{"id":510,"date":"2008-04-05T13:31:09","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2011-01-23T22:38:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T02:38:57","slug":"if-a-learning-management-system-was-a-boat%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2008\/04\/05\/if-a-learning-management-system-was-a-boat%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Learning Management System Was a Boat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a CompSci.ca blog post for <a href=\"http:\/\/compsci.ca\/blog\/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat\/\">If a programming language was a boat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a> (through WIRED) and laughed at the descriptions of C, ColdFusion, Java, Perl, PHP, and Ruby.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Java is a cargo ship. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very bulky. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very enterprise~y. Though it can also carry a lot of weight. Will carry a project, but not very fun to drive.<\/p>\n<p>PHP is a bamboo raft. A series of hacks held together by string. Still keeps afloat though.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Blackboard Vista \/ CE 6+<\/h2>\n<p>Vista is an <strong>aircraft carrier<\/strong>. Bulky, enterprise-y, and a floating city which requires an entire armada of support (SafeAssign, Wimba, Luminis) to really fulfill its billed purpose. We see the &#8220;Mission Accomplished&#8221; banner with each new release. Marketing likes to describe it as a cruise liner, but I am sure it is because they are just recycling the Academic Suite points.<\/p>\n<h2>Blackboard Academic Suite<\/h2>\n<p>Academic Suite is a <strong>cruise liner<\/strong>. Swimming pools, mini-golf, and all you can eat buffets with little of substance.<\/p>\n<h2>Sakai<\/h2>\n<p>Sakai is <strong>Noah&#8217;s Ark<\/strong>. Good in the great flood and built by divine guidance. However, we live in the present reality&#8230; not ancient Babylonian mythology or the Jewish mythology which adopted the story. Do you really want to take a trip in something that may not even exist?<\/p>\n<h2>Moodle<\/h2>\n<p>Moodle is a <strong>houseboat<\/strong>. Yes, it is on the water, so technically it is a boat, but you only really use it tied up to a dock. You don&#8217;t want to take it out on the ocean or try to have too many people use it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone have thoughts on <strong>Desire2Learn<\/strong>, <strong>ANGEL<\/strong>, or any other systems?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a CompSci.ca blog post for If a programming language was a boat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 (through WIRED) and laughed at the descriptions of C, ColdFusion, Java, Perl, PHP, and Ruby. Java is a cargo ship. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very bulky. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very enterprise~y. Though it can also carry a lot of weight. 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