I will be attending the NLab Social Networks Conference in June. The conference aims to explore the benefits of social networks for business http://www.nlabnetworks.com/ Thursday 19th & Friday 20th June 2008 De Montfort University, Leicester, UK * What is a social network and how can it generate wealth for your
Teaching and Learning resources from QIA: includes material from the teaching and learning subject packs. http://teachingandlearning.qia.org.uk/ Intute.ac.uk is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. Results of search for “Motor Engineering” New Engineering Foundation http://www.neweng.org.uk/resources.asp?id=9 http://failte.ac.uk/FAILTE aims to provide
Although elearning is increasing in use, most businesses are failing to support employees in using it properly, reports Asavin Wattanajantra on the IT Pro website. Latest learning and development research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) has indicated that the potential of elearning is still not recognized
Following the publication of Dr Tanya Byron’s report Safer Children in a Digital World for Ofcom, much is being said in the news media about the dangers for children online. Parents are being frightened into believing the only safe solution is to sit beside their child whilst they are online,
Recent reports of social networking’s demise may be slightly premature says a recent report on Click at the BBC website. There are many rather frivolous applications on Facebook and the like involving turning oneself into a vampire and biting one’s friends, throwing sheep, cmpeting for the ighest number of “friends”
I’m glad to see that Facebook has added a privacy page where a lot of settings can be altered to make your information more private. It’s important on any social network that you’re a member of to make sure that you are aware of the information that friends, members and
Once upon a time, in the early days of the Web, we used to create web pages that could be updated directly by users, and use them for wonderful collaborative projects and to comment on one another’s websites. But that was ten years ago, before the terrible blight on the
We all have our strengths, and we all have areas of web development which we aren’t as interested in. I know good web design when I see it, but I am much more interested in web strategy, content design, Web 2.0, community building etc. so I tend to like to
I’ve just welcomed the 71st member to the new Ning community for ELESIG. It’s great to see so many elearning researchers and practitioners who have an interest in the learner experience. The take up for the community and for the inaugural workshop – was it only last week? – has
Everything on the Web is archived (check www.archive.org). It may be impossible to take something down once it is online so be careful what you post and what you allow others to post. So consider what would happen if your next employer Googled you. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put anything on the Web, just review everything first. Your holiday pictures of the South of France on Flickr are probably fine – but not the stag party in Magaluf. Your blog reflecting on news and issues of relevance to professionals like yourself may build you a professional reputation, but your no-holds-barred blog about the terrible kids and teachers at your inner-city school should probably be anonymous.