JISC infoNet - More resources for outsource, buy,build or integrate

More resources for outsource, buy,build or integrate

More resources for outsource, buy, build or integrate when creating an MLE

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/Office_of_Government_Commerce

Purchasing: the MLE will cost more than the legal minimum for EU procurement rules to kick in, and therefore unless you are developing the system in house you are likely to have to follow those rules. See the Office of Government Commerce site for an introduction.

OKI

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/OKI

The Open Knowledge Initiative is a collaboration among leading universities and specification and standards organisations to support innovative learning technology in higher education. The result of this collaboration is an open and extensible architecture that specifies how the components of an educational software environment communicate with each other and with other enterprise systems. O.K.I. provides a modular development platform for building both traditional and innovative applications while leveraging existing and future infrastructure technologies. O.K.I. is designed for broad adoption in the higher education domain. It provides a stable, scalable base that supports the flexibility needed by higher education and commercial developers of educational software.

OpenUSS

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/OpenUSS

The Open University Support System (OpenUSS) was designed as an open platform, which offers high level services for learning and teaching support including: personalised views for students and lecturers, e-mail based distribution lists, subject oriented discussion groups, moderated chat rooms, archiving for off-line support

Outsourcing Institute

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/Outsourcing_Institute

The Outsourcing Institute provides a general resource on outsourcing however it is the outsourcing suppliers forum, based in the USA.

Outsourcing Institute

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/copy_of_Outsourcing_Institute

The Outsourcing Institute provides a general resource on outsourcing however it is the outsourcing suppliers forum, based in the USA.

SourceForge

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/SourceForge

SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open Source software development website, with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source developer

TechDis

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/TechDis

Accessibility - The Special Education Needs and Disability Act (SENDA) requires all systems to be accessible. If this is planned in from the start then it need not be onerous, and makes the system more usable for everyone. TechDis offers information and advice on accessibility issues.

Data Commission

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/Data_Commission

Data Protection and Freedom of Information - at first glance these can be thought of as contradictory, one aiming to protect the privacy of the individual, the other requiring you to publish increasing amounts of information. For general information you should look at the Data Commission

Educause open source

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/Educause_open_source

This short paper from Educause on The Open-Source Movement by T Warger covers the issues quite well.

Educause open source

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/copy_of_Educause_open_source

This short paper from Educause on The Open-Source Movement by T Warger covers the issues quite well.

uPortal

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/Resources/external-resources/uPortal

uPortal is a free, sharable portal under development by institutions of higher-education. This group sees an institutional portal as an abridged and customised version of the institutional Web presence... a "pocket-sized" version of the campus Web. Portal technology adds "customization" and "community" to the campus Web presence. Customization allows each user to define a unique and personal view of the campus Web. Community tools, such as chat, forums, survey, and so on, build relationships among campus constituencies. uPortal is an open-standard effort using Java, XML, JSP and J2EE. It is a collaborative development project with the effort shared among several of the JA-SIG member institutions. You may download uPortal and use it on your site at no cost.

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