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- I think the jury's still out on this. The specifications are in place, but it's not clear to me just how mainstream this technology may become. I think the use of LO's may accelerate as CMS standards become more open and there's more interoperability between them. Malcolm Brown
- I think the jury has fallen asleep
It's still not clear what learning objects are; heaps of efforts to develop "standards" have really nor propelled the usage any, and there are still few signifincant examples of content being built from discrete objects as the theory goes. Perhaps a broader focus on re-usable / open content is where it is headed (there seems to be more momentum for content than objects) Alan Levine - I don't see this becoming mainstream until ways are found to get relevant content from LO repositories pushed to teachers through subscription (a la RSS and pod/vodcasting); otherwise the only use may be by instructional designers and it'll never be mainstream. Nick Noakes
Scalable Vector Graphics
SVG uses XML for describing two-dimensional graphics, holding the information needed to draw an image in a text file. Scaling is smoothly achieved without jagged edges. Graphical objects can be styled, transformed, grouped, or placed into previously rendered objects. Text is searchable and selectable. SVG is an especially powerful tool for instructional developers on college and university campuses, with potential applications in virtually any discipline, but especially the sciences and engineering.
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- I think this item was/is on target (though one could argue it's hitting the mainstream a bit ahead of schedule). Indeed, it sounds very similar to the Web 2.0 discussion, the social web. I note that in the 2005 report, this item included the term 'social networks,' which I think accurately describes the direction this is headed. The way it was described in the 2004 report was vague, and today I think we are seeing ways in which it is being realized: not only blogs and wikis, but delicious, flickr, etc. The theme of supporting work teams is also a significant item in the course management space. Malcolm Brown
- I'll second Malcolm's points; the ability to have applications that deal with information distributed across the network is a sign of this; the leverage achieved with connecting of data and applications via RSS and other XML technololgy. Perhaps what was not as predicted as the power of grouping individual "knowledge" into the larger whole, and having applications that can easily slice across this space. Alan Levine
- If someone applies the various network visualizations to your browser connecting to Web 2.0 and beyond apps, I think this will really take off. If you can, get to a video demo of Vizster to get a feel for this. This came thru my iTunes Podcasts after I del.icio.us.ized it. Nick Noakes