[Using Sakai] [Management] Looking for feedback on a proposal for a new Wiki integration effort

[Sean Keesler]

Not sure if this is the same thing, but It also may make some sense to look
to existing UI widgets (like jQuery UI accordian/tabs) as a model for how to
group related content and make it easy for faculty/students to implement
while authoring.

They may be implemented in some CMS's as additional plugins.

Isn't it a shame that there isn't a semantic markup language that would make
that sort of thing abstracted form the UI?

Sean Keesler
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus.lists at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Sean Keesler
> <sean.keesler at threecanoes.com> wrote:
> > Just an offhand comment about the formatting control vs. separation
> between
> > content and presentation...
> > I've run across cases (particularly when students are creating portfolio
> > content) when students want to compare/contrast between THIS and THAT.
> This
> > is often best expressed by formatting THIS and THAT in way that
> juxtaposes
> > two sets of content. Students and faculty can get really frustrated when
> > there is no convenient way for them to accomplish their goals without
> > learning "advanced" features of either the chosen editor or HTML source
> > code. They get creative with WYSIWYG controls to create the presentation
> > layer that is actually very closely tied to the content.
> > It would be great to be able to simply facilitate that sort of
> presentation
> > layer in a way that is easy to use for students/faculty without them
> having
> > to create the markup mess that results from most WYSIWIG editors.
>
> Yes, a tricky problem, though one I think is critical to solve.
>
> There may be hints of a solution in CMSs like WordPress and Drupal,
> with flexible layouts and widgets for handling broad content areas
> (html divs and such).
>
> OTOH, maybe ability to have flexible paragraph styles could help
> within those broad content areas.
>
> Bruce
>
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