Volume 12, December 4, 2000
"Campus portals have evolved from static campus Web pages to a comprehensive interface for accessing university resources, community groups, and interactive learning environments." (p. 13) "Portals can be used for a variety of activities which generally fit into three main categories-gateways to information, points of access for constituent groups, and community/learning hubs." (p. 13) "An effective campus portal requires the interaction of a series of functionalities to provide the access, information, and interactivity" to both Internet resources and intranet-based data. (p. 14) "A learning portal is a Web site that offers consolidated access to learning resources." (p. 16) "In the future, portals may self-assess, reconfigure, and recommend to users, much as commercial sites recommend choices based on user patterns." (p. 18)
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