Blogs can easily be used for discussion and debate.

Either through comments, or via posts + comments on indiviudual blogs (your very own institutional blogosphere) along with trackbacks and pings!

Below is a brief example of how users, with their own Campus avatars (these can be simply customized by individual users), can have a discussion via comments.

And the question is… why is Edublogs Campus such a great solution for your institution?