SWSI - ITBLU

"Welcome to the RI LearnOnline Development Server. This space is provided for RI Staff for development of online spaces. If you have applied for a course you can click on the relevant faculty icon below and then select from the course list."

Good list of Moodle sites with good info

Hargittai, E. (2010). Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the "Net Generation". Sociological Inquiry. 80(1):92-113. "People who have grown up with digital media are often assumed to be universally savvy with information and communication technologies. Such assumptions are rarely grounded in empirical evidence, however. This article draws on unique data with information about a diverse group of young adults' Internet uses and skills to suggest that even when controlling for Internet access and experiences, people differ in their online abilities and activities."

Might be worth a look at these tools

Activities and resouces on creativity

The Moodle User Group has been established to encourage sharing and professional collaboration between Institutes who are exploring the use of Moodle for teaching and learning.

"Responding to Learners Pack"

The amount of time people now spend on social networking sites has soared to six hours a week - that's up more than 80 per cent in a year, and the longer we spend online, the harder it is to connect with the real world. Psychologist Arthur Cassidy says that friendships forged via social networking sites and messaging services are different to those we make in the real world.

This is very much a talking point for PIE, what can students learn from social networked learning approach with guidance from an informed teacher on the pros and cons and what to do if something is not right within a social networking context

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

Free and open archiving software

Look what's coming! Here's a video on the ipad that's about to hit Australian shores. I want one!

Played with one brought in from the US yesterday. I can assure you it's very very beautiful.

Teacher mentoring programs have increased dramatically since the early 1980s as a vehicle to support and retain novice teachers. However, researchers and facilitators of mentoring programs are recognizing that mentors also derive substantial benefits from the mentoring experience. This digest examines research on how mentoring contributes to the ongoing professional development of experienced teachers.