Comments on: WebCT and *ahem* “blogs” !?! http://tama.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/webct-and-ahem-blogs/ participatory culture + engaging pedagogy = participatory pedagogies Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:03:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Tama’s eLearning Blog » Blog Archive » WebCT Elgg? http://tama.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/webct-and-ahem-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Tama’s eLearning Blog » Blog Archive » WebCT Elgg? Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:51:45 +0000 http://tama.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/webct-and-ahem-blogs/#comment-36 [...] I’ve commented on this over at James’ post, but I thought I’d repost here: While I’m cynical about WebCT’s motives in all this (it’s a bit like the sinking Titanic deciding to order a whole lot more lifeboats at the time they hit the iceberg) given that many universities *are* demanding a blog tool within WebCT, I’ve got to say that an Elgg plugin/interface which seemlessly moves between the two (as far as I can tell) is a far better option than the internal blog tool we’ve been discussing in the past few weeks. Having a fully functional blog tool like Elgg will, to my mind, encourage the use of blogs per se and may, indeed, lead a number of people to the conclusion that Elgg might be one of the core tools they want rather than WebCT. Perhaps WebCT/Elgg will lead to Elgg/Moodle without the diruptions of completely alien systems. [...] [...] I’ve commented on this over at James’ post, but I thought I’d repost here: While I’m cynical about WebCT’s motives in all this (it’s a bit like the sinking Titanic deciding to order a whole lot more lifeboats at the time they hit the iceberg) given that many universities *are* demanding a blog tool within WebCT, I’ve got to say that an Elgg plugin/interface which seemlessly moves between the two (as far as I can tell) is a far better option than the internal blog tool we’ve been discussing in the past few weeks. Having a fully functional blog tool like Elgg will, to my mind, encourage the use of blogs per se and may, indeed, lead a number of people to the conclusion that Elgg might be one of the core tools they want rather than WebCT. Perhaps WebCT/Elgg will lead to Elgg/Moodle without the diruptions of completely alien systems. [...]

]]> By: James Farmer http://tama.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/webct-and-ahem-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-35 James Farmer Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:31:48 +0000 http://tama.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/webct-and-ahem-blogs/#comment-35 Hiya Tama, Noticed that the WebCT rep hadn't deigned to comment (in partial opposition to what you're saying here) on your blog but has on mine... hmmmmm. Anyway, if you'd like to comment <a href="http://incsub.org/blog/2006/webct-attempts-to-outdo-blackboard-on-blogging-system#comments" rel="nofollow">here it is</a>. Hiya Tama,

Noticed that the WebCT rep hadn’t deigned to comment (in partial opposition to what you’re saying here) on your blog but has on mine… hmmmmm.

Anyway, if you’d like to comment here it is.

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