Strategy Bob's Funky Outputs

Funky unexpected outputs while developing StrategyBob a strategy visualizer. When wrong algorithms meet random values…

pScenario – Pedagogical Scenario Tool for PostNuke

I finally finished and released version 1.0 beta of the TECFA’s Pedagogical Scenario Tool (pScenario). pScenario is a pedagogical scenario tool for PostNuke inspired by the Moodle pedagogical platform

Module page: pScenario (with links to downloads, screenshots and running demos)

A pedagogical scenario (also called a “story-board”) is a sequence of phases within which students have tasks to do and specific roles to play. However, unlike movie scripts, there is room for improvisation and exploration and learners are encouraged to take more responsibility for their own learning activities and processes.
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uPortal in JavaWorld

The article Start developing portals with JA-SIG uPortal in JavaWorld explains how to get uPortal up and running.

Authentication and Authorisation Infrastucture (AAI)

As part of the PEPC2003, Christoph Graph, head of the Security department at SWITCH (Swiss Education and Reaseach Network) presented a cross-organisational inftrastructure offering Authentication and Authorisation (AA). This project is part of the developments done on on e-Academia of the Swiss Virtual Campus.
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