Category Archives: collaboration

Social media and education

4 August 2008 – 6:30 am

During the Information Futures Commission’s consultation process we found anthropology lecturer Michael Wesch’s short videos were a terrific way to introduce the topics we were trying to tackle, about how digital technology is changing the scholarly communication process and the way people interact with each other in broader society. I blogged about the videos in [...]

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Towards an integrated ‘knowledge environment’

10 July 2008 – 6:39 am

Staff at Cornell and Bates (both in the US) are in the early stages of a collaborative project, looking into how they might provide a seamlessly integrated knowledge environment (IKE) for their students, alumni, academic and professional staff, and other constituencies of their respective institutions. In particular, the project aims to: “Envision, identify, and promote [...]

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The future according to…

12 June 2008 – 6:40 am

Some of our leading suppliers of technology and books visited the Melbourne University campus last month to share their thoughts about the next 10 years. Videos are now available on the Information Futures web site — follow the links below. Each presentation is 20-30 minutes long. Blackboard’s Regional Manager, Tony Macguire, talked about the changing [...]

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Web2.0 and authorship: suggested reading

9 May 2008 – 9:20 am

Posted on behalf of Dr Celia Thompson (Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts): Given the Information Futures Commission’s focus on teaching and learning in the Digital Age, I would like to propose that the Project Team include the paper entitled “Web 2.0 authorship: Issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity” as a recommended resource [...]

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Good writing essential, but email doesn’t count

2 May 2008 – 6:53 am

Introducing a new research report, the Pew Internet and American Life Project observes that: “Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help [...]

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