[Informatics] Could the MMOS be an app?

[Baas, Benjamin B]

What makes a solution online. If it is pulling all of its data from a server somewhere is it an online app, that way the student can make sure the data is current, and for the SAT they could just fake it.

I don't see why an app can't be a MMOS, but it really all depends on the audience a lot of organisation use apps to get information out to people.

Cheers,

Ben.
-Alkira SC.

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Subject: [Informatics] Could the MMOS be an app?

One of my students asked me this the other day.

I consider that under the current requirements, it would not be suitable for at least the following reasons:

  *   not really an 'online' solution, although of course it can be downloaded (Powerpoint and PDF can work in the browser, but I would say they actually offer far less functionality than an app would allow)
  *   can't add 'alt' tags (I suppose there are better ways of handling accessibility in an an app, but then this is starting to look like Software Development, not Informatics)
In terms of the functionality and as a means to present the content, I can see no real difference between a web app and a software app though.

Interesting question, and perhaps something that might need to be addressed in the next revision of the Study Design.

Richard
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Richard Fox
Teacher of IT and Science
eLearning and Learning Technologies Coordinator
Diamond Valley College
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