Posts made by Frances Bell

It's a long thread so maybe someone mentioned it, but honing your forum search skills might pay off. Even if you don't find the answer, you could say I found this and this but they don't answer my question completely which is .................
Evidence of having searched might increase your response rate.
I think your idea is definitely worth a try.
What we did at CABWEB was construct demos with matching 'templates' (i.e. empty shells with trigger text for editing that tutors could edit quickly to get started). The structure and text were not fixed but could be treated as a starting point. The demo spaces are available to view but the templates are not at present (you get one on request) so I have attached a screenshot to give you the idea. did n't work so here is link on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/francesbell/395315666/ best to choose original size.
Fred I am probably being dense but I still don't understand the automagic nature of anonymisation.
*** next bit is a demo ***
Oh Fred Quay, you primary school teachers from Avignon are so clever. I looked at your web site at http://virelibre.eu and I was very impressed
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Your challenge is to explain to me how you would automagically anonymise this posting smile

I like the idea about the Wiki buit think it needs to be complemented by dialogue, and the sociotechnical challenge is how to combine those and make them work with people.

Sounds like a good idea. Educators often share 'context-free' materials and it would be good to see content and activities in a realistic context. It is a significant amount of work to produce such anonymised materials though, and Art Lader's request for case studies (a more abstract but less demanding alternative) did not get many responses as I recall. People are very busy.
On the other hand, Moodlers do share context-bound examples in their discussions on Moodle.org.
What sort of reference do you want? Article, web site or what.
The first example was from a project where the participants' posting are currently in a closed group for reasons of privacy. The second one I have given you a reference to the demo forums.