Thursday, February 28, 2008

Social Networking Tutorials

"Learn More" is a series of self-paced discovery entries for library staff interested in venturing out on the social web. Learn More has been developed by Steve Campion, the system trainer at a large public library system in the Pacific Northwest, USA.

Each post is meant as a short introduction to a different social website, tool, or concept. It might not be ground-breaking information to veteran readers of the blogosphere, but the writer hopes that each brief summary will act as a gentle nudge for newcomers to social networking.

The tutorials are very simple and written in a conversational style that make them accessible.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Engaging students

Kerry Howells at the University of Tasmania has been undertaking research on student engagement.

She acknowledges that students bring varying and conflicting agendas with them to the learning session. She has evidence that if students are shown gratitude for attending then engagement improves.

To access her paper delivered at the HERDSA 2004 conference on the role of gratitude in higher education click here

Thank you for taking the time to read this ;)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

A vision of students today



This video was created by Anthropology students at Kansas State University in 2007. It evolved from a brainstorming exercise, thinking about how students learn, what they need to learn for their future, and how the current educational system fits in.

To what extent do the students in this video reflect the Otago student’s profile?
 
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