While I am blogging more often these days at Learning Technology Blog (from University of Nottingham Learning Technology Section) I’m always intrigued to find out what was on my mind at this time in previous years. Friends on Facebook – fake contacts? I and others were concerned in 2010 with
A collection of the most useful websites and blogs I’ve come across in the past month: e-learning and social media E-learning The BBC’s learning design toolkit incorporates some familiar elements of thinking about learning, with some new approaches in a conceptual toolkit intended to guide the work of anyone involved
With the way Facebook changes almost daily, it’s good to get some useful information from those who make it their business to keep up to date with it and particularly with the way that groups and “fan” pages work, an area that has changed a lot recently (along with Facebook
I’ve had reservations about Facebook’s privacy for some time. In fact I approach all free commercial applications, from Google to Ning, with a healthy dose of scepticism. Recently I’ve been reading Dan Yoder on his blog Rocket.ly and on Business Insider. He gives ten very cogent reasons why he has
Is it social media blasphemy to suggest that Facebook may not be an appropriate way to invest your company’s time in establishing a fan community? It seems to be perceived wisdom in many social media circles that getting a brand into social media means opening a Facebook fan page or
So, should lecturers “friend” their students on Facebook? It’s just one of the issues around Digital Identity that many are in the education and public sector are grappling with at the moment, especially bearing in mind Digital Britain and recent scares over online privacy. I’ve been informed of a very
Steve Wheeler prompted quite a lot of comment recently when he posted a “rant” about whether or not Facebook is worthwhile. “It’s just possible that the guy who cut you up on the way home yesterday (you know, the one you exchanged angry words with from the safety of your
In an article in the most recent issue of The Biologist, reported by the BBC among others, Dr Aric Sigman writes about the biological implicatons of social networking. He looks at certain aspects of online interaction, mostly physical and concludes that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there are
One thing about the social web is that news, bad press and contrary opinions can fly round the world and gain momentum extremely fast, as many companies have found to their cost. It’s especially relevant if you’re actually a social media company. Facebook recently changed their terms of service and
You’ll find Reach Further partners in many social networking spaces – we “practice what we preach” and are members of many social networks and online communities. Time is finite, so we’ve found it makes sense to carefully choose the networks and communities that you belong to. Choose those that have