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Fahrni, Patricia; Rudolph, Jim; De Schutter, Adrienne – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
A product evaluation was conducted of "Desire2Learn", an online learning management system gaining popularity in educational institutions. Since an online trial version of the software was not available for evaluation, an inspection meeting with the vendor was arranged. This provided the evaluation team with an opportunity to examine the…
Descriptors: Vendors, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Internet
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Baggaley, Jon – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Portable software applications can be carried on a convenient storage medium such as a USB drive, and offer numerous benefits to mobile teachers and learner. The article illustrates the growing field of "portable apps" in reviews of seven contrasting products. These represent the major categories of document editing, email maintenance,…
Descriptors: Internet, Electronic Mail, Computers, Physical Mobility
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Swettenham, Steve – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
An RSS feed is a list of topics made available from a webpage via a standard XML file format known as RSS, an abbreviation of either Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (Wikipedia, 2006). The end-user subscribes to their favorite Internet content site via RSS-aware software. Once subscribed, announcements with appropriate links are…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Internet, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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Hotrum, Michael; Ludwig, Brian; Baggaley, Jon – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
The "ILIAS" learning management system (LMS) was evaluated, following its favourable rating in an independent evaluation study of open source software (OSS) products. The current review found "ILIAS" to have numerous features of value to distance education (DE) students and teachers, as well as problems for consideration in the…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Distance Education, Computer Software, Program Effectiveness