All this seems like further weight to the argument that materials be created without the need for too many plugins. The use of DHTML can offer developers and users a high degree of interactivity without any downloads at all. Out of interest, does anyone know if any stipulations were placed on the suppliers of the NLN materials regarding the use of plugins?
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I would suggest that college users need to perceive their VLE as being secure.
Teachers can hardly be expected to develop on-line material within an insecure
VLE and users are unlikely to be happy to work on-line unless they feel their
efforts are secure and auditable.
Teachers using external on-line facilities on an ad hoc basis are in fact using
generally robust and secure systems. These systems however do not integrate
with a college MLE(MIS) or (better still from a techie perspective) network
directory service. Until this IT integration is achieved at the
business/functional level user authorisation and authentication will remain a
complicated and obscure process.
It's all down to network management and the need to avoid the bespoke allocation
of access rights.
Nick Liddle
York College
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