http://pumptheory.com/weblog/ pumptheory.weblog OpenACS 5.0 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:52:22 GMT http://pumptheory.com/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://pumptheory.com/weblog/ 126 48 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4982 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4982 EnterpriseDB provide a special purpose version of the PostgreSQL open source relational database, targeted at Oracle compatibility. Announced at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, August 9, 2005, EnterpriseDB will provide sponsorship for further PostgreSQL development and release leadership, in addition to providing existing source code. This is an excellent boost to PostgreSQL, already one of the best relational database management systems in the world as well as the most ANSI compliant. ... Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:52:22 GMT http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4638 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4638 The newly formed .LRN (read dotLRN) Consortium has released it's first press release. Members of a multi-university project on open source software for collaborative education today announced formation of the .LRN ("Dot-Learn") Consortium to accelerate and expand development of an open source application suite currently used by a quarter million students and educators at institutions of higher education and research around the globe. The .LRN Project encompasses an ongoing 10-year devel... Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:23:20 GMT http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4616 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4616 Thank's to Rafael Calvo (Web Engineering Group, The University of Sydney), pumptheory.com's Mark Aufflick recently presented a series of Software Engineering lectures. The slide sets and related research materials are now available online: Workflows - An overview of workflows including Petri Nets and Finite State Machines OpenACS Workflow - An overview of implementing a finite state machine workflow with the OpenACS workflow package Introduction to OpenACS Package Development (Al... Thu, 07 Oct 2004 13:15:00 GMT http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4328 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=4328 Elnet is very happy to announce a short multimedia presentation that describes some of the great functionality available on elnet.com.au when you join ElNet. elnet.com.au is powered by dotLRN—an opensource e-learning and course management package used by major Universitites around the world and supported by pumptheory.com. Visit the link above to view the presentation. Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:16:17 GMT http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=3700 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=3700 Athabasca University has recently published a book on eLearning and made it available free for download. The following are some quotes from it's website: "In the seven weeks since its launch, more than 11,000 people have downloaded the online book, "Theory and Practice of Online Learning," Athabasca University's most recent contribution to online and distance education around the world. Edited by Drs. Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, "Theory and Practice" compiles the online and distanc... Fri, 28 May 2004 01:54:28 GMT http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=3670 http://pumptheory.com/weblog/one-entry?entry%5fid=3670 The Elearning Network of Australasia (Elnet) is an independent community of elearning professionals working in the elearning industry. Members come from all sectors of the industry and work in a range of corporate, government and educational organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Elnet already has over 40 University and corporate members from around Australia. You can find information about membership on the web page. In conjunction with Savv-e and The Web Engineering Grou... Mon, 10 May 2004 01:40:26 GMT