Edu.Software in Facebook
Posted 8/09/2007 02:19:00 PM |


This morning, the Facebook Blog drew attention to Courses++, a user-generated course management application for Facebook. I've played around with it some, and my first impression is that Facebook should have let this mature a little before sending attention its way. Courses++ primarily acts as a forum for a class, but the developers unfortunately forgot that classes have sections, so there's no standard to differentiate my INLS 490 (Sec. 151, Online Social Networks) from the other INLS 490 (Sec 01W, People and Information). I'll keep an eye on it and hope it matures a little bit.

As I wrote about a few months ago, there's tremendous opportunity for Higher Ed in Facebook's Platform. The students are there, the faculty is there, and the existing software in the space leaves much to be desired. How about a course management app in FB that gives me a forum, wiki space, a protected upload directory, administrative priveleges (so I can gatekeep my class), RSSification of everything, and an interface that makes things really, really simple? Of course, in Higher Ed, nothing is that eay, but I can dream, can't I?

I look forward to seeing other course management apps as they come online; if you are working on one, drop me a line. The course I'm teaching begins on Aug 23, and if you're working on something cool, I'll be happy to try it out and potentially use it for my course. If I get a lot of responses, I may begin reviewing FB Educational software apps here - let's see what happens.


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