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Connexions Modules

Module by: Richard Baraniuk

Summary: Overview of Connexions modules

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    Connexions modules
  • "nuggets" of information (a page in a textbook, for example)
  • can contain text, formulas, graphics, images, multimedia, applets, ...
  • hyperlinks have attributes - "strength" + type of material (prerequisite, supplementary, application, example, ...)
  • self-contained for easy re-use in many courses
  • stored in a repository (database)
  • woven into courses by Course Composer
    XML - eXtensible Markup Language
  • open standard
  • wide industry support
  • separation of "content" from "presentation"
  • supports myriad output formats (from web pages to e-books to printed pages and even speech) simply by changing a style sheet, and not the content source
  • MathML displays and prints clear and attractive mathematics
  • cnxML designed to mark up educational documents
  • enables powerful search mechanisms

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