[Xerte] FORUM or EMAIL

[Paul M Russell (PMS)]

I really value this email dissemination rather than a forum. I use forums certainly -I have a problem and I go to the forum to see if someone else has sorted it. So why do I prefer this email method even though I have to spend at least 30secs/day tidying up my Xerte emails? 
One main reason is that with such a new and rapidly developing tool others think of ideas which I haven't had the time or the inclination to think of, I have a look at the subject titles and soon realise whether it is interesting or not then when the final email comes in on that subject, as it has all the previous emails embedded within it, I archive it to my Xerte folder and delete all the others. I frequently forward the same songle email to my staff too acting as a kind of gatekeeper. Because all the emails start with Xerte in the subject it is a very simple matter to delete them. As suggested I could automatically send all my xerte emails to that folder but that would mean I being the person that i am, would never see them. this way I am 'self forced' to spend a few seconds a day keeping up to date with Xerte. long may it continue.

Paul Russell, PCMD E-learning Officer,
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of John Doubleday [john at digitalteacher.com.au]
Sent: 07 March 2010 08:55
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] FORUM or EMAIL

Thanks Dave and David,
As a new member of the list and Xerte I need to talk with people who are
interested in newbie issues but as I gain experience I would like to access
the more experienced users. A forum with different sections is a great way
to do this.....email lists are not easy to navigate or search. Thats all I
am trying to say. As a very small group we need to have only one 'forum' to
communicate. When things get bigger (thats if you want to) then more
specific forums may need to be formed, like Moodle forums:
http://moodle.org/course/


John Doubleday
Digital Teacher
http://www.digitalteacher.com.au
0407045834
Skype: john2day


-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Goodwin
Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2010 9:28 AM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: Re: [Xerte] FORUM or EMAIL

Dave Burnett wrote :
>
>
> John, the list is archived and eminently searchable.
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/community.htm
>
> You could simply block the xerte address in your mail client if the volume
gets too much to handle.
>

I'd have thought a better option would be to either enable 'digest mode'
(one email per day or whatever, rather than 100) or to unsubscribe....
(I'm assuming this list is powered by mailman, and therefore does
digest mode... I've not looked)


David.
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