"Hi Corvida! long time no blog....:-( The reason for me is I have just finished school and started work! The plus side of that is that my job is that of eLearning Support Officer at my local University in the UK and a major aspect of the work will be to investigate Web 2.0 concepts and applications to see how they can be applied to Higher Ed. This is rather a new concept for the UK Higher Education mainstream (certainly out in the backwaters, if not in the big cities) and I am currently developing a social network for staff to share ideas, thoughts, best practice and so on in eLearning, using the Ning platform. This will be quite radical for some staff members, so I will be reporting back on my experiences and findings over the coming weeks and months on ffynnonweb.com Any hints, tips and so on are always warmly welcomed and appreciated by me! If anyone reckons another platform may be better suited, please let me know. I like Ning at the moment because you can make a private network..." - Julia
"Re shorter posts- you could well be right.....but it sort of breaks the flow of the story somehow, when I wanted to tell a story in several chapters. Maybe there should have been more chapters, perhaps?" - Julia
"I rarely if ever, receive blog comments. I used to think that folk werent reading my blog (perhaps they are'nt!) but my Twitter followers are increasing steadily as are my contacts on mybloglog even if my subscribers are few, so someone must read/like me somewhere..lol
It must also be said that having posted several related and rather lengthy blog posts concerning my dissertation, I am now taking a bit of a break before starting a newish topic (elearning and social media in education) which is the career direction I am hoping to follow in the autumn, so hopefully that subject will attract some new interest." - Julia
This is the third part of a three part series of articles detailing a case study that I undertook recently as part of a research project into social media and online communication. - Julia
This is the third part of a three part series of articles detailing a case study that I undertook recently as part of a research project into social media and online communication. - Julia
"Great post Louis and with lots of food for thought for those of us just starting out in the new blogosphere (if not the web itself, in my case).
It is very helpful to receive some guidance, as the likelihood of some of us offending or putting our metaphorical foot in it, is quite high in the beginning!! It can be a bit chastening or upsetting to be pulled up for these things, so it is better to know and understand the 'netiquette' as soon as possible.
I gather you have just become a father, so many congratulations to you." - Julia
"My Union has a strong presence on Facebook and you have to join our college network using your college email so you can be verified. I dont think the college staff themselves post on these places yet though. On the positive side, they are hoping to increase awareness of social media as they develop their elearning provision so there is hope that things will improve shortly." - Julia
the second part of a three part series of articles detailing a case study that I undertook recently as part of a research project into social media and online communication. - Julia
the second part of a three part series of articles detailing a case study that I undertook recently as part of a research project into social media and online communication. - Julia
The first part of a 3 part series of articles charting the move of an online community from a web 1.0 forum to a web 2.0 online social network. - Julia
The first part of a 3 part series of articles charting the move of an online community from a web 1.0 forum to a web 2.0 online social network. - Julia
"I think you have definitely got the right idea, hun. If you cant follow your dream now - when the heck can you?? Go for it..what on earth have you got to lose? Absolutely nothing and potentially everything to gain....I love this new online world of social media and friendship, even though I am a lot older than you, I still have the same 'thirst for knowledge' (as someone said about me recently) and genuine excitement about learning new things - in fact, sometimes I feel like a kid in a sweet shop..maybe because I am older and none of this technology existed when I was young? Who knows? Anyway.....all good stuff!!" - Julia
"I will diligently go through these apps looking at updates now but am intrigued by Toluu, I must confess. I would quite like an invite if you can spare one please." - Julia
"I am not good on the phone...I struggle with real time conversations when I cant see people and read their body language...sounds a bit silly I know, but IM petrifies me and I always get my OH to answer the phone. I love talking online in blog comments, twitter friendfeed and forums because it isnt instant and gives me time to collect my thoughts I expect.
I always have great ideas for blog posts when I am busy doing something else and think oh yes i'll say that, do this and then when I do get a minute to spare, I cant remember these fab ideas!!
Perhaps I should carry round an old fashioned notepad and pen and scribble my thoughts down as I get them so I can use them later...novel idea or what?? lol!!" - Julia
"Brilliant set of tips for those of us starting out in social media. We dont want to spam (heaven forbid!) but we do want to let others know that we have joined the party and would like to be offered a drink :-)" - Julia
"This post is very timely for me as it chimes totally with one of my recent blog posts on http://ffynnonweb.com (From Bulletin Boards to the IRC) exploring online communication and how much has changed, but how the basic principle remains the same. I have likened online social networks like those on Ning.com to the old MSN Communities of which I was a member and I think your comparison of bulletin boards with Friendfeed strikes much the same chord.
I shall highlight this post on my blog now If I may (and add you to my blogroll of course!)" - Julia
"Gosh what a great post!! I must be a lot geekier than I thought because I am happily ticking off those that I am using and bookmarking half the others that I will be using after reading this...thanks for going to the trouble and effort for those of us who are new to WP 2.5 and all these widget type goodies!! My previous WP blog was WP 2.0 and it has come on a lot since then :-)" - Julia
An overview of online social networks with an in-depth look at several targeted networks as part of a series of articles chronicling the changes in online social communication over the past 30 years. - Julia
An overview of online social networks with an in-depth look at several targeted networks as part of a series of articles chronicling the chnges in online social communication over the past 30 years. - Julia
The primary focus of Ffynnonweb is the extent to which users are coping with the changing online landscape as it embraces Web 2.0 and Social Media. - Julia
"I cant get it to work on my blog. It says it is there when you enable debugging but it doesnt show up at all on the blog itself. I have Disqus comments installed too, but I notice you have both working together quite happily here. Any ideas on what is going wrong? Could it be my theme perhaps?" - Julia
“Has anyone had any problems with Dailog box asking for authentication to sign in to Twitter API crashing Firefox? I am at my wits end on how to stop it.Have now installed Opera on my lappy as FF is unusable! ”
