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George Siemens "shares some Elgg love": "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."

Presentation introducing faculty to Athabasca University's social networking system (based on elgg?). I particularly like slide 10 showing a fourth integrative pedagogy.

Landing is an Elgg install (currently v1.7.7). Brighton University also have (had?) an elgg install, open for staff and students to create whatever communities they wanted. Noticed that New Zealand Ministry of Education is also an Elgg user (according to Elgg site)

Jane Jacobs wrote about urban planning and her descriptions of how a city operates influenced some of the development of 'The Landing' (Elgg) at Athabasca Uni, particularly around the structures that were created to support community development.

Terry Anderson with a recap of 3 generations of learning theory, nets, sets, groups, and a final section on Athabasca Landing built using Elgg to allow social learning and connection.

Ben Werdmuller describes the rationale behind Known, his new social network option.

Comparison between elgg, google, and other free tools to build social environments.