Comments on: [NMC Regional] The Br[yI]an Double Header

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:47:22 +0000

Thanks, Alan! Thanks, Bryan!

Arnaud Leene, Nancy, has been recommending that microcontent pieces be addressable for a while (he has a cool blog, and is an awesome chap).
Addressable discussion fora… hm. It might be useful to see a table listing the top dozen (in usage) platforms, then see how this plays out.
Obstacles:
-silos (linking into Blackboard ain’t useful)
-searching (how to find forum content, if not exposed to the world?)
-legacy software
It would be great if the forum world has advanced in response to, or as joining, web 2.0.

By: Nancy White

Nancy White — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:45:21 +0000

Hm, interesting distinction between blogs and forums. These days, many forums have unique URLs for each post. Some of them have had this for a long time. So I’m not sure that distinction is as useful as it seems on first blush.

That said, I think any forum system SHOULD have unique URLs because pointing to a post is a critical piece of online discourse. Or conversation. or whatever da heck you call it.

Sounds like y’all had fun down there. Slightly jealous, but greatful you are sharing your links and impressions.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:40:54 +0000

Until I get my act together, here’s the audio of Bryan’s talk:

http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/~blamb/BryanAlexanderNMC2006.mp3