On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 15:13, simonfj <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] We need a user name & password, usually issued by single > institution to their version of an app and content = duplicate ad > infinatum. This is something the OER Foundation is addressing > fundamentally.
The NZ Ministry of Education is funding a trial that incorporates a test WikiEducator instance into a single sign on infrastructure for a cluster of schools here. I'm a fan of lightweight mechanisms like OpenID which I hope the WE community may adopt, since we are not as strict about "identity" as some organizations. > So we have a catch 22. Communities like wikipedia and wikiedicator. > i.e. passionate people who prefer to use one tool to produce open > content often duplicate wonderful stuff in their attempts to acheive > their related visions. Rarely do they have an opportunity to > contemplate what other ICT services may be identified which could be > shared between communities. (I noticed the Connexions Google group as > another duplication) Â Meanwhile, the Middleware guys who must allocate > resources, and try and figure out what service may be demanded and > when, are simply bamboozled. I think duplication isn't quite the right word. I believe the different communities have different cultures and appeal to different users. I see the work I'm doing to allow interchange of resources between WikiEducator and Connexions as benefiting each. Given content in open formats, the platform(s) for editing and distribution is(are) a matter of convenience. The data (OER in this case) is the key. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
