http://dotlrn.org/news/ News OpenACS 5.0 Mon, 17 May 2010 22:24:20 GMT http://dotlrn.org/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://dotlrn.org/news/ 126 48 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=212933 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=212933 The .LRN Consortium is pleased to announce a $5,000 award from the Yahoo! Employee Foundation (via the Silicon Valley Community Foundation) for continuation of the Zen Accessibility Project. The focus of the work will be on adding dynamic yet accessible UI elements into .LRN and making .LRN more accessible using WCAG recommendations. As part of this work, the Forums package will be used as a model for continued work on accessibility in .LRN.The Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) is a unique gras... Mon, 17 May 2010 22:24:20 GMT Events http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=207336 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=207336 The conference was great!. There were a lot of participants, interesting papers, a very nice trip; it was a lot of fun. Check out the newsletter for more details. English: HTML - PDF Spanish: HTML - PDF Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:30:49 GMT Events http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=204171 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=204171 As a work for the .LRN Consortium we have prepared a newsletter about what happened in the community during July - August '09. Enjoy! English: HTML - PDF Spanish: HTML - PDF Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:09:49 GMT Press http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=203729 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=203729 Este es el segundo boletín del GES (Galileo Educational System) en la Universidad Galileo. Presenta una serie de artículos relacionados al e-Learning, la utilización del sistema LMS .LRN en dicha Universidad, y de las nuevas características que el grupo de desarrollo de Galileo ha incluido en la plataforma .LRN que tienen instalada. Se puede obtener aquí: http://ges.galileo.edu/fs/download/Bolet%C3%ADn%202?file_id=1027429 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:29:01 GMT Press http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=203245 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=203245 The 8th OpenACS and .LRN Conference will take place in Cartago city, Costa Rica hosted by organized by the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica from November 3rd to 6th 2009. The call for papers is now open. Here are the important dates: Submission of Abstracts proposals for Presentations and Posters (max 150 words) - September 15th Notification of accepted abstracts - September 30th Versions of papers (6 pages Springer style) - October 5th OpenACS /.LRN Conference - November 3rd ... Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:17:12 GMT Announcements http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=202306 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=202306 .LRN is based on OpenACS and there is a new tutorial for OpenACS, this is a great way of knowing the base software of .LRN to start developing on this framework, it is aimed at absolute beginners, it covers some simple installation process, the creation of an application and some introduction to the use of ACS Objects, this tutorial is aimed to be covered in 4 days to get the basic programming skills and useful tips in this framework, going step by step for a new adopter. The tutorial goes fr... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:57:22 GMT Announcements http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=201633 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=201633 As a work for the .LRN Consortium we have prepared a newsletter about what happened in the community during March - June '09. Enjoy it! English - Spanish Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:29:46 GMT Announcements http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=201378 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=201378 The 8th OpenACS and .LRN Conference will take place in Cartago city, Costa Rica hosted by ITCR from November 3rd to 6th 2009. The conference is focused on the development of community based web sites (primarily built with the OpenACS framework) and on community based e-learning environments (primarily built with the dotLRN framework). The program will contain tutorials and birds of feathers (BOFs), three days of presentations and workshops and an optional tour to the beautiful Arenal volcan... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:38:15 GMT Events http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=197600 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=197600 This is a maintenance release that includes: Accessibility improvements Improvements of the Calendar UI Bug fixes Check the 2.4 release notes at the wiki for more information. Download .LRN 2.4.1 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:56:59 GMT Announcements http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=197444 http://dotlrn.org/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=197444 There are some seats in the .LRN Board of Directors open for election. Now it´s time for nominations. Every Consortium Member is welcome to nominate by email.     * Board members typically serve in 3, 2 or 1 year terms.     * Board members must be .LRN Voting Members from a .LRN Organization     * Elections are held once per year for all vacant posts.     * If a Board member resigns or is no longer a .LRN Voting mem... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:45:00 GMT Events