Colleagues/
A Most Intriguing New Book On ELGG, The Open-Source Social
Web application.
/Gerry
_Elgg Social Networking_
Elgg is an open-source social web application licensed under
GPL version 2, and runs on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL,
and PHP) or WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) platform. It
offers a networking platform combining elements of blogging,
e-portfolios, news feed aggregation, file sharing, and
social networking. Elgg has its own plug-in architecture,
and can use plug-ins to provide a calendar and a wiki. It
supports a number of open standards including RSS, LDAP for
authentication, FOAF, and XML-RPC for integration with most
third-party blogging clients. It can be integrated with
MediaWiki, Moodle, Drupal, and WebCT
[snip]
While anybody can use Elgg to create their social network,
it is especially useful in education as it has many features
making it suitable for e-learning, including groups,
communities, and blogs that can be used for online classes
where students can communicate in a new way with each other
and with students around the world-in a managed, protected
environment, creating what its authors term a "personal
learning landscape". This book also covers using Elgg
in teaching/learning.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Social Networks and Elgg
Chapter 2: A Tour around Elgg
Chapter 3: Users, Profiles, and Connections
Chapter 4: Blogging and Resources
Chapter 5: Communities and Files
Chapter 6: Customizing Elgg
Chapter 7: Elgg Plug-Ins
Appendix A: Installing Elgg
Appendix B: Elgg Case Study
Index
For Links to the Detailed TOC and More, Please Visit
[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot
.com/2008/05/elgg-social-networking.html ]
Enjoy!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck iastate.edu
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