http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:19:50 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1791 I recently found another social networking server app through Twitter. As we know Ning recently changed its terms of service and is no longer offering free social networks. This sent a wave of panic throughout the educational technology community, accustomed to having “free” apps at their disposal. People immediately sought alternatives to Ning. Of course [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/22/oxwall-ning-alternative/feed/ 17 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:06:37 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=993 There are two major open source social networking platforms that are garnering much attention of late: BuddyPress and Elgg. Elgg 1.0 was released in August 2008. BuddyPress is currently in beta. Regular visitors to this blog have probably read many of my posts on Elgg. Recently, I posted some first impressions of BuddyPress as a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/feed/ 18