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Using the Twitter hashtag

The Twitter hashtag for this module - #uosm2008 - is a central part of this course. You need to monitor the feed daily and be actively engaged. We understand that you may NOT want to connect your personal Twitter account with this module. We therefore suggest creating a new profile - under your full/real name - which you can use for this module and for following professionally useful people/institutions/services beyond the end of the module. Continue reading →

Getting started!

Don't forget the drop in session 12 noon on Monday in 28/1019 if you have questions. The "getting started in 9 steps" and "deadlines on one page" documents are linked from the Study Guide page Topic 1 starts on 8th February. In preparation for this you should make sure that you have: 1. Set up your blog and completed the "about me" page 2. Set up other social media accounts (eg Twitter, LinkedIn) if necessary 3. Advised us of your contact details via the google form 4. Continue reading →

Welcome to #UOSM2008

We hope you enjoy our Curriculum Innovation module. I’m sure it will be quite a different learning experience for you :-) http://www.slideshare.net/lisaharris/living-and-working-on-the-web-intro-session-2016 This post contains important information and useful links. Please read it carefully… There will be an introductory face to face session to explain how the module works on 28th January at 4pm in 58/1041. Continue reading →

General Feedback on Topic 2

Thanks to all of you for some excellent discussions about online identity. Yes it is a huge area and impossible for one person to cover everything, but I hope you agree that collectively the group has produced a variety of interesting perspectives and resources on the topic. Some posts are getting too long – experiment with “doing more with less”. Continue reading →

Topic 3 Building your Online Professional Profile

Please read these notes and check out the link, before preparing and posting your answer to the set question. This document should be regarded as just the start of the discussion, which we all then develop over the next two weeks through the conversations themselves and the sharing of further relevant links. It is intended to give you a flavour of the challenges and opportunities in managing your professional online identity, and get you started on answering the Topic 3 set question below. Continue reading →

Progress Report

Hi everyone, It's good to see that some of you are already getting stuck into Topic 2, and there are some great materials being shared on Twitter - keep it up! Remember that end of play on Sunday 23rd is the deadline for submitting your first Topic 2 post. Don't forget that we have a workshop with Simon Morice on using your phones to record and edit video at 1pm next Tuesday (25th) which will replace the usual drop in session. Continue reading →

General feedback notes to students on Topic 1

Thank you for all your contributions so far. We have very much enjoyed reading them. If you have not yet submitted Topic 1 work it is now late, and Topic 2 has started! Your individual feedback will be emailed to you shortly. In the meantime, here are some general comments: Basic information about the structure and expectations of the module is available in the study guide and in the weekly updates posted in the “Module Admin” section of the blog. Continue reading →

Please check blog aggregation

All of you who have completed the first task on time should now see your posts aggregated into this blog. If not, please check that you have put your post into a Category called "Topic 1" and tagged it with #UOSM2008. If your blog is listed in the right hand column with its title rather than your name, please can you amend. This change needs to come from your end. Continue reading →

Week 2 Summary and Next Steps

Don't forget the deadline for your first Topic 1 post is tomorrow (Sunday), then you have until end of Wednesday (12th Feb) to post your comments on the work of two other students, and then your reflective summaries on Topic 1 by next Sunday (16th February). And a reminder that you need to give your posts the Category of "Topic 1" and a Tag of #UOSM2008 for them to be aggregated into this blog. It is a manual process to connect the blogs so you won't see it happen straight away. Continue reading →

Summary of the first week and next steps

Hi everyone If you haven't yet done so, please let me have your blog url so that your posts can be added to the module blog. Remember that the module has two main strands of activity: 1) reviewing, commenting and summarising each of the five Topic areas, and 2) developing your own professional profiles on Twitter, your blog and LinkedIn. Topic 1 starts tomorrow (3rd Feb) and runs until 16th Feb. Continue reading →

Welcome to Living and Working on the Web #UOSM2008

We hope you enjoy our Curriculum Innovation module. I'm sure it will be quite a different learning experience for you :-) This post contains important information and useful links. Please read it carefully. A full copy of the module Study Guide is available here: UOSM2008 Study Guide 2014 A few pointers to get you started: There will be an introductory face to face session to explain how the module works on Monday 27th January at 11am in B67/E2011. http://www.slideshare. Continue reading →