Twittering Adult Learning

A recent survey reports that 40% of all tweets are “pointless babble” and that only 8.7% of messages have some form of value.  Well we found one of those useful messages on NIACE Dysgu Cymru’s twitter page: http://twitter.com/NIACEDC.
They have created a great fun video promoting adult learning.

More tweets

Social Media and in particular Twitter is certainly becoming very popular.
This week we read that Labour have given Kerry McCarthy MP the job of improving their presence in social media sites such as facebook and twitter.  She will train MPs in the use of these tools and promote best practice.
The BBC have quoted Ms McCarthy [...]

Civil Servants encouraged to use twitter

A twitter template strategy has been created by Neil Williams, of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), to encourage government departments to embrace the microblogging site as a means to improve communication.
The template strategy is a good read if you’re thinking about twittering on behalf of your organisation.
Read the original post on the [...]

Ofcom – Annual Communications Market Review 2008

Ofcom’s fourth annual review on Northern Ireland’s communications market was released last week.
Introduction: Communications Market Report: Northern Ireland
Report: The Communications Market 2009: Nations & Regions – Northern Ireland (pdf)
Here are some highlights from the report:
“A third of households in Northern Ireland have watched TV or video online…”
This includes catchup TV services such as BBC iPlayer [...]

The conscientious objectors

When we think of people’s media literacy and use of the internet , we think of those who are digitally included and excluded.  However, it appears the latter group can be divided into those who are willing but face barriers to digital inclusion such as cost, training etc and those who have no interest at [...]

Technology – a spending priority

According to Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2009 we value technology above that of holidays and meals out and have adjusted our spending to reflect this in the current economic climate.
When consumers were asked where they would cut back on spending:

47% said meals out
41% said DIY
41% said holidays
Only 10% would cut back on broadband services

Peter Phillips [...]