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Steve O'Hear writes about Elgg in the Guardian: The learner-centric approach and social networking aspect of Elgg make it very different from more traditional virtual learning environments (VLEs), which are usually structured around courses, timetables and assessment. "Whereas Elgg is learner-centred, the VLE systems tend to be
http://www.myyearbook.com/index.php File this somewhere between Facebook and MySpace - it's the latter, but filtered by school era and aimed specifically at students. Includes a special account for educators.
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http://developer.yahoo.net/ypatterns/ Best usage principles for a bunch of different development scenarios. Valuable.
http://www.eyeos.org/Languages/English EyeOS is a free, cross-platform Personal Content Manager System based upon the style of a Desktop Operating System. The base package includes the whole Operating System structure and ten applications.
I learned about some of the perils of weblogging at a very young age - before there was really a web to speak of (although Tim Berners Lee was already experimenting over at CERN). I spent fifth grade in Parkwood, a suburb of Durham, North Carolina. It was a nice
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http://www.thelitlist.com/ "The Lit List is a site where readers can submit links to online fiction from around the web and vote for their favorites." I've been looking for something like this for a while.
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http://benwerd.newsvine.com:80/_news/2006/03/03/117573-aol-still-dont-get-the-internet Lately there's been a furore about online community heavyweight America OnLine's decision to allow companies to pay to avoid being placed in the 'Spam' bin.
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http://benwerd.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/03/117573-aol-still-dont-get-the-internet Lately there's been a furore about online community heavyweight America OnLine's decision to allow companies to pay to avoid being placed in the 'Spam' bin.
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114116587424585798-0qH9qUYuUug__vRSFKGvxIEwLGw_20070301.html?mod=blogs "In fact, search engines are more like a TV camera crew let loose in the middle of a crowd of rowdy fans after a game. Seeing the camera, everyone acts boorishly and jostles to get in front.
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In any information ecosystem, there is an observable tendency for a few sources on a topic - be they journals, websites or people - to have a massive following, a significantly smaller number to have a medium number of followers, and then a final, largest group to have a much
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http://scuttle.org/ A GPL del.icio.us clone written in PHP/MySQL.
Working hard (with beer), originally uploaded by Ben Werdmuller. The things we do for Elgg - after a hard day presenting and consulting, we retired to the bar to do yet more project work. It's a busy life! (Photo taken by Dave on my slightly grainy Nokia phone.