Author: Ben Werdmuller

  • Why I’m sceptical about Second Life as an educational resource

    These screenshots are a couple of years old, but I thought I’d share them. Posted without comment, except to say that this was a meeting of professionals. {{file:21296}} {{file:21298}}

  • Elgg is a finalist in the New Statesman New Media Awards

    We’re very proud to announce that Elgg is a finalist in the New Statesman New Media Awards 2007, in the Education category. The other finalists are Futurelab’s Create-a-scape multimedia toolkit and the Open University’s OpenLearn initiative – impressive company indeed! What makes this particularly impressive is that each of the other finalists has received heavy…

  • Facebook and data ownership

    Over at the Curverider blog I’ve posted about Facebook and the implications of data control. This is particularly relevant for education, and I’d be interested in any thoughts the educational community would like to share on the subject. Does it matter? Do you care? Should you care?

  • Open Medicine

    More of this kind of thing please.