{"id":5223,"date":"2020-07-02T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/?page_id=5223"},"modified":"2020-07-02T05:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:15:27","slug":"what-technologies-are-used-for-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/what-technologies-are-used-for-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"What technologies are used for communication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>A key feature of the OERu learning environment is that learners retain control over all the content they create rather than enclosing contributions within a learning management system. You will retain access to the content you produce even after the course is finished.\n<\/p>\n<p>The OERu learning environment uses a variety of\u200b distributed interaction technologies including:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Course forums<\/b>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/\">forums.oeru.org<\/a> (powered by <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discourse.org\/\">Discourse<\/a>),\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Social network<\/b>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\/\">mastodon.oeru.org<\/a> (similar to Twitter based on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mastodon_(software)\">Mastodon<\/a>), \u200b\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Social bookmarks<\/b>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a>\u200aused as a <b>resource bank<\/b> for\u200b \u200b sharing resource\u200b links you find useful (based on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scuttle_(software)\">SemanticScuttle<\/a>)\u200b;\u200b\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Annotation and discussion<\/b>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.hypothes.is\/\">Hypothes.is<\/a>,\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>WEnotes<\/b> (<b>W<\/b> iki <b>E<\/b> ducator <b>notes<\/b>) a technology developed by the OER Foundation to post comments on the course site and integrate these with the live course feed.\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Personal\u200b blogs<\/b>\u200b\u200b so\u200b learners\u200b\u200b can\u200b manage\u200b\u200b their\u200b own e-portfolios.\u200b \u200b \u200b\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.003 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.004 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 3\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 14\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 1272\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:183236-0!*!*!*!*!*!* and timestamp 20200702033928 and revision id 1044873\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-do-i-locate-discussions-for-my-course\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-do-i-locate-oeru-courses\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key feature of the OERu learning environment is that learners retain control over all the content they create rather than enclosing contributions within a learning management system. 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