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a constructivist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28pedagogical%29> and
social constructionist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism> approach to
education, emphasising that learners (and not just teachers) can
contribute to the educational experience in many ways."

Now, I don't have to spell out constructivist and constructionist
approaches to this crowd, do I? ;-)
> Sakai looks very interesting, but from what I've heard, there will be an 
> institutional fee in the thousands of dollars, and it's not yet widely 
> adopted.
>
>   
I'll second that sentiment. At the time we evaluated Moodle, Sakai was
nowhere close to what Moodle was capable of.
> Speaking of institutional fees, WebCT charges us $65,000.  That's per 
> year.  An individual license is a few hundred ($300?).  Support is 
> somewhere in Pennsylvania.  Or something.  Like most commercial tech 
> support it's similar to a cardiac defibrillator.  When you need one, 
> it's never there, and you hope never to need it in any case.
>   
I'll ask our Moodle shop about hosting possibilities...

cheers,
Sameer

-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/