Designing Portals: Opportunities and Challenges

Explores approaches to developing better user interfaces and Internet portal systems that intelligently filter and provide mass customization of information and resources to serve learners on demand. The 13 chapters provide insight into the role portals play in an institution's business and educational strategy, case studies of portal design at four universities, and the perspective of three producers of portal software systems in use at institutions of higher learning. Topics include the technology expectations of college students and faculty, Indiana University's enterprise portal as a service delivery framework, and building a virtual campus at Montana State University. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR