Re: [Fle3-users] voting as part of FLE for the future?

[Giedre Kligyte]

On 5.8.2003 21:52, "Mark Rauterkus" <address@hidden> wrote:
Hello,

We had similar questions and inquiries before. Our development team's
position is that voting should be used only in the worst case: when all the
possibilities to reach an agreement are exhausted.

Since Fle3 is a collaborative environment, we'd like to offer tools for
people to negotiate and look for compromises. According to the pedagogy
behind the Fle3, different opinions or disagreements are not to be
eliminated (for example, by voting), but should be used as catalysts for
fruitful discussions and knowledge building.

Of course, Fle3 is an Open Source environment and that enables you to
develop the tools that you think are missing. However, I believe that voting
tool is not on the priority list for us..

Best regards,
Giedre

> Hi FLE team and others:
> 
> Is there a way to make "voting" part of FLE too? I've been working with the
> open source effort called eVote -- http://www.Deliberate.com. It is now an
> add-on for both Mailman (version specific) and Majordomo (1.9x). The "clerk"
> component of this software listens and records votes so that the list
> manager can't fudge (cheat) the results.
> 
> It would be great to have a voting add on that also leaned upon eVote.
> 
> I've found that teachers, principals and others in authority do not like
> "voting." But, I'm hopeful that the learning can be shared in a community
> setting. That makes the vote very important.
> 
> Perhaps this can be put onto the radar for the future?
> 
> What do the others feel about 'voting' as a software tool -- and perhaps its
> conflicts with most educational models? Is there a trap in this pathway?
> Reactions welcomed.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ta.
> 
> 
> Mark Rauterkus
> address@hidden  http://Rauterkus.com
> http://CLOH.Org   http://Sunnyhill.org    http://www.Deliberate.com
> 
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