Why I'm sceptical about Second Life as an educational resource
These screenshots are a couple of years old, but I thought I'd share them. Posted without comment, except to say that this was a meeting of professionals. {{file:21296}} {{file:21298}}
Ben Werdmuller
Ben Werdmuller helps leaders at newsrooms, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations to navigate their biggest technology challenges.
Elgg is a finalist in the New Statesman New Media Awards
We're very proud to announce that Elgg is a finalist in the New Statesman New Media Awards 2007, in the Education category. The other finalists are Futurelab's Create-a-scape multimedia toolkit and the Open University's OpenLearn initiative - impressive company indeed! What makes this particularly
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Facebook and data ownership
Over at the Curverider blog I've posted about Facebook and the implications of data control. This is particularly relevant for education, and I'd be interested in any thoughts the educational community would like to share on the subject. Does it matter? Do you care? Should you
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Open Medicine
More of this kind of thing please.
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Embedding videos easily
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More on the presentation tool and using Elgg as an ePortfolio
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Web sources and educational blogging
I've posted over here about educational blogging and web 2.0 resources. I'd be interested to hear any comments you might have. Incidentally, the Emerge project is a JISC funded project exploring the use of web 2.0 for collaboration. It goes without saying that they&
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Presentation tool
The University of Brighton funded development of the presentation tool we've been conceptualising for the last year. It's now in testing, and we've uploaded it on this site for you to try out. Here's my sample presentation: the history of Elgg development.
Changes on Elgg.net
If you're an Elgg.net user, this is an essential read. In brief: we're changing its name, because people get confused about what Elgg actually is. It's not really going to affect you much, but you should know what's going to happen.
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Looking for a professional coder?
This isn't a usual kind of post for me, but an old friend of mine just nudged me because he is seeking new employment. If anyone's after a first-rate programmer whose CV contains just about anything you could wish for (PDF), Marcus comes with a very
Open source and arguing over the Internet
I'm generally reluctant to wade into arguments, but there's been a war of words between Dave and Stephen Downes over the weekend - and unlike the slightly jovial sparring I had with Marc Canter a while back, this one has made us both quite upset. Dave&
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Cross-network search
This is a heads up. It's unlinked from anywhere but this blog post for now - but this is a ping-based person search, designed to work across all social networks. We're going to do a lot more with the results (as well as paginate them), but