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But Moodle is free.... ;-) The running costs of any hub have to be met by the members and there is more to running a hub then the cost of the software. The WCC is a model of a regional hub, with at one time seven colleges sharing a single VLE and sharing joint content, sharing development and operational costs and then some... There were a lot of benefits, both educational and financial for working together. However a single shared VLE has its disadvantages in terms of intergrating colleges systems which is why it has a limited life span unless you decide as a consortium to integrate all your systems. James Clay On Wed, 17 May 2006 17:14:33 +0100, Andrew Rothery <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The community hub is a lovely idea, but who would run it and register people >into it? Courses in colleges and universities are not free and institutions >quite naturally want to limit access to students who have paid the fees for >the course. Hence sharing only takes place up to a certain point, perhaps >collaborative content devlopment, or jointly taught courses. If the LEA runs >the community hub, would it be happy to provide this service to HE and FE >too? Does anyone on the list know of examples where an organisation would be >in a position to run a hub? > >Andrew > >Andrew Rothery >University of Worcester > >-----Original Message----- >From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf >Of Peter Trethewey >Sent: 17 May 2006 15:08 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VLES] LEA Advises against Moodle!!?? > > >Wouldn't it be great if an LEA committed itself to a single solution for >all it's schools and colleges. > >I believe Moodle is about to release a version that will allow shared >ownership of collaborative content across multiple institutions. > >It might reluctantly talk to your MIS system but imagine in exchange >getting talk, collaboration and progression across all phases of >education with a portfolio that is automatically handed on. > >Fantasy I hear you say > >Community Hub I say (http://docs.moodle.org/en/Community_hub) > > >And what authority can afford such a solution outside of open source?? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of Megan Robertson >Sent: 17 May 2006 14:13 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VLES] LEA Advises against Moodle!!?? > >One things that schools might wish to consider is what is used further >up the system in their area. If a school knows that most of its students >wishing to do sixth form work go to one or two centres (FE colleges, 6th >Form Colleges or schools with a 6th form), it might be worth finding out >what they use... or even if they will share in some way. > >Although actually 'out of area' I am finalising arrangements with the IT >support person in one high school (an 11 - 18 one about 40 miles away) >to come & visit here to see how we do things... as much to see the >system in operation and how it's made straightforward for teachers to >use as to see the particular package we use (Bluespheres Create if >you're curious). > >Megan >ILT Champion, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College >Disclaimer: > >This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of >the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a >trade secret. 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