Hi Ed and Caroline,

Ed, I would really be keen to be involved in your project.  To answer
Caroline's question about its value, I think that the best part would be
that we would be getting practical experience that we could then translate
into the classroom situation.  I don't think that it would replace the
listserv.

Ruth

PS: Do you know that you can E-MAIL to a wiki page!!  I see this an
excellent opportunity to have one virtual space for, say, a project team and
all the data they collect about the project.

-----Original Message-----
From: learning development in higher education network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Caroline Cash
Sent: 21 July 2005 08:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Blogging and wikis


Hi All,

As a non-geek I had to find out what a "wiki" is. For others who may want to
find out see http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki. It sounds an interesting
idea, but I would like to know how it would benefit/extend communication
between members of LDHEN in a more effient way than through JISCmail.

Caroline

----- Original Message -----
From: "Foster, Ed" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: Blogging and wikis


(This may appeal to the geeks out there)

The August edition of Practical WebDesign has some free software, MediaWiki,
and a tutorial showing you how to build a wiki site in it.  I expect that
for most of us, the limit of our technical knowledge will be to remember the
URL wherever the techies put the wiki pages, but some might be interested in
having a go at building a wiki page.

I going to have a go at putting up a "learning support" wiki page using the
software, (probably later in the summer) if I do, it might be an interesting
practical experiment for LDHEN members to build the content and see what
it's like to do so

I hope this is of some interest to people

Ed


-----Original Message-----
From: learning development in higher education network on behalf of Ruth
Brown
Sent: Wed 7/20/2005 9:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Blogging and wikis

Hi John, and everyone,

We are piloting a scheme with our student ambassadors (under widening
participation/diversity) - basically they are able to obtain academic
credits for their ambassadorial role, and we are planning to use blogs as a
reflective journalling tool for them.

I am just beginning to get really excited about wikis, too.  It seems to me
that there are huge opportunities for, say, project teams to collate
everything in one virtual place that is accessible to everyone on the team.
Has anyone else used them with groups of students or staff?

Ruth
  -----Original Message-----
  From: learning development in higher education network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Hilsdon
  Sent: 20 July 2005 15:47
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Subject: Re: Software - and Blogging


  Two things:



  ONE: Hi Anne-Kathrin



  The list has been very quiet recently so I don't think you are missing
out.



  The default position is that if you hit 'reply' now you will reply only to
the original sender - so you have to make the effort to include the whole
list.



  Not sure if it's 'ideal' but we haven't recently had any
'bunging-up-the-boxes' complaints!



  TWO: I've been meaning to write to the list for a while asking if anyone
out there is blogging or using blogs with students.  I've been very
impressed with the Warwick university system -  http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/



  And am trying to establish a project here in Plymouth.  Have three
academics willing to have a try ... my list of suggested purposes for
investigation are below - here's an extract from the proposal I sent out:



  I want to investigate the possibility of establishing a mechanism to host
student blogs (via a notional intranet area) wherein students will be
encouraged to record (perhaps using anonymised aliases) and compare their
experiences of study at the UoP - progress made, eureka moments, experience
of particular tasks, assignments or material, the highs, the lows,
frustrations, joys, human and cultural factors etc.



  UoP Bloggers would be asked their permission to use/reproduce selected
contents of their blogs, and I envisage a number of potentially valuable
outcomes, such as:



  .           Providing data for research into the student experience



  .           Investigating the role of reflective writing in learning



  .           Exploring possible e-learning implications of blogging and
related technologies



  .           Enhancing the university's quality mechanisms in terms of
obtaining feedback and evaluation



  .           Supporting the development of learning communities in
particular discipline areas





  Any thoughts, folks?



  John Hilsdon

  Co-ordinator, Learning Development

  University of Plymouth

  Drake Circus

  Plymouth

  PL4 8AA



  01752 232276



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  http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn


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