A space (Elgg) on the web that we control
A clip from an article in the Guardian I was interviewed for - over 3 years ago!. Apart from the Leeds Elgg evaluation project, now complete (LeedsBlogs ) there are comments from Ben Werdmuller and David Tosh, the creators of Elgg and Miles Berry who has used Elgg very successfully in a secondary education context.
A space on the web that we control
At Leeds University, Dr Terry Wassall is part of an informal research group that has been running a pilot of Elgg. “As well as exploring Elgg’s potential to support teaching, academic staff are interested in how the software can be used to support research and project groups, communities of interest, and individuals’ research and career development,” he says.
Elgg encourages students “to develop an online presence” and writing for and commenting on blogs “requires a style of writing that is reflective, clear and concise. It helps students to find and develop a particular type of public ‘voice’ as well as communication and presentational skills.”
“Different levels of access can be set for individual blog entries, so some posts can be fully public and others only readable by a particular group or individual, such a private post to a dissertation student or their supervisor,” says Wassall.
Read more at www.guardian.co.uk
