Comments on: Moodle and Blogging for Learning http://techticker.net/2008/12/10/moodle-and-blogging-for-learning/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Rose http://techticker.net/2008/12/10/moodle-and-blogging-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Mary Rose Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:00:05 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=788#comment-2315 Hi Again Mike Have just been tracking through your posts on this site. We use Sakai as our collaborative platform and we now have a blogging /learning log tool which was adapted for us and piloted here last year and there is a standard wiki which again is used as a core part of our courses and it has worked well. I also use Sakai as collaborative base for a research project . I have played around with Moodle wiki and was rather underwhelmed by it -again am not anti Moodle but the tools I need are not suitable. Best wishes Mary Hi Again Mike
Have just been tracking through your posts on this site. We use Sakai as our collaborative platform and we now have a blogging /learning log tool which was adapted for us and piloted here last year and there is a standard wiki which again is used as a core part of our courses and it has worked well. I also use Sakai as collaborative base for a research project . I have played around with Moodle wiki and was rather underwhelmed by it -again am not anti Moodle but the tools I need are not suitable.
Best wishes
Mary

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/12/10/moodle-and-blogging-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 Mike Bogle Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:47:52 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=788#comment-2160 Hi Sarah, Absolutely you could use existing services rather than setting up a custom domain - it's way cheaper that way too. In that particular example I think Jim and company were/are looking at it as an opportunity to emphasise the significance and value of digital identity and a personalised web presence. <a href="http://techticker.net/2008/11/30/digital-identity/#comment-2077" rel="nofollow">His response</a> when I pointed out something similar was: <blockquote>"I think this experiment (if it happens) is really to get at that fact, and make it apparent why having one’s own space that follows one’s work over time (well beyond their time at our school) is so important. So, it is far more of a conceptual opportunity to re-enforce how important it is for folks to have their own space in this day and age to frame their online identities which are an amalgam of the work they do and who they are."</blockquote> Realistically in the current economy I can't see many universities going that route - though I'll be very interested in seeing UMW's experiences with it if it does go forward. Cheers, Mike Hi Sarah,
Absolutely you could use existing services rather than setting up a custom domain – it’s way cheaper that way too. In that particular example I think Jim and company were/are looking at it as an opportunity to emphasise the significance and value of digital identity and a personalised web presence.

His response when I pointed out something similar was:

“I think this experiment (if it happens) is really to get at that fact, and make it apparent why having one’s own space that follows one’s work over time (well beyond their time at our school) is so important. So, it is far more of a conceptual opportunity to re-enforce how important it is for folks to have their own space in this day and age to frame their online identities which are an amalgam of the work they do and who they are.”

Realistically in the current economy I can’t see many universities going that route – though I’ll be very interested in seeing UMW’s experiences with it if it does go forward.

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://techticker.net/2008/12/10/moodle-and-blogging-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 Sarah Stewart Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:45:43 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=788#comment-2157 Why do you have to buy domains or similar? Why can't you use what's already out there? Why do you have to buy domains or similar? Why can’t you use what’s already out there?

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