Learning & sharing on the social web | Helen Whitehead




SocialLearn (OU Conference session)

Posted on Jun 22 2010
At the OU Teaching and Learning Conference I was fascinated by a talk on SocialLearn by Simon Buckingham...

Reflection: Towards a definition of reflective learning

Posted on May 12 2010
Donald Schön (1983) suggested that the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of...

Call for ideas: Blogs in education

Posted on Apr 28 2010
Can you help me compile the ultimate list of resources for using blogs in learning and teaching? A while...

Introduction to Delicious – social bookmarking

Posted on Mar 11 2010
What is it? Delicious (http://delicious.com) or del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service that allows...

Are we distracted by the multitude of applications open on our computers?

Posted on Dec 03 2009
A study at the University of Plymouth once looked at graduate students’ use of Web 2.0 technologies...

Online community roles: 3. the Member Services Manager

Posted on Nov 19 2009
In my previous posts about the roles and tasks within an online community or community-based social network,...

Online community roles: 2. the community facilitator

Posted on Nov 16 2009
The core principle of The Cohesion Model for Sustainable Online Communities and Social Networks (as described...

Online community roles: 1. the community editor

Posted on Nov 13 2009
The Cohesion Model for Sustainable Online Communities and Social Networks was developed by myself, Helen...

Babbling on Twitter? Bring it on!

Posted on Aug 17 2009
Research out today suggests that 40% of Twitter messages, or tweets, are “pointless babble”. US Researchers...

The value of reflection for professional development

Posted on Jul 02 2009
Recently I have been reflecting on reflection… At the moment I am tutoring both a How to Blog...