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Category Archives: interoperability


Interoperability standards for virtual worlds

July 9, 2008 – 8:51 am

Virtual worlds are getting quite a bit of attention at work at the moment and for good reason. Clearly there is a huge potential for their use in education and momentum in this area is really building. Like many I have experimented a bit with platforms like Second Life but am now wanting […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, Second Life, standards, Virtual Worlds | Comments (0)

nice post on ePortfolio standards

April 29, 2008 – 9:07 am

From the Learning Futures Eiffel team blog here’s a nice introduction on standards to consider for ePortfolios. It gives a nice summary of the major ePortfolio specific standards to consider and importantly, mentions related specifications such as OpenSocial which I believe those interested in ePortfolios should start to at a minimum, become familiar with. […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, e-portfolio, standards, OpenSocial | Comments (0)

IMS exploring use of Creative Commons licensing

March 4, 2008 – 10:11 am

From Stephen Downes’ blog, notification that the IMS Global Learning Consortium is exploring the use of Creative Commons licensing in its interoperability specifications. The press release from IMS doesn’t go into a great deal of detail other than plans to run a pilot project under a form of Creative Commons licence. It will […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, standards, IMS GLC, Creative Commons | Comments (0)

Standards and Web 2.0 - On a collision course?

September 11, 2007 – 8:26 am

Interesting post from Tim Hand got me to thinking about this one. From Tim’s perspective, the standards arena seems to have stalled a bit (if I’m reading correctly). When compared to what’s happening in Web 2.0 with new services and technologies just powering ahead. Try to keep up with what’s happening in […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, Web 2.0, e-portfolio, standards | Comments (6)

on Podmo

July 10, 2007 – 9:23 am

Here’s a great local innovation (I like those). Podmo provides ‘free community networking for mobile phones’. Its a great service which provides access to content and other services such as messaging at no cost to users. All you need to setup a ‘podmo free zone’ is a server with Bluetooth radio capability […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, Podmo | Comments (0)

Interoperability 101

February 8, 2007 – 7:31 am

Ever wondered what the folks in the e-framework are up to?  Here’s an interesting video introducing the Service Oriented Approach (SOA).   According to the website, ” A Service Oriented Approach to creating and evolving information communication technology solutions is a phenomenon that is transforming the way many organisations in […]

By jleeson | Also posted in Educationau, SOA, e-framework | Comments (0)