The Auricle

In February 2004, Auricle initiated a series of articles The Weblog as the Model for a New Type of VLE? based on the contention that the weblog perhaps offered us the basis of a new type of online learning environment; an environment where dynamic communication and knowledge/resource sharing was key. Well I'm back to this […]

Whilst surveying references to Auricle on the web I came across a useful comment about The Weblog as a Model for a New Type of VLE? on Charlie Lowe's blog site. It would have been nice to have his comments posted directly into Auricle but because Charlie is experienced in the use of e-learning tools […]

Today's theme is accessibility. Whilst I'm still impressed with the ease with which I can extend PostNuke's functionality by the simple addition of a module, I was less impressed, initially, with the apparent paucity of information and activity related to producing more accessible sites using the PostNuke toolkit. I've got a feeling that similar accessibility […]

In update 4, I gave an overview of some of the modules available for PostNuke, the open-source content management system; modules which could, perhaps, have some educational utility. In this update I want to consider the affordances and constraints of integrating larger components or services into the content management system; those with VLE-like features of […]

Readers of my previous articles in this series will be aware that I've been using PostNuke, the open-source content management system, as the 'base camp' from which to explore, learn lessons and perhaps even begin to draw some conclusions about whether open-source content management systems and weblog engines, and the like, have something more to […]

I am not prepared to act as any product's champion but my explorations so far have made one thing clear to me, i.e. some of the open source initiatives, like PostNuke, offer valuable design lessons and real-world first class examples of what can be done by community-spirited groups. These groups now appear to be developing […]

Readers unfamiliar with this theme should follow up the earlier articles related to The weblog as the model for a new type of VLE? We've now got our equivalent of the Auricle RSS Dispenser installed in PostNuke and I was looking forward to moving on to evaluating other aspects of this putative content management system. […]

I was gratified to see such a response to last week's article; obviously there's a chord been struck somewhere. As I indicated last week we are evaluating a few open-source content management systems and my particular focus at the moment is PostNuke. So if you want an update read on! I was a bit disappointed […]

In Wednesday's article The weblog as the model for a new type of virtual learning environment? I considered some of the affordances and constraints of the weblog as the basis of a new type of learning environment. We're exploring potential candidate toolkits for developing such an environment and, for my sins, I volunteered to look […]

Way back in the early days of Auricle I proposed that the humble weblog perhaps offered an alternative, but more appropriate, model for building a VLE. I've revisited this theme several times if for no other reason than to challenge my original thinking. Have I changed my mind? No … if anything, I'm becoming even […]