Hi Chris,
Both Michele and I are running Moodle, which is open source under the
GPL (see http://moodle.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=3850), and thus can
be made available to external users without any licencing issues.
Indeed, given its open source nature, one perhaps feels a certain
predisposition in favour of sharing content as openly as possible,
Miles.
CHRIS JEFFRIES wrote:
> I have on expertise to offer on the child protection isssue, but on an
> entirely separate issue, is this a commercial VLE?
>
> If so, what does the license say about allowing non-college memebers
> using a
> product licensed to the college?
>
>
> Miles Berry writes:
>
>> Hi Michele,
>> We're trying to get our collective heads around this issue too. As a
>> minimum, I'd suggest you don't display e-mail addresses or any other
>> personal contact info, and don't use photos in the student profiles. You
>> may also wish to set discussion forums etc up on a 'forced group' basis,
>> with your own students in one group and AN Other in a separate group, of
>> course that means your students won't get the benefit of the wider
>> perspectives, quite a tricky one to balance.
>> When you make the move to Moodle 1.5, you'll perhaps also want to turn
>> off the messaging function.
>> Not sure of the legal framework, but I think one has a higher duty of
>> care to enrolled students than to those accessing the system on an 'as
>> is' basis.
>> I'd agree with Megan that locking things down with a proper AUP would be
>> essential in this context, and someone will need to keep a careful eye
>> on the log files and forum posts.
>> Miles.
>>
>>
>>
>> Michele Balazs wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> This is probably the wrong place to post this , but here goes anyway. We
>>> are an FE college running Moodle. We want to invite some external people
>>> to access our courses - but obviously we want to keep our students safe.
>>> I was wondering what other colleges did about this. Iguess we could hide
>>> the email addresses of all our students. Does anyone know of the legal
>>> implications ?
>>>
>>> Mich
>>>
--
Miles Berry
Deputy Head
St Ives School Haslemere
www.stiveshaslemere.com
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