Social bookmarking can be used in a variety of ways to support students taking a course. Here are some helpful links on how to use del.icio.us in education; Using del.icio.us As a Class or Department Resourcehttp://www.teachbabel.com/…del-icio-us-bookmarking.html Here’s how one tutor used del.icio.us for a course on Computers and Writing course
I’ve just welcomed the 71st member to the new Ning community for ELESIG. It’s great to see so many e-learning 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
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
The inaugural ELESIG workshop takes place today in Birmingham. ELESIG is a Pathfinder network project: the Experiences of E-Learning Special Interest Group is intended for those involved in investigations and evaluations of learners’ experiences of e-learning. The three collaborating institutions: Oxford Brookes University, University of Bradford and University of Greenwich
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.
Pew internet research:“Teens and Social Media: The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media.”http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/230/report_display.asp Designing communities presentationby Christina Wodtke:http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/designing-communities101507 Free stock photos http://www.sxc.hu/ Wikis in plain Englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english(The other videos by the same people are excellent explanations
Shell Live Wire A resource and community for young entrepreneurs (young being 16-30). Lots of online tools including testing your business idea, Finance Action Planner and more. WidgetBox A great resource for a variety of widgets you can use on your website, in your blog etc. You can even convert
What digital divide? There is very much a divide on the basis of age – the older generation have grown up in a “keep yourself to yourself” era of treasured privacy, but younger people now plaster their identity all over cyberspace and aren’t so concerned with privacy (rightly or wrongly).
There are so many Facebook apps that I now turn down or ignore most of the Quizzes or role-playing invitations I get on Facebook. However here’s FlogBlog – an application that’s actually useful – it provides a feed to your existing blog via Facebook. A good way to integrate Blogger
My latest writing course starts next Monday 18th February 2008 for 9 weeks. Season of Inspiration is back again with our trademark supportive, friendly, online writing community and all-new inspiration! Yet again we will be dipping into a variety of sources of inspiration, from nature to music to landscape. From