I'll just pick up on one of those three to say that the idea in #2 is
one I'm really interested in. If you're not already saying it, I hope
the idea gets extended to think about the ability to deploy tools/
gadgets/etc. as simply as you can on the Google portal.
There was another thread on Pedagogy recently under the subject "Re:
eLearning 2.0 - overview of tools" talking about the tension between
the structured, controlled, learning environment approach and the
"small pieces loosely joined" ad-hoc approach to using various tools
and services...
This idea seems relevant...
> 2. *What would need to be done to make this tool work as a
> teacher-installable remotely hosted service? *Since individual
> teachers in many institutions are not empowered to get their IT
> support staff to install new tools, I would like to see something
> like this available as something like a Google Gadget that
> wouldn't require the intervention of an IT person to install. I
> don't have any idea what would be involved technically, but given
> the relatively low overhead of this sort of application, it might
> be an interesting test case for the Sakai community.
/Chris.
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