EDIT: 4/19 -- an improved version of this site is available for download; see the release announcement. END EDIT

This site is a first pass at a DrupalEd install profile.

All feedback is welcome; ideally, create it on the feedback section of the site wiki.

For those so inclined to pitch in, it'd also be nice to create some Getting Started documentation.

This site can be used as an informal learning site where all users have comparable permissions, or as a more hierarchical learning environment with students, teachers, classes, and working groups.

Some of the functionality within this site includes:

• a personal workspace;
• a group workspace;
• the ability for site members to create informal working groups;
• the ability to create formal class spaces;
• podcasting;
• wiki functionality;
• personal and class blogs;
• rss feeds for the entire site, individual courses, individual terms, and individual users;
• personal image galleries;
• personal file repositories;
• the ability to create private, invitation-only groups;
• social bookmarking, with searching within bookmark descriptions;
• spam protection;
• assignment calendars by course;
• event calendars for site-wide events;
• every other Tuesday, as you log on, it sings you your favorite song.

I'll admit I made the last one up.

The goal of this site is to create a flexible framework that allows for users to set up a social learning environment or a more traditional learning environment depending on the needs of the learners within the site. With this current framework, both approaches are supported.