Interestingly, some faculties have implemented and manage their own VLEs which are more dynamic, more concerned with learning experiences and are publicly-licensed products (eg.LRN , Moodle , Plone , Drupal , Sakai ). The use of ePortfolio (electronic portfolio) software and services is well established in many higher education jurisdictions, with administrators having set policies for their use (primarily for assessment). Software development companies are keen to make their product or service a nexus of attention. This requires that VLEs make secure software gateways (eg. MORE >>

We wouldn’t have GNU Linux, Ubuntu, Apache, Drupal, and we’d all be using Internet Explorer without the option to switch to Firefox or Chrome. And that’s why many projects struggle – Open Office is an example of a great project which comes close to matching the leading proprietary office software but has yet to be quite as easy to use, or product a unique advantage beyond being open and free. Open source is a wonderful thing. It’s because they break probably the biggest rule of marketing, advertising and promotions. Buffer. MORE >>

Reply Delete Replies David Kutcher September 6, 2012 12:22 PM I appreciate your comments, but respectfully disagree: for most people Wordpress doesn't "just work" In fact, believing that it "just works" is what gets people into trouble, especially when they don't realize they need to do things such as security patches and updates, or when they try to set it up and do so with default passwords because they've never installed web-based software before. Neither would be the right tool for the job, and instead I'd recommend Drupal or a custom CMS. MORE >>

note: today most community software has a spam removal system). Drupal (as used by Whitehouse) has a bunch of social scorecards – if you are considering running your intranet on Atrium, a possible addon? Rewarding badges and points systems on your intranet – social scorecards – could be the turning point for turning your enterprise 2.0 systems from a thing of work to a thing of play. Foursquare becomes Social Work and all the better for it. And don’t be surprised if Facebook comes up with some kind of Facebook Credits/Work Game scorecard integration. Web 2.0 MORE >>

3dcart Software Forums : As one of the leading shopping cart software platforms on the market, 3dcart prides itself on customer support. According to 3dcart CTO Jimmy Rodriguez, the 3dcart software customer support forums have cut the customer service burden by as much as 10 percent, saving support resource time to focus on pressing issues. Autodesk WikiHelp : Another software behemoth, Autodesk’s engineering niche introduces a decidedly heavier technical element than previous examples. This is a guest post by Michael Silverman. It’s Worked Before. Like this post? MORE >>