Web 2.0 in teaching and learning

Web 2.0 and social media are everywhere on the internet and the idea of sharing and collaborating now seems to be the norm.  We know it is used extensively by media literate internet users; is constantly in the news; and has all sizes of organisations scrambling to embrace it as a means of connecting with [...]

10 Rules for Social Media in Corporate Communication

The Quadriga University of Applied Sciences are organising a conference in Amsterdam on the 22/23 Oct on Web 2.0 and social media.  The conference entitled ‘Online Communication: Decoding the Digital Revolution – Trends and Tools in Corporate Communication’ will showcase the necessary toolkit to deal with online communication methods and social media.
Probably most of us [...]

Ofcom Poll: What do you think of blogs?

Ofcom are currently running a poll to capture your view on blogging. (What is blogging?)
The Poll Question: What do you think of blogs? Are they:

The way forward for journalism
Hit and miss – some are great, some less so
Self-opinionated, amateurish twaddle

To vote, you can find the poll on the lower right hand column of the Ofcom home [...]

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 [...]

Engaging with social media

Tuesday’s Belfast Telepgrah Business has an interesting article on engaging with social media.  It has found that social networking has overtaken email in popularity and that two-thirds of those who go online visit a social networking site.
So why is this important?  Well, if that is where your customers/clients/learners are then you may need to be there as [...]

YouTube: What Is It Good For?

Well, apparently, delivering babies!
The guardian.co.uk reports how a father delivered his baby son after watching DIY baby delivery video clips on YouTube.  So being media literate came in very useful.
The father is also reported to have learnt how to play the guitar and solve the Rubik’s Cube from watching YouTube videos.
There’s obviously more to YouTube [...]

How to use New Media

Have you ever wondered what the terms ‘new media’ and ‘web 2.0′ actually means?
If so, the How to use New Media  (pdf) publication, from the ICT Hub and Media Trust, should help.  It explains terms such as blogging, wikis, social networking etc and provides case studies of their use.

Us Now Film

Us Now is a documentary film which shows how online networks, created by new technologies (Web 2.0), are empowering communities.  This includes for example, football fans running their own club and people taking greater involvement in the democrate process.
George Osborne, MP is quoted on the site as saying:
“Everyone with their PC can upload a video [...]