This tool - hypothes.is - was recommended as a possible back up for OB3 - which allows for quick upload of 'content' and seamless entry of discussion on the content.
hypothes.is ia a web annotation tool. Content is accessed via a weblink or similar and the annotations are then viewable by others.The target users are scholars and education. The site has examples and tutorials.
There is a critique at the chronicle along with a range of alternatives for web-annotation here.
Neither tool appears on Jane Hart's top 200 tools.
There are differences between the user interfaces for OB3 and web annotation. OB3 is more of a wiki type interface. Althought content can be 'protected' so that new entries are possible but no changes to existing entries. Web annotation works more like the addition of comments or notes as per Kindle or comments via Word. Both have a roled to play and the underlying pedagogical approaches may be similar. However, how each works, is different.
Going forwward, we will have to identify a list of 'tools' as our current LMS, Moodle, is starting to show its age and there seems to be limited work on the platform to update or maintain currency with the needs of our learners.
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