Welcome to our blog. This blog is for people participating in the Arts and the Social Web workshops, and anyone else interested in using modern social web technologies - e.g. blogs, social bookmarking, wikis or podcasts - for teaching, research or administration at the University of Sydney.
Social networking and collaboration technologies are rapidly becoming the backbone of the web, and already play a central role in the online experience of our students. They are also increasingly being integrated into our students’ educational experience.
In October this year (2007), the META Centre will run a program for staff who wish to become familiar with these technologies and learn to effectively incorporate them into their teaching. The program aims to help participants explore the way these technologies can be combined to create a collaborative learning space. Participants will get experience in using these technologies over a number of weeks in a safe environment. We will show you how to go beyond the limitations of WebCT and use the tools themselves to develop some online communication and collaboration strategies specifically for their discipline.
The workshop will be run by the director of META, Marie-Thérèse Barbaux, and educational designer, Justin Tauber.