Comments on: Can OpenSocial become OpenLearning? http://www.jarche.com/2007/10/can-opensocial-become-openlearning/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/10/can-opensocial-become-openlearning/comment-page-1/#comment-145687 Harold Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:28:15 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1349#comment-145687 Mark, I haven't seen how explode can join other networks together. Will have to check that out. Yes, I know elgg - http://eduspaces.net/haroldj/ Mark, I haven’t seen how explode can join other networks together. Will have to check that out. Yes, I know elgg – http://eduspaces.net/haroldj/

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://www.jarche.com/2007/10/can-opensocial-become-openlearning/comment-page-1/#comment-145680 Karyn Romeis Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:37:21 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1349#comment-145680 Considering that anything that smacks of social networking (or not-working, as it is sometimes dubbed) is blocked by an increasing number of corporate IT teams, and a lot of corporates are very skittish about letting anything out of their control, I reckon there is likely to be a chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon between what the learning team would like and what the IT team will allow :-( As a learning geek married to a CIO, I can attest to the fact that this debate is ongoing in my home. At work, there is no debate - the techies are unquestionably in charge! If I want the moratorium lifted on any site, I have to produce a quantitative business case that includes ROI. Sigh. Considering that anything that smacks of social networking (or not-working, as it is sometimes dubbed) is blocked by an increasing number of corporate IT teams, and a lot of corporates are very skittish about letting anything out of their control, I reckon there is likely to be a chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon between what the learning team would like and what the IT team will allow :-(

As a learning geek married to a CIO, I can attest to the fact that this debate is ongoing in my home. At work, there is no debate – the techies are unquestionably in charge! If I want the moratorium lifted on any site, I have to produce a quantitative business case that includes ROI.

Sigh.

]]> By: Mark Berthelemy http://www.jarche.com/2007/10/can-opensocial-become-openlearning/comment-page-1/#comment-145672 Mark Berthelemy Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:44:59 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1349#comment-145672 Hi Harold, Isn't OpenSocial very similar to what http://ex.plode.us/ does? It joins up a number of existing social networking sites. Also, have you seen http://elgg.net/ (powered by the open-source Elgg software)? It's a social networking site aimed at educationalists. Hi Harold,

Isn’t OpenSocial very similar to what http://ex.plode.us/ does? It joins up a number of existing social networking sites.

Also, have you seen http://elgg.net/ (powered by the open-source Elgg software)? It’s a social networking site aimed at educationalists.

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