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Would be nice...

However colleges in the same geographical area rarely if ever collaborate on
these kinds of things, so with many more schools

Too often the advantages of collaboration and single joint solutions are
ignored in favour of the advantages of remaining in *control* of your own
systems.

How many colleges now share their VLE with local schools?

How many Universities share their VLE with local colleges?

Moodle 1.7's collaborative features is certainly an interesting perspective,
the concept of Open Content is not new, http://oci.open.ac.uk/related.html
and there are some big names working on open content (BBC, Open University)
and spending large amounts of money, there are many barriers to
collaboration and sharing of content that need to be overcome.

One thing I would say, when it comes to sharing VLEs and or content, what
technology you use should be at the bottom of the list when it comes to
listing the important things that need to be in place to make this happen.

James Clay
Director Western Colleges Consortium
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www.westerncc.ac.uk

> -----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: 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
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