Project definition

I am trying to define the e-learning project that I want to achieve over 2012. I want to produce some means of consolidating learning on the web for the subjects that I am responsible in the Library. Since the databases have moved to the ERM and can be accessed directly via the catalogue my subject pages are looking very bare.
Am also aware of extremely mixed skills level in all the subject cohorts that I've met this year and want a place to deposit attractive training material.

Emma and Kate have been working on a Business tutorial which at first glance looks like it could be customised for the Social Sciences. I also need to set up a proper blog for targetted information flow. Need it to be relevant, attractive, interesting and sustainable.

E-learning award

Have just commenced the Warwick e-learning award. I am hoping that I can create some online library support for students that is not too boring but is meaningful, relvant and attractive whilst using SiteBuilder. In the library videos are often seen as being a quick fix for e-learning. I do wonder though, if I was a student would I ever watch a video about The British Education Index?

At the moment, I know what I don't want my online support to be: boring; patronising, irrelevant, wordy, librariany.....am hoping that the course can reveal an alternative.

Firefox

  by  digitalprimate 

I haven't used Firefox for some time - my last version became riddled with a virus and I drifted away from it.  However I have now downloaded a new version and remember how much I like the way it deals with tabs and how great it is for filling in copyright scanning forms.  Previously I ignored the add-ons but now I've installed Reminder Fox and Fireshot.  Emma also pointed me to http://imagecodr.org/ which is great for providing the correct attribution on Flickr photos. I'll be using this lots.

Doodling and meeting

Again I'm hit by more choices when setting up a meeting. In the past I've used both Doodle and Meet-O-Matic. Now I've found out about Tungle.  I've found both Doodle and Meetomatic really useful in the past particularly when trying to convene a meeting with people who are dispersed around the country.

 I've often created accounts for various applications in the past and then can never remember the e-mail account or log-in that I've used.  Am thinking that I'm obviously going to have to consolidate it all.  Might be time to move everything to Google because the reader, the e-mail and the documents are all there.

I've added the doodle poll to my iGoogle page which will be fine for family events.

iGoogle and RSS feeds

I've used iGoogle for sometime at home and find this quite useful. I like comparing the penguins, spiders and fish with my sons. I also like the very positive horoscope reading that I've got on tap. I find iGoogle too distracting at work.
I do though use RSS feeds at both work and home. I find it useful having one place where interesting blog information is collated.  Some students that I work with find RSS feeds useful too when keeping up to date with specific journal titles or database searches.
One of the things that overwhelms me a bit with Web 2.0 is the sheer amount of choice that there is regarding any activity.  I'm now wondering if I'd actually use the Warwick Start pages and if would they be preferable to Insite?

Rolling through 23 things

So am already three things behind but am I downhearted?  No.  (:^) I've never used Blogger before and have always thought that I could never  sustain enough interesting verbage for a blog.  I've experimented with some Web 2.0 and am hoping that this programme will give me a more cohesive overview.