http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/25/drupal-to-support-online-communities-of-practice/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:41:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/25/drupal-to-support-online-communities-of-practice/#comment-80374 Klaus Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2042022330#comment-80374 Drupal is a good choice if you don't want to get stuck with something propriertary (and have to start all over because the system doesn't provide the desired behavior/plug-in). It's open to many other systems and therefore extremly flexible. I'm really interested in how Drupal is used to support communities of practice. Drupal is a good choice if you don’t want to get stuck with something propriertary (and have to start all over because the system doesn’t provide the desired behavior/plug-in). It’s open to many other systems and therefore extremly flexible.
I’m really interested in how Drupal is used to support communities of practice.

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/25/drupal-to-support-online-communities-of-practice/#comment-80375 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2042022330#comment-80375 Sam, thanks for the feedback. I'll be checking out flexinode, and Bryght's "tagging" extension as well. I've been running a Drupal server for a campus weblog trial project, but haven't had any time to devote to promotion of it, so it's kind of idled along... I'm hoping to use these other projects to feed into that one, too. Should be fun, for sure. Sam, thanks for the feedback. I’ll be checking out flexinode, and Bryght’s “tagging” extension as well. I’ve been running a Drupal server for a campus weblog trial project, but haven’t had any time to devote to promotion of it, so it’s kind of idled along… I’m hoping to use these other projects to feed into that one, too. Should be fun, for sure.

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/10/25/drupal-to-support-online-communities-of-practice/#comment-80376 Sam O Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 2042022330#comment-80376 This is the first public post I have seen that understands the possibilities of Drupal for communities of practice and ePortfolios. Taxonomies, node access (only allow employer view access to this one piece of content), flexible content types (flexinode and CCK in drupal-speak), flexible file management (relatively easy to tie to an external repository), external user authentication, groups, and aggregated views seem to combine to create a pretty powerful platform for a portfolio / community site. I'm interested in hearing more of what comes from your explorations. This is the first public post I have seen that understands the possibilities of Drupal for communities of practice and ePortfolios. Taxonomies, node access (only allow employer view access to this one piece of content), flexible content types (flexinode and CCK in drupal-speak), flexible file management (relatively easy to tie to an external repository), external user authentication, groups, and aggregated views seem to combine to create a pretty powerful platform for a portfolio / community site. I’m interested in hearing more of what comes from your explorations.

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