[sakai-pmc] Facebook: Sakai Project Group

Thu Feb 13 11:32:13 PST 2014

Searching for news and on Facebook, this is what I found for Instructure 
Canvas:

On Facebook, they have a Facebook App, not a Facebook page (so far that 
I've found):
"Welcome to a new breed of online learning software, courtesy of 
Instructure. We're here to make it easy for you to use the web to 
improve learning. Our interface is simple, clean and open, and we work 
with the tools you and your students are already using -- tools like 
Facebook -- to provide a more open, collaborative learning experience. 
We roll it all up into one powerful, open package that does more than 
just tracks assignments. It encourages interaction and fosters learning.
Learn More at instructure.com <http://www.instructure.com/>

The Canvas Facebook app is here to give you easier access to the 
interactions going on inside your courses. You can set it to send you 
notifications when your assignments are graded, when due dates change, 
etc. Your private data will still stay private at Canvas.

To install the Canvas Facebook app, go to your profile page in Canvas 
and click the Facebook button to connect your account to Facebook."

Canvas News:
http://www.instructure.com/news

-- Neal

> Neal Caidin <mailto:neal.caidin at apereo.org>
> February 13, 2014 at 12:57 PM
> Good points. Thanks.
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> -- Neal
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> Anthony Whyte <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu>
> February 13, 2014 at 12:23 PM
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> If a page, the news-wire approach needs to be something more than 
> infrequent release-related announcements or cross-posted Apereo news. 
>  The flow of info should resemble what Instructure makes available on 
> its page: pointers to interesting pedagogical discussions, ed tech 
> musings, alerts regarding upcoming webinars, adopter stories, etc. [1] 
>  If the content is something less than this then, in my view, it's not 
> worth maintaining a Facebook presence.  If it is worth doing then it's 
> going to take something more than a casual effort to keep the content 
> fresh, relevant and flowing.  And it might just make more sense to 
> direct what energies can be harnessed to enlivening the Apereo page 
> than attempt to maintain a sakaiproject page [2].
>
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> Given competing responsibilities, it's unclear to me how local Sakai 
> stories will be surfaced and disseminated without crowd sourcing the 
> roles of journalist and reporter to community contributors.
>
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> Me neither.  I'm no fan of Facebook and do not plan to contribute time 
> to maintaining either a group or a page.  That said, those who think a 
> Facebook presence important should not be deterred by my dislike of 
> the platform.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anth
>
> [1] https://www.facebook.com/instructure  (4,394 likes)
> [2] https://www.facebook.com/apereo (89 likes)
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> anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan | 
> arwhyte at umich.edu <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu> | 517-980-0228
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> Neal Caidin <mailto:neal.caidin at apereo.org>
> February 13, 2014 at 11:19 AM
> We could have both, wrt Facebook, but right now we have effectively 
> neither. Since discussions and decisions happen on lists, adding 
> another discussion channel might add confusion. So I guess I am 
> leaning towards the newswire idea. Probably a short communications 
> plan and checklist would be appropriate as well, since we already have 
> the www.apereo.org newswire. I think Facebook has the potential to get 
> a lot more attention than the apereo.org website. Especially because, 
> my understanding, is that the information on the Apereo site is not 
> subscribable , which adds another obstacle. We have the Announcements 
> newsletter (collab), which is pretty good and widely read.
>
> Essence of what I'm thinking:
>
> * Yes, newswire over group discussion
> * Multiple channels for newswire: Apereo newsletter, Apereo site, 
> Facebook page (not group) ... maybe Twitter
> * small group because it is official, and to concentrate responsibility
>
> Just my opinion at the moment. I like the crowdsourcing concept in a 
> lot of ways. Not sure it is best for dissemination of news.
>
> For the discussion aspect, I wish we had something better than our 
> Collab server, but I don't have any ideas. Collab server is great in a 
> lot of ways, including traction, but it has deficiencies as well. For 
> example, if I'm in Teaching and Learning and I want to loop in the dev 
> group, I have to join the dev group for my post to go through. That 
> seems silly to me. And one has to get comfortable with list archives 
> and search tools like nabble or gmane to find and follow threads. 
> Coursera style discussion groups are much easier.
>
> 2 cents, plus some other random coins.
>
> -- Neal
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> Noah Botimer <mailto:botimer at umich.edu>
> February 13, 2014 at 10:38 AM
> I guess I was keying in on Neal's suggestion that there be a Page. To 
> me, a Page should be newswire-style and a Group should be more of a 
> community (per Chuck's example).
>
> But I admit my Facebook-fu is rough. Really, any configuration works 
> for me because I'm not the ultimate producer or consumer in this scenario.
>
> Thanks,
> -Noah
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> Anthony Whyte <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu>
> February 13, 2014 at 10:32 AM
> Are you suggesting that a Facebook group should serve as a verified 
> newswire?
>
> anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan | 
> arwhyte at umich.edu <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu> | 517-980-0228
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-- 
Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
neal.caidin at apereo.org
Skype me! (but let me know in advance for the first interaction) - nealkdin

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