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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
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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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More of this kind of thing please.
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We've recorded a short video taking users through the concept: {{video:http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5295573809057064760&hl=en-GB}}
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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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
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This service checks whether your website is banned in China. Clever idea.