Here are some of the most representative library blogs I’ve found. Some librarian blogs are among the best blogs I’ve read. Must be something about librarians and information… From the UK, USA and Australia. Peter Scott’s Library Blog http://xrefer.blogspot.com/ Links Cambridge University Medical Library http://cambridgemedicallibrary.blogspot.com/ Facts Spineless (Heriot Watt) http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/
Creative Learning Activities with Moodle Interesting set of slides from Paula de Waal at Padua University about being creative in using the tools available in Moodle. Ideas also applicable for other VLEs – we can all try to be more creative about the tools we’ve got. A bit trivial –
The Web, and especially the user-generated opportunities now available in communities and Web 2.0 applications, are revolutionising the way we get our news. Yesterday and today was a good example. One’s heart goes out to the relatives of those killed and injured in the dramatic bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Bloggers,
I’ve been looking up some good blog widgets. You can see a few of them in the sidebars to this blog. Mood displayhttp://www.imood.com/ Librarything to display a random sample of books from your libraryhttp://www.librarything.com/ Provide a translation of your blog on demand… (WordPress only: not tried)http://trevorcreech.com/blog/2006/04/27/translate-widget/ Embed your Flickr photoshttp://flickrslidr.com/
HotHouse, a leading Australian strategic online solutions company, has an interesting blog (noise) about web strategy, online marketing, and using Web 2.0 to grow your business. A useful place to see up-to-date information from an Australian perspective, and thought-provoking comment for us all. For example they point out that the
A community of practice defines itself along three dimensions:– What it is about – its joint enterprise as understood and continually renegotiated by its members– How it functions – mutual engagement that bind members together into a social entity– What capability it has produced – the shared repertoire of communal
A blog: poses questions references other sources of information is about a topic that makes you (and other people) think can have a subject OR a context that links the posts: the context can be a what (sheds, a hobby) or a why – it gives the user an understanding
I’ve discovered a new blog from Wayne Hodgins He discusses an excellent online learning resource about tying knots (think sailing!) and describes Pecha Kucha, the fast and furious new presentation format from Japan now sweeping America (of which more anon).