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Where are open source learning applications?

Tony Karrer

If you look at the slow creep up the application stack of open-source solutions (OS, app server, database, CRM), then its easy to see the pattern. A few early tools exist, but they are in the early adopter stage. So, we should naturally expect to see open source solutions emerge where we see relatively stable feature sets.

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We Need a Wiki in a Wiki

eLearning Blender

Our server farm is stretched too thin and we are preparing for an infrastructure upgrade so it wouldn't be a good time to install anything additional to any of our servers. There are quite a few hosted solutions that specialize in Media Wiki and I have also been referred to PBWiki and Project Forum.

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Firewalls and Security in Software as a Service

Tony Karrer

Thus, there is real attraction in being able to sign up for hosted services that provide these tools without Corporate IT being involved. We had no trouble with our PBWiki. One of the interesting outcomes of my recent course - Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Thus, while we are excited about wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc.,

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Wikis for Improving Productivity

Experiencing eLearning

I’m liveblogging the webinar Growing in a Down Market with PBwiki. Then used spreadsheet on a central server, but people working from home couldn’t access it. Security levels of PBwiki are sufficient for the financial industry. A: Yes, PBwiki has options for individual users to set preferences for notifications.

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Both sides now

Jay Cross

collaboration tools are irresistible to end users: They’re easy to set up and use and can be accessed from anywhere. If the company gets tangled in litigation, data relevant to discovery requests may be lurking unknown on third-party servers, exposing the organization to financial or legal sanctions.

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