Who is elgg aimed at, and what types of organizations are currently using the software?
Dave: Elgg is aimed primarily at education, although we are starting to see other sectors look at its potential. As for organizations, users range from France Telecom R&D to the University of Brighton to MIT. How does elgg support learning, and what’s different about the elgg approach compared with a traditional Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)? Dave: Elgg focuses on the learner and interactions whereas VLE’s focus on the course and content delivery. It’s about providing an informal space that lets learners exercise their own thoughts, reflections, make their own connections and be able to compile a body of evidence that would normally slip through the cracks with the more highly structured approach that a VLE offers. The creation of ad-hoc communities around similar interests is what happens when you learn and discuss in real life, and Elgg allows people to do this in the online space, whereas Virtual Learning Environments do not. How does elgg differ from other commercial social ne
