Thread:Forum? (6)

Your point about the preservation of discussion data after a course is closed is well made, and philosophically well aligned with our preference for learners to be in control of their own data. I agree that users who are not experienced in using a variety of technologies will have usability issues until they become more familiar with a range of tools.

The issue is that our design must take flexibility into account creating opportunities for a variety of different tools to be used which can be aggregated into the timeline. So if we augment by offering local discussion forums in the wiki - we must also provide a way for the threads and posts to be integrated into the WENotes timeline.

WikiEducator was an early adopter of LiquidThreads -- the threaded discussion extension used on our talk pages. Our version is outdated due to a nunmber of legacy dependencies and we are keen improve the discussion engine. Looking to the future, we will most likely implement Flow as the preferred wiki discussion tool. However, Flow is still under development and not quite ready for showtime and live course delivery. Take a look - Flow is impressive.