The Portal is the Platform, Part III
Aug 17, 2005
Michael Feldstein's observations on learning management software has become a three part series (Part One, Part Two, Part Three). I am not sure I would use the word 'portal' as freely as he does - to me, the word 'portal' connotes a centralized structure and directory-based access to resources. And that's not what Feldstein is talking about at all - he means it much more in the sense of 'platform' (hence the title) into with other portal-like applications ('portlets') are imported. What this approach engenders, as this Part 3 makes clear, is greater freedom from the assumptions of a traditional learning environment - 'groups', for example, that are not isomorphic with classes and programs.
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