• Sharepoint patterns

    Jan 28.09 | Design   

    Is there something about SharePoint that makes it unique?  Is a SharePoint site in a category all by itself?  Or is this just another Microsoft thing?  Why can’t a wiki site or a WordPress site or any of a number of other technologies accomplish similar ends to Sharepoint.  This post explores several ways Sharepoint can be used to support needs in an educational setting. 

    I find that technology people often like to start with a tool and apply it to tasks and problems — me included.  But that can lead to making the task to fit the tool — shouldn’t it be the other way around?  This post at elearningtech defines some useful patterns, but I don’t see that any of them require the use of SharePoint.  Mind you this is nothing against the specific post, which is aimed at defining some uses of SharePoint in an educational setting.  It is just that I see a lot of innovation happening at the edges, and SharePoint seems to be a technology more aimed at the middle — the centrally controlled and administered type of middle. 

    SharePoint is force to be reckoned with, one worth looking at and considering as one solution to meet a task need.  But as mentioned one of the several interesting comments to the article, the solutions are about the people using them, not the technologies powering them. 

    Using SharePoint : eLearning Technology

    In this post, I wanted to capture some of the patterns of use of SharePoint that seem to be emerging. This is a bit crude, but I thought that folks might find these interesting.

    Related Posts

    • Author: Randy

    In my day job I serve as Information Technology Director for the Yale School of Drama. Otherwise I garden, play guitar, build stuff out of wood, take photos, play around with technology and have been blogging since 2003.

    Share on: LinkedIn

    Stay Informed!

    Did you enjoy this post? Then subscribe to my email newsletter and have the daily posts delivered directly to your inbox. Enter your email address here:

    Comments / ONE COMMENT

    ADD YOUR COMMENT
    Comments are moderated.

    Adjacent Posts

Welcome to RodeWorks

Randall Rode's online home for thoughts, notes, and experiments with a wide range of technology topics. Visit the about page for info on my recent projects and professional background. I welcome your comments!

  • Recent Comments

    • Coming Soon

    New articles are normally posted on Mondays and Wednesdays. Subscribe to the RSS feed or the email update to keep current on the latest posts.

    Site Topics