Hi James, I had a few questions and comments.
Is there a formal definition of the GIFT syntax somewhere (e.g., Bakus-Naur format) so that I can more easily write a parser? Supporting GIFT on top of MediaWiki does seem possible, but, what is your suggestion for working around the fact that standard MW symbols and GIFT symbols collide? Something like <gift> tags? It seems very similar to Connexions QML format<http://cnx.org/help/authoring/xml#qml>-- what makes GIFT better? (For example, I noticed that CNX QML supports "hints", whereas GIFT does not). Lastly, may I suggest that you refer to GIFT as a "lightweight markup language." Calling it a microformat is misleading, because there is no HTML definition on the microformats.org page you created. Also, it isn't really a "picoformat" in the sense that Chris Messina uses the term ... so I would perhaps avoid that term as well. Kindly, -Josh On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:34 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wayne, > > Will you please endorse open self-study assessment content? E.g., > Moodle's GIFT http://microformats.org/wiki/gift? This kind of content > overlaps with polls. A polling system can often be used for assessment > and an assessment system can often be used for polling; the two should > be able to share the same code for presenting questions to users. > > As you know, there are large numbers of open and free educational > resources, but many fewer with open assessments to allow for self- > study evaluation, and which in turn can be used to recommend a place > to start for learners of varied backgrounds to begin in lengthy texts. > Low stakes quizzes as a study activity are also valuable in their own > right. > > Several weeks ago you said you would address this in a few weeks. Why > the delay? Yaron Cohen, one of the Semantic Mediawiki developers, has > had a standing offer to add GIFT support to Mediawiki for $2,500 since > the middle of last Summer. It is a shame that nobody has yet stepped > forward to make it happen. > > Sincerely, > James Salsman > > -- > 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- "Every time the word 'achievement' or 'academics' is used to mean test scores we cheapen the meaning of both terms." --Deborah Meier -- 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
