[WikiEducator] free open source reading and pronunciation tutor project

2012-05-22 Thread James Salsman
pport the project if you can: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jsalsman/choose-your-reading-and-pronunciation-adventure Thank you. Best regards, James Salsman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wik

[WikiEducator] Re: Transcending OER's "valley of death" -- From OER advocacy to mainstream adoption.

2011-01-14 Thread James Salsman
rolls at the time of Gutenberg were afraid that his printing press would put them out of business. On the contrary, it enhanced their earning potential and the utility of their professions. Regards, James Salsman On Jan 5, 4:13 pm, simonfj wrote: > Hi James, > > I've spent quite a

[WikiEducator] Re: Transcending OER's "valley of death" -- From OER advocacy to mainstream adoption.

2010-12-21 Thread James Salsman
ding curation systems for this sort of content. Regards, James Salsman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wik

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-29 Thread James Salsman
Can anyone say for sure whether GIFT has been fully adopted by eXe -- http://exelearning.org? I heard that it was being over last weekend and it seems like people on this list are more likely to know than anywhere else I can ask, because eXe is new to me. -- You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-25 Thread James Salsman
P.S. For "on my blog" I meant to write "on his blog" sorry. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:47 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Are there any WikiEducators who agree with Joshua that GIFT needs > further formalization before endorsement? > > I strongly disagree. Further de

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-25 Thread James Salsman
ferenced) how > robust the language actually is. I would love to see it paired with an > XML-based language definition along with some translation rules that allowed > you to do unambiguous bi-directional translation. > > -Josh > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:07 PM, James Salsman

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-23 Thread James Salsman
oformat somewhere on microformats.org which GIFT fits. > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:34 PM, James Salsman wrote: > > Wayne, > > > Will you please endorse open self-study assessment content? E.g., > > Moodle's GIFThttp://microformats.org/wiki/gift?This kind of content &

[WikiEducator] assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-21 Thread James Salsman
awiki for $2,500 since the middle of last Summer. It is a shame that nobody has yet stepped forward to make it happen. Sincerely, James Salsman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducat

[WikiEducator] Re: A Good News for OER

2010-10-10 Thread James Salsman
Will Open College Textbooks be funded even if they don't include self- study assessments? There are alrady many Open College Textbooks that don't, but who is even keeping a list of those that do? On Oct 9, 10:30 pm, aprasad wrote: > A good news for OER from the website of Assistant Senate Majorit

[WikiEducator] quiz markup ease and interoperability with GIFT

2010-09-06 Thread James Salsman
n to endorse GIFT as the leading candidate for interactive quiz markup? Please let erik at wikimedia.org know what you and/or your organization thinks about GIFT. Thank you very much for your help. Best regards, James Salsman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

[WikiEducator] quiz markup ease and interoperability with GIFT

2010-09-06 Thread James Salsman
n to endorse GIFT as the leading candidate for interactive quiz markup? Please let erik at wikimedia.org know what you and/or your organization thinks about GIFT. Thank you very much for your help. Best regards, James Salsman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

[WikiEducator] Moodle's GIFT format

2010-05-13 Thread James Salsman
Is anyone other than Moodle using GIFT yet? http://microformats.org/wiki/gift How about Moodle's XML format? Are there any interoperable importers or exporters of that? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http

[WikiEducator] Google Summer of Code call for student proposals

2010-04-03 Thread James Salsman
d submit a student proposal at http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/list_proposals/google/gsoc2010/wikimedia The student application deadline is April 9, but there has been some confusion about time zones with the GSoC management, so my mentor-imposed student deadline for this is April 7. Thank you an