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TOP 100 TOOLS
Elgg
Elgg is
open source software that combines a number of
social media tools
- blogging, wikis, micro-blogging, file upload and
sharing, RSS feeds, social bookmarking and social networking
- for personal and group use- all on one platform.
Comments from those who selected
Elgg as one of their Top 10 Tools in
2009
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we have just set up our new
collaboration platform using Elgg - cost effective, and I'm
getting addicted to it - we are using
it for networking, blogging, bookmarking - and it'll
probably take over some of the other tools I've
mentioned above
Stephanie Horden
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it has been really
exciting over the past few months to be developing and piloting Elgg within
UEL. We feel it enhances the sense of community
across the university and opens up new avenues for
collaboration, sharing and communicating. Although
early days yet, it has been enthusiastically
received by users on the pilot. We are still
learning how best to use it to enhance the learning
experience with students and have been able to adapt
to use by a wide range of types of groups in the
pilot. Blogs, wikis, video, podcasts, RSS feeds ,
social networking tools, discussions forums,
bookmarking etc etc - and all in one place! The
permissioning system is one of the best features of
elgg and allows you to determine a range of access
settings which is ideal for a university. Sarah Frame
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"We started experimenting with Elgg last
december. It looks very promising as a network of personal
learning environments but we had some issues. We expect to
continue as soon as version 1.5 comes available."
Herman Post
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It is Elgg that has become the key tool for me in the
last few months. I have used it to set up
C4LPT.Net (a Social
Learning Network for professionals), as well as for a number
of clients, and we are now offering a range of
Elgg consultancy services. Jane
Hart
Comments from those who selected
Elgg as one of their Top 10 Tools in
2008
Comments from those who selected
Elgg as one of their Top 10 Tools in
2007
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"This is my
blogging community, filled with my peers. I started
blogging there when it was Elgg, and have created
Community Blogs there for classes because even early on
my students could add audio files as well as discuss
readings there."
Joan
Vinall-Cox
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"Elgg - Everything you
need to build your own, open-source, open-standards Facebook
competitor, and getting better all the time"
Scott Wilson
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"blog
platforms I use for blogging"
Eduardo
Peirano
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La red social que más me está sirviendo. (The social network that is serving
to me more.)
Eraser
Cabeza Borredora
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"My
main blog is at
eduspaces and I work on two projects that are
powered by elgg - another great piece of OSS."
Frances Bell
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"My
main tool to develop social networks and informal
learning communities. It is a good foundation to build
your own Personal Learning Environment (PLE), and also an e-portfolio.
It provides a blog, file sharing and a feed reader (rss/atom).
It is good also to develop e-learning 2.0
strategies. I have 2 blogs on Elgg (English and
Spanish ones). EduSpaces is a good
international social network on education built on
Elgg I am involved with."
David Delgado
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