will expand the learning options for its students," said
> >>>> Andrew Rosen, President of Blackboard's international
> >>>> business. "In addition, we welcome City University of Hong
> >>>> Kong as the first Hong Kong member of both our Blackboard
> >>>> Developer Network(SM) and Blackboard Building Blocks
> >>
> >> program.
> >>
> >>>> It is essential to our ongoing success to have representation
> >>>> in these groups from universities worldwide."
> >>>>
> >>>> The Blackboard Developer Network is a forum for companies to
> >>>> share information about developing Blackboard Building Blocks.
> >>>> Blackboard Building Blocks is the company's open architecture
> >>>> initiative, which allows external partners to develop
> >>>> applications to integrate with any of the Blackboard
> >>>> platforms. Through the Blackboard Building Blocks program,
> >>>> Blackboard clients gain benefits from custom-system design
> >>>> capabilities, innovative thinking from a broad range of
> >>>> experts and
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >>>> ability to leverage investments in existing products by
> >>>> expanding
> >>
> >> their
> >>
> >>>> reach throughout the Blackboard system.
> >>>>
> >>>> About City University of Hong Kong
> >>>>
> >>>> City University (CityU) of Hong Kong celebrates its 20th
> >>>> Anniversary this year (2004); it is largely funded by the
> >>>> Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
> >>>> Peoples Republic of China. CityU
> >>
> >> has
> >>
> >>>> an ambitious strategic plan, reflecting its aspirations to
> >>>> become one
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >>>> the leading universities in the Asia Pacific region by
> >>>> achieving excellence in teaching and research. The student
> >>>> population of the University is approximately 18,000. By
> >>>> anticipating and responding to local and regional needs and
> >>>> the effects of rapid social and technical change, CityU
> >>>> continues to strife ahead emphasizing on professional
> >>>> education and practice, and applied research. Visit the
> >>>> website at http://cityu.edu.hk/ to find out more about this
> >>>> exciting University.
> >>>>
> >>>> About Blackboard Inc.
> >>>>
> >>>> Blackboard is a leading provider of enterprise software and
> >>>> services
> >>
> >> to
> >>
> >>>> the education industry. The Company's product line consists of
> >>>> five software applications bundled in two suites, the
> >>>> Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the Blackboard Commerce
> >>>> Suite(TM). Blackboard's clients include colleges,
> >>>> universities, schools and other education providers, as well
> >>>> as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that
> >>
> >> serve
> >>
> >>>> education providers and their students. Blackboard is
> >>>> headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices and staff in
> >>>> North America, Europe and
> >>>
> >>> Asia.
> >>>
> >>>> Any statements in this press release about future
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> >>>> "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions,
> >>>> constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning
> >>
> >> of
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>>> the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our
> >>>> most recent
> >>
> >> 10-Q
> >>
> >>>> filed with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking
> >>>> statements
> >>
> >> included
> >>
> >>>> in this press release represent the Company's views as of
> >>>> October 28, 2004. The Company anticipates that subsequent
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