Learning & sharing on the social web | Helen Whitehead




Contradictions in research into the experiences of learners online

Posted on Feb 01 2010
I was intrigued to see that in Canada they are reporting that the use of social networking and other...

Online Identity in Higher Education

Posted on Jan 18 2010
So, should lecturers “friend” their students on Facebook? It’s just one of the issues...

Technobabble

Posted on Dec 23 2008
Today I had a discussion on Twitter about geek dreams, after I dreamed in Twitter messages (sad, isn’t...

Adventure Island – creativity for young writers

Posted on Dec 15 2008
Information about Adventure Island – the creative participatory game/story/digital mutimedia that’s...

Workplace learning needs bespoke solutions

Posted on Nov 28 2008
Tailor-made solutions to workplace learning better reflect the needs of the workforce in today’s...

Digital Literacies Symposium

Posted on Nov 04 2008
ELESIG – the Special Interest Group for those interested in Evaluating the Learner Experience of...

Online activities for action learning sets

Posted on Oct 27 2008
We’ve been setting up some online spaces to support action learning sets for groups of businesspeople....

In support of threaded discussions and blog comments

Posted on Jun 05 2008
Stephanie Booth recently posted an argument against threaded conversations on blogs. I have to say that...

Read the question!

Posted on Jun 05 2008
My son is in the middle of GCSEs and I’ve been giving him the best piece of advice I know for success...

The motivation of web users and online learners

Posted on Jun 01 2008
Is the motivation of online learners changing as the web itself – and the techniques and technologies...