[senit] Learning Platforms

On 29/04/2008, david fettes

steve wrote; "Platform Accessibility API 's let ATs
monitor and control graphic UI
programs. Thus the AT can inform the user what is
happening or control the program"

So are there symbol processors that will work
seamlessly with a VLE? (without uploading/downloading
files). 
Secondly , as parents won't usually have a symbol
processor at home, are there any VLEs that contain or
could contain an online symbol processor?
David
--- Steve Lee <steve at fullmeasure.co.uk> wrote:

> On 29/04/2008, david fettes
> <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > This makes it difficult for a school to define
> >  the learning platform it wants as it may be years
> >  before some apps move to a LP, and a shorter time
> for
> >  other apps.
> 
> Yes, if I read the definition of 'Learning Platform'
> correctly as
> being web based. You may have put your finger on
> something that is not
> being made clear. Perhaps there are local Learning
> platforms.
> Otherwise you run the other apps along side the LP
> with little
> connection between them, unless they can talk to the
> web apps some
> how.
> 
> > I've seen reference to "legacy software"
> >  in bsf output specs. Would this mean the majority
> of
> >  what we now use for ICt ie the local apps?
> 
> Ekk, perhaps. Perhaps someone close to those specs
> could explain?
> 
> >  Perhaps the interface between
> >  LPs and local apps needs to be explored a bit
> more.(eg
> >  some apps can save in html or other formats which
> are
> >  VLE friendly).Some can download files from with
> the
> >  app like clicker. Some apps may be able to upload
> work
> >  straight to a VLE etc etc. Is there anything
> readable
> >  on that available or is that all part of the
> platform
> >  Accessibility API standard you mention?
> 
> Yes you could integrate by file sharing but that is
> very indirect.
> 
> Platform Accessibility API 's let ATs monitor and
> control graphic UI
> programs. Thus the AT can inform the user what is
> happening or control
> the program. A good web browser like Firefox will
> extend that to web
> documents. However with Ajax and web 2.0
> applications there is not
> enough info in the raw web page to send to the AT
> (via the platform
> api) so it becomes the web programmers duty to add
> extra information.
> That is done with the ARIA extensions to HTML, or
> they can use a web
> widget toolkit like Dojo that does it for them.
> 
> So local apps could conceivably be made to work like
> ATs and talk
> directly to web apps, albeit in limited ways ;-)
> 
> Technology like Microsoft's ActiveX extension could
> help here by
> letting web app talk to local apps, but work ONLY on
> IE (and so
> Windows) and are a real security risk. Best to
> forget that route.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 

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