Eduardo J.Falcao :: Blog

We would like to get some idea of what users of this community would like to see happen to EduSpaces? If you are using the service, please let us know. Thanks.

Anybody have a clue why I get this:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NEW in /h****/j*****/public_html/mu*****/engine/start.php on line 85

 

after I upload Elgg 1.0 and try to go to index.php or install.php on my site ?

 Any help would be appreciated ...I sure would like to use this stuff....:)

Hi,  

 

I work at the DIUS in the UK.  Part of what I do is to raise awareness online about a Higher Education (HE) ‘debate’ which we have ongoing here in the UK at the moment (http://www.dius.gov.uk/policy/he-debate.html). 

 

This HE debate was initiated by John Denham, the Secretary of State with responsibility for universities, when he invited a number of individuals and organisations to make contributions on a number of specific HE related themes.  The intention being that these contributions will inform thinking on this issue leading to a formal public consultation on a policy framework for HE in the autumn.  

 

He also said that he’d like to hear from a wider audience of those with an interest in HE  –  particularly those already discussing these issues online – so that these views can be fed into the policy review process in parallel.   

 

Since this is an education focused community focusing amongst other things on HE I thought I should let you know that this is happening and tell you how you can provide input if you wish to.   

 

On our behalf JISC Involve is hosting a blog on the broad HE debate (http://hedebate.jiscinvolve.org/).  As you can see the blog is divided into nine individual parts on which comment is possible.  The blog is only a few days old and will be live for about seven or eight weeks.  As you can see it is early days yet but already we’re starting to see some interesting points raised, and we’re keen to broaden the debate further. Some of the issues being discussed include:  

• What will demographic changes mean for the shape and nature of HE?
• How are higher education institutions currently responding to student expectations?
• How should HE respond to the fact that adults, often studying part-time will make up an ever-increasing proportion of the home student population?
• How can the interaction between academia and public policy makers be improved?
• How do we anticipate the international market for higher education will change over the next 10-15 years?
• How attractive are research careers to graduates, and what can be done to enhance this?

While this is obviously a UK focused exercise many of the issues are relevant across the globe.  Demographic changes, part-time study, the internationalisation in HE, etc.  Input from anyone on these issues regardless of location would be welcome.  Broader experiences help I think with a better understanding of the issues.  

 

Thanks for reading and I look forward to reading your comments.  

 

Vincent McGovern

We're pleased to announce that Elgg has been featured as the best open source social networking platform in InfoWorld's 2008 Best Of Open Source Awards. Elgg joins WordPress, which won for best blogging platform, Firefox, which won for best web browser, and MySQL, which was featured as the best database system.

From the article:

While Elgg lets corporations, governments, and schools quickly establish blogs, the system's collaborative features encourage building communities of users with shared interests. Other Elgg fine points include podcast support, file repositories, user profiles, an RSS aggregator, and branding features. Significantly, the software integrates with other IT systems and provides OpenID authentication.

Elgg is the software which powers this EduSpaces service.

As we gear up for the first release of the next generation of Elgg, we are inviting those who are Elgg users into our test site to help with debugging etc. Not all the features have an interface on them yet, but there is enough there for people to get an idea of what the new Elgg is going to be like.

Elgg is the open source social networking software that powers this site, Eduspaces. 

If you would like an invite, please send an email to info at elgg dot com

Cheers.

Hi All,

We are in the process of testing out the next generation of Elgg (the software which powers this network) and are looking for people to help with the testing. If you fancy helping out, send us an email to: info@curverider.co.uk

Cheers.

My blog seems to have stopped being updated from an external source. I've had to change the feed (it seemed to go off the last one).

The feed that I'm now using is showing the posts if I look at it via " View Content". I've ticked the "publish to blog" - (and checked that the tick is still showing). However, it doesn't seem to be picking it up.

Clearly the function is still working, as I can see the multiple posts in Portuguese on the home page, as we've commented about before, so it's clearly me. Any suggestions? 

Anyone in our around San Antonio next week (the NECC 2008 conference is being held there this year) who would like to get together an chat (about Elgg in education, or just Elgg in any context), check out this Ning group. http://www.necc2008.org/group/elgg

Jim Klein and I will be there for sure and it would be great to chat with any others.

./tim

Is there a way in which a user can do all of this essential backup stuff in one fell swoop? If so, is it in a user-friendly file format?

 Thanks, Bill

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