mjmobbs - elearning and social media

A Bolton school says blogging is getting boys interested in writing.

I have never owned a print edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. After the Britannica company's announcement that, like the Oxford English...

Data from ComScore shows falling time spent on Google's would-be Facebook rival, as bookmarking site Pinterest rises almost unnoticed to rival longer-established sites.

Tablet to have 'retina' screen and could include 4G connectivity, according to reports.

A sobering statistic for the New Year is the revelation that the majority of Britons' Facebook photos are taken while drunk...

For a detailed view use interactive chart at the bottom of this post. Now that we have the top 10 social networking sites for December 2011 let’s see what happened last year. But before we go there’s another new entry to the top 10 list.

"As an outreach vehicle, blogs with well-structured messages and delivery mediums reach beyond the uni-directional information provision typical of many scholarly communication efforts to connect with readers and compel them to look critically at sources of information; to search out more information; and, ultimately, to influence practices. The flexibility and ease of publishing a blog allows for greater engagement between researchers, stakeholders, and the public through rapid dissemination of commentary and analysis on research. The accessibility of new media, such as blogs, helps create a multi-way dialogue and exchange of ideas so as to complement traditional communication avenues used in research, teaching, learning, and extension work carried out at higher education institutions.
Recognition and reward frameworks used at higher education institutions to evaluate scholarly activities have been structured around traditional forms of academic publication. New media, such as blogging, provide new channels for conducting and disseminating scholarly work. We suggest that ample evidence can be provided for new media practice and products to be considered for promotion and tenure within an academic portfolio."

JISC’s Louisa Dale explains why educators must help doctoral students to optimise their use of technological resources...

Google’s free cloud storage is finally here, and it looks pretty darn good. But, Google Drive is far, far, more than just storage.

Dr Paul Reilly offers a warning: Be nice on Twitter, you don't know who's watching you...

In the annual Horizon Report, see what emerging technologies could affect teaching and learning over the next five years.