I agree with the mash-up of community spaces and using single-sign on technologies, community members can move seamlessly between their portfolios in Flickr and their learning reflections in Drupal, discussions in, say, Facebook etc. There is a really useful debate to be had about open and closed community groups. Your suggestions seem to point towards open community spaces rather than closed spaces?
To extend your analogy, are you suggesting that our schools shouldn't have walls at all, but instead be open spaces like parks and playgrounds?
If there were no walls between the software solutions, can a strong and vibrant community still exist where users are aware of its audience and feel confident to share their feelings and beliefs?
Jonathan
I agree with the mash-up of community spaces and using single-sign on technologies, community members can move seamlessly between their portfolios in Flickr and their learning reflections in Drupal, discussions in, say, Facebook etc. There is a really useful debate to be had about open and closed community groups. Your suggestions seem to point towards open community spaces rather than closed spaces?
To extend your analogy, are you suggesting that our schools shouldn't have walls at all, but instead be open spaces like parks and playgrounds?
If there were no walls between the software solutions, can a strong and vibrant community still exist where users are aware of its audience and feel confident to share their feelings and beliefs?
J