Middleware and the Needs of the Instructor

A CAI Presentation

Hosted by Andy Jones and Nancy Olsen

The Computer-Aided Instruction Program

The English Department

U.C. Davis

 

 

Middleware

A Few Definitions

The Internet2 Consortium -- http://middleware.internet2.edu/

See also http://middleware.internet2.edu/overview/ for a overview of Middleware and a discussion of "Application Oriented Middleware."

UC Office of the President -- http://www.ucop.edu/irc/projects/UC-Middleware/sld002.htm (from http://www.ucop.edu/irc/projects/UC-Middleware/)

 

The LEAD Project

 

The Learning Environment Architecture Development Project

Visit the LEAD Project reports at http://lead.ucdavis.edu/

See especially the Executive Summary

 

MyUCDavis

 

The Best Example of Multi-Purpose Middleware at U.C. Davis

Visit http://my.ucdavis.edu

http://ittimes.ucdavis.edu/march2000/myucd.html -- A March 2000 article in ITTimes.

 

 

Blackboard

 

A Course Management System available at http://www.blackboard.com.

See Nancy Olsen remarks at http://cai.ucdavis.edu/nancyware.html.

 

 

WebCT

 

The preferred Course Management System at U.C Davis

Visit http://www.webct.com

 

 

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