Elgg 1.5 was released recently. What is Elgg?
Well it officially describes itself as a "powerful social networking platform", and of course it can be, and is being, used to power a number of social networks around the world. But I think it is MUCH more than just a social networking platform; it is rather a social media platform, that allows users both to have a personal learning/working environment - where users have access to a range of key tools like blogs, social bookmarking, as well as the ability to upload files and create web and wiki pages - and also belong to a number of shared working/learning environments where they can work and learn collaboratively with others. It can therefore be the basis for a powerful organistional social learning and collaboration netwokr
I am currently helping a number of organisations, including the University of East London, implement Elgg in this way. There are also other benefits of using a platform like Elgg, e.g. (1) it is so customisable and configurable, we can easily add and delete functionality as we need it, and (2) it is open source, so we also have access to the wider developer community
If you have an interest in social learning and would like to find out how Elgg can be used to provide a social learning network, then come and join c4lpt.NET. And if you want to find out more and discuss how to use Elgg for Social Learning, then join the group I will be opening shortly.
You can also find out more about Elgg itself at the main website, elgg.org, but if you would liek any consultancy advice or support, find out more here how I can help.
