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--- Forwarded Message from Trip Kirkpatrick <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date:         Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:47:16 -0400
>From: Trip Kirkpatrick <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #8984 Inquiry: Creating a Conversation Exchange Partner Site
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>>Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:31:33 -0700
>>From: "Barbara Baraff" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Inquiry: Creating a Conversation Exchange Partner Site
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>A newcomer to the Language Center and Dreamweaver CS3, I would like to
>create an interactive, password-protected site to make it easier for
>language students to locate a conversation exchange partner and to bring
>together the ESL Department, Foreign Language Department, and
>International Program student communities.

Barbara:

We've got a conversation partner application that I would be happy to talk
to you about, though it is not at this point a redistributable thing. (We
built it without distribution in mind, so it would be nontrivial to take out
our identity.)

However, you may be able to get better information out of Jennifer Reckler
at MIT, with whom I discussed our system recently. She was wanting to build
or acquire something at a very low cost, and I'm guessing your funding for
this project is not substantial, so you may have something on which to
collaborate.

I can address one implication of your message, though, by suggesting that
with only an introductory knowledge of markup and styling, you may be better
off acquiring a 3rd party product rather than getting in over your head
trying to build one. A good conversation partner website would need to
gather, store, and make easily accessible enough data so that you could
measure the effectiveness of the program, make improvements based on your
data, and present a case to your funder(s) for more resources for the
program. That's not a small task.

Best,
Trip

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