Does the OAE rewrite into node.js affect the widget SDK? Is that just a proof of concept or the next actual version?
https://github.com/sakaiproject/Hilary Cheers Steve Sent from my iPhone On 24/09/2012, at 19:27, "Berg, Alan" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am curious to see if pushed hard how many useful widgets can be built > quickly using the Widget SDK. The University of Amsterdam had one student > write 4 widgets in quick order including a Spreadsheet widget and an Exhibits > widget. Widget building could be a nucleation point for contrib effort > outside the core team. If you want to build a wider community this is an > effective place to quench an initial thirst. Good also for Proof Of Concepts. > > http://oae-widgets.sakaiproject.org/ > http://oae-widgets.sakaiproject.org/widget/handsontable-spreadsheet-tool > http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/ > > Alan > > Alan Berg > > Group Education and Research Services > Central Computer Services > University of Amsterdam > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Clay Fenlason > [[email protected]] > Sent: 24 September 2012 00:44 > To: oae-dev > Subject: Re: [oae-dev] Assignment and Gradebook for OAE > > I think one has to separate the project vision from how it is trying > to respond to a dramatic loss of contributing partners. When you go > from 6 contributing organizations to 2 in a matter of weeks, you have > to make decisions that cut to the bone. > > The loss has been severe, but the silver lining is the hope that > better success might be found with a tighter, narrower focus. The > pivotal question remaining: is there enough value in what's already > been produced that it's worth continuing to invest resources to build > from that core, even if it's not going to displace our LMS any time > soon? Put in other terms, is there a smaller product that is both > viable (assuming much less contributed resource) and yet still > valuable for learning? This is what the team is working hard on now. > > Speaking just for myself, and Georgia Tech's perspective, it's still > our aim that the OAE support assigned work and the ability to provide > feedback (including that specialized kind of feedback that comes in > the form of grades). We still see a path for seeing those realized, > and haven't given up on them. > > But I think it's no longer on anyone's radar that the OAE will replace > the CLE. Whatever collaboration rallies around it, I think it will not > be on those terms. > > ~Clay > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Harry Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Clay, >> >> Thanks for your reply. In my opinion, Assignment and Gradebook are two most >> important features for LMS. OAE's no native support for those two features >> in the near future sort of confuses me about the vision of this product. >> Will OAE eventually replace Sakai 2.x? Or OAE is designed for something else? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Harry >> >> >> On Sep 21, 2012, at 9:29 AM, Clay Fenlason wrote: >> >>> I think it's fair to say that there hasn't been significant progress >>> in this area, while the project has lost many of its contributing >>> partners in the last couple months, and the focus of the work of the >>> remaining small team will not bring new assignment and grading >>> features in the months ahead. We're pressing ahead with making the >>> most of the novel capabilities around content in support of learning, >>> but the introduction of LMS-like features for course management are >>> now at least greatly postponed, and the future is uncertain. >>> >>> I don't want to be discouraging, but I do want to caution you away >>> from any expectation that these features are just around the corner. >>> >>> ~Clay >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Harry Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I asked about the native support for assignment and gradebook in OAE in May >>>> and want to know whether there has been any major progresses in this area. >>>> >>>> I saw a session by Sam and Nicolaas on this topic in this year's Sakai >>>> conference >>>> https://wiki.jasig.org/display/JCON/2012-06-11+Sakai+OAE+-+Tasks,+Assignments,+Grading+and+Unstructured+Feedback >>>> >>>> Sam and Nicolaas: any update on this? >>>> >>>> Any information about this is greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> On May 14, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Harry Wang wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Nate and Clay, >>>> >>>> Thanks for your replies. I think I will try the hybrid setup for the pilot. >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Clay Fenlason >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The OAE can't be used as a standalone course management system, and >>>>> you won't see a native gradebook tool or support for assignment >>>>> submission workflows by September (although features to support >>>>> assignment activities are on the nearer side of the roadmap [1]). >>>>> >>>>> Schools in pilot are supporting these functions with a CLE integration >>>>> (using Basic LTI) that embeds CLE tools within OAE pages [2]. Some of >>>>> these tools are being reskinned for the 1.3 release, so they look like >>>>> a more natural fit, though there are still barriers to sharing content >>>>> and grades, e.g.: assignment attachments cannot be submitted from the >>>>> OAE library to the CLE assignment tool (widget) >>>>> >>>>> So you essentially need to support these functions, in the interim, >>>>> with siloed 3rd-party tools. >>>>> >>>>> ~Clay >>>>> >>>>> [1] https://oae-community.sakaiproject.org/content#p=ker9TYL5aa/Sakai >>>>> OAE Roadmap >>>>> [2] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/jKSCB >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Harry Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> We are planning to do a small pilot of Sakai OAE at the University of >>>>>> Delaware in this fall semester. In my opinion, the two most important >>>>>> missing features are assignment and gradebook if OAE is used as a course >>>>>> management system. I wonder whether someone can give me an update on the >>>>>> development plan for those two components. Will they be available before >>>>>> the >>>>>> fall semester (September) starts? Any information is greatly >>>>>> appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Harry >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> oae-dev mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> oae-dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> oae-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> oae-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev >> >> _______________________________________________ >> oae-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev > _______________________________________________ > oae-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev > _______________________________________________ > oae-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev
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