hi, James：
a good start but i guess it's better if you post it as an independent
post. i hope future version of RealClass would be web-based so that it could
be integrated into MERSMP. I belive it would be more powerful and easy to
deploy for BlueSky in the future.
regards,
Kevin
2009/9/8 James Xu <[email protected]>
> Hi Bernd,
>
> First I will introduce myself , I am James, one developer of mersmp
> team who take charge of the designation and development of the whole
> mersmp.
>
> Second, I will introduce MERSMP system. MERSMP is short for massive
> e-learning resource sharing and management platform. The main purpose of
> mersmp is to supply a platform which all kinds of e-learning resources like
> coursewares would be exchanged and shared between teachers and students. As
> an advanced feature, it is also a platform for teachers and students
> communicate with each other. it is a relative standalone platform that can
> work without Realcass, but as two main parts of bluesky system, they can
> work together as an e-learning solution, realclass plays the role in real
> time classes between teachers and students, while the mersmp supplies them
> the ways to share resources and communication after real time classes.
>
> MERSMP is developed using java technology and runs as an website but
> more than a website. we learn the ideas from facebook develop platform and
> mashup sytems. it is more like a platform on which developers can make
> third party widgets and applications related to certain resources from
> different places, after publishing these widgets and applicaitons to the
> end users, teachers and students can share and manage resources through
> mersmp platform.
>
> MERSMP is consisted of three parts: first, system platform, on which
> administrators can configure the security realms and take charge of
> authentication and authorization of the whole platform; second, develop
> platform, which supplies APIs, tools for developers to integrate their
> third
> party widgets and applications with MERSMP system; third, user interface,
> which can be customized to end users with the resource oriented
> applications.
>
> Finally, I should say sorry for late participating in the discussion
> of the bluesky mailing list. It is really not a wise way to incubate MERSMP
> without the instructions and helps in the community. I wish today's brief
> introduction and overview of MERSMP can be a start in bluesky community.
>
>
>
> 2009/9/2 Bernd Fondermann <[email protected]>
>
> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 15:02, Samuel Kevin<[email protected]> wrote:
> > > yeah, RealClass and MERSMP could work seperately. RealClass manages
> > remote
> > > teaching and courseware recording etc. And to my understanding,
> > > MERSMP supplies a platform which all kinds of resources like courseware
> > > could be shared and exchanged between teachers. Combined with a
> website,
> > it
> > > is also a platform for teachers and students to communicate with each
> > other,
> > > like a forum.
> > > If RealClass going to make a Apache release today, it can work
> without
> > > MERSMP.
> > > regards,
> > > Kevin
> >
> > Thanks, that's good.
> >
> > Bernd
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards
> James Xu
>
--
Bowen Ma a.k.a Samuel Kevin @ Bluesky Dev Team XJTU
Shaanxi Province Key Lab. of Satellite and Terrestrial Network Tech
http://incubator.apache.org/bluesky/
