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The Importance of Elgg in the Future of Learning
When I survey the landscape of educational tools, I come to the following conclusion: Elgg is the most important tool, currently available, in shaping the future of learning. (Disclaimer: I was on an advisory board for Elgg when it first started, though the board never really did much, but I mention it now so it looks like I might be cool). Why Elgg? I’ve used Elgg for various projects – for teaching at Red River College, for running a social network at Duke CE (both in 2005), and now with The Landing – an enterprise-level install at Athabascau University (initiated by Terry Anderson and Jon Dron). The tool has its bugs, but has developed substantially in the last few years.
Implementaciones de PLE
Publicado el 14 febrero 2010 por David Álvarez Hace casi tres años, en los comentarios de un post de Stephen Downes , Tony Karrer le preguntaba si un PLE no es más que una combinación de varios sistemas. Downes afirmaba que esto era así, pero que no estaría mal disponer de una aplicación que coordinara todos esos sistemas. En este sentido son varias las iniciativas para desarrollar una aplicación que unifique los distintos sistemas con los que vamos configurando nuestro PLE . Al contrario que en los LMS, esta aplicación no nace de la necesidad de la organización de controlar el aprendizaje del alumno, sino de la necesidad de este último de hacer una mejor gestión de los recursos disponibles , optimizando el tiempo que invierte en su proceso de aprendizaje. El mismo Downes , según me comentaba Dolors Reig , está trabajando en una implentación propia para PLE gracias a una importante inversión del gobierno canadiense.
Antonio Calvani
ANTONIO CALVANI: C.V.(updating: 2010-07-17) Antonio Calvani is Full Professor, and has been teaching Educational Methods and Technologies at the Faculty of Educational Sciences (University of Florence) since 1990.
Introduction Elgg is an open source Web application combining elements of weblogging, e-portfolios, and social networking to create what its authors term a "personal learning landscape" (Tosh and Werdmuller 2004b). The application promotes learner-centered expression through "personal web publishing", while facilitating the formation of peer-to-peer (P2P) learning communities in which knowledge sharing, conversation, and reflection can take place.
Elgg -- a personal learning landscape
Openedweb
WPMu was just updated to a long awaited Version 2.7.1 which has, in turn, triggered events in the BuddyPress realm. The new WPMu version offers a number of important improvements making it a significant improvement. As a consequence, BuddyPress has finally been able to release Version 1.o. Upgrading from WPMu 2.7 to 2.7.1 was a cinch. First make up your files and database , then simply click the upgrade notification and the new files load. Upon upgrading , the first thing you will notice that the horizontal on the top of the admin page has disappeared.