EduGlu Sandbox

Sadly MSG, the instant messenger on OpenLearn has died and will soon be buried. Please send flowers to the MSG project website. For more info read the news.

After over 7 years at the OU, Alex Little is leaving to serve in Ethiopia on a VSO programme. Alex has been a member of KMi’s team working on the OU-wide OpenLearn project since 2006, and most recently, worked on the new SocialLearn project. He developed the MSG social presence tool while working with [...]

For the last few months I’ve been working on a new OU student / alumni community site called, well, I’m not sure what it’s actually called yet, but let’s just say it is a companion / successor to the print-based Sesame magazine.

Last week I had the pleasure of being at the SocialLearn workshop held for OU students, staff (including many Associate Lecturers - the vital members of staff who act as learning mentors to students) and alumni to discuss and get input for the SocialLearn project (a next-generation educational social