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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/26783 New features now available on edu1world ! tweetmeme_source
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New features now available on edu1world !

by Liz Dietz on 08/09/2010 12:09   0 comments , 25 views
As part of our commitment to continuously enhance  edu1world, we have rolled out some new features that we hope you will find useful.  To properly access these features you will need to delete your temporary internet files (under tools, internet options on your browser).

The enhancements include...

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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/24931 Two Options for evaluating Kuali Rice tweetmeme_source
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Two Options for evaluating Kuali Rice

by Tony DiSanza on 06/04/2010 02:24   0 comments , 70 views

Innovativ Consulting Partners, a leading open source consultant and service provider for online solutions, has announced new trial alternatives for institutions interested in evaluating Kuali Rice, yet do not have the technological infrastructure to initially install it.

Innovativ is offering two alternatives to the institution:

1. A fully-functional virtual image of Kuali Rice 1.0.1 which can be downloaded and installed at the institution – w...

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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/26221 Most MySQL users OK with Oracle tweetmeme_source
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Most MySQL users OK with Oracle

by Tony DiSanza on 07/18/2010 19:32   0 comments , 40 views
The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study. Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Jaspersoft surveyed its community of about 130,0...
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/26217 IBM taps open Firefox for its future in the clouds tweetmeme_source
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IBM taps open Firefox for its future in the clouds

by Tony DiSanza on 07/18/2010 19:32   0 comments , 30 views
There's no escaping just how critical a role the browser plays in the dawning age of cloud computing.
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/26215 Afraid of open core lock-in? The alternative could be worse tweetmeme_source
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Afraid of open core lock-in? The alternative could be worse

by Tony DiSanza on 07/18/2010 19:32   0 comments , 37 views
A debate has been raging over the popular open core business model that many open source vendors are using today. Opponents caution buyers from using open core products because of a bait-and-switch that will lock consumers into a closed source product....
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25858 Sakai 3 Learning Capabilities Lenses tweetmeme_source
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Sakai 3 Learning Capabilities Lenses

by Michael Feldstein on 07/06/2010 11:08   0 comments , 54 views
A while back, I asked David Goodrum to write a guest post about some of the work that the Sakai Teaching & Learning Group has been doing to articulate the educational goals and requirements for Sakai 3. The document that they have been working on is called the Sakai Learning Capabilities document, and it entered [...]
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25864 Moodle 2.0 Preview 4 Release Notes tweetmeme_source
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Moodle 2.0 Preview 4 Release Notes

by Louis Pugliese on 07/06/2010 09:15   0 comments , 140 views
Moodle 2.0 is on the home stretch! According to the most recent preview release (part four of the five-part series), Moodle 2.0 is "improving rapidly," but still requires quite a bit of...
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25835 Sakai Conference: Teaching With Sakai Innovation Awards tweetmeme_source
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Sakai Conference: Teaching With Sakai Innovation Awards

by Michael Feldstein on 07/03/2010 15:24   0 comments , 45 views
One of the best aspects of the annual Sakai conference is the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Awards (TWSIA). Every year, several teachers in the Sakai community are honored for their work and give presentations on what they’re doing in the classroom. This year, the TWSIA presentations were the keynote on the second day of the [...]
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25782 Open-Source ERP 'most Active' SourceForge Project tweetmeme_source
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Open-Source ERP 'most Active' SourceForge Project

by Liz Dietz on 07/02/2010 02:21   0 comments , 242 views
Open-source ERP (enterprise resource planning) software may still represent a small chunk of the overall market, but as a concept it has clearly gained a critical mass of adherents.
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25432 Amazon Adds S3 to their Management Console (and why this is important) tweetmeme_source
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Amazon Adds S3 to their Management Console (and why this is important)

by Mike Richwalsky on 06/21/2010 10:03   0 comments , 48 views
One of the best features of Amazon’s cloud-based storage and content delivery service, Simple Storage Service (S3), is it’s API. They’ve made it very easy to place, delete and share files from a variety of platforms. For the majority of work I do in S3, I use Panic’s excellent FTP-and-then-some client, Transmit. It treats S3′s [...]
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25353 The Moodle Dilemma: To Vendor-Host or Self Host tweetmeme_source
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The Moodle Dilemma: To Vendor-Host or Self Host

by Louis Pugliese on 06/15/2010 18:18   0 comments , 60 views
"To vendor-host or self-host?"

It's a pivotal question that any CIO or academic technology decision maker must ask when choosing to implement Moodle or a Moodle-based e Learning platform within a college campus. Moodlerooms North East Sales Director, Kurt Beer, had the opportunity to present on this subject last week. Here is his recap:

On June 8, I had the opportunity to contribute to an informative presentation when I attended the 7th Annual Mas...
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http://www.edu1world.org/opensource/25227 joule How-To: Course Menu Block tweetmeme_source
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joule How-To: Course Menu Block

by Louis Pugliese on 06/14/2010 10:55   0 comments , 43 views
Below, we've highlighted joule's course menu navigational block that allows for a clean Moodle course design. As Tom states in the video, it's an amalgam of different menu blocks, including...
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