There’s seems to be a lot of buzz about a new open source “Social Media Classroom” that’s being worked on. It allows blogs, wikis, chat social bookmarking, etc in a learning context. It is meant to be an addition to the regular classroom, and not a replacement for it.

It all looks very intriguing, but I’m not clear yet what the difference is between this new project and the long standing Moodle Classroom Management System. While Moodle is intended as an online learning environment, it also has chat, bulletin boards, rss feeds and dozens more nifty features once you throw in a few plug ins.

I’m not clear how the two projects differ, but even though Social Media Classroom is late to the ball, having more choice in your social media options is always a good thing and it tends to keep the developers of the different systems on their toes. I look forward to seeing what’s behind the buzz in the next few days.