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Some great points from Steve Buttry on why journalists need to take over their own professional training rather than wait for their employers to do it for them.
The benefits of teaching yourself go beyond the skill you just learned: You underscore your own responsibility for your [...]
Ever since I’ve been involved with the ideas of online/digital/data (delete as appropriate) journalism – I’ve been using the metaphor of Batman’s utility belt as a way of thinking about a journalist’s skillet and how it can evolve over time.
Rather than a rucksack full of tools, [...]
This year I’m working with two different students as their dissertation supervisor. One is a postgrad and the other an undergrad.
After talking to both of them we’re going to be using Googledocs to share their thoughts and allow me to review what they are up to.
One of them is already using googlechat with [...]
John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, was set to launch an online game for young people to understand the workings of Parliament.
Although aimed at schools Parliament.uk says the site will be open to everyone and uses:
…rarely seen footage of the House of Commons giving players a real feel for [...]
One of the things that has made me think about my course project is how to measure what I’m trying to look at: informal learning in social networking services.
One thing I’m very clear on is how much I learn from the brilliant people [...]
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Been reading a lot about Communities of Practice recently and thinking I’m not quite looking at the right thing – particularly as Wenger and Lave are talking about communities within the same organisation. But one thing that has struck me [...]
I’ve been thinking more about my project and have sorted out what I’m going to be looking at.
I’ve been on Twitter for a while now and find it a really useful place to hang out – mostly because of the easy access to such an interesting network of people [...]
Just attended my first group supervision session in Second Life, a very strange session which left me wanting to get to grips with the virtual world a little bit more.
Not sure I’m a big fan yet, but I [...]
To the research mobile
Been getting my Web 2.0 (f)utility belt together, because it is time to start working on the final research element of my elearning technologies course.
So far, my kit involves Zotero for storing articles ready for citation. The main problem is it isn’t web-based (and I’ve [...]
Spot of essential reading from Alison Gow for anyone interested in journalism, education or journalism education.
Alison, who blogs over at Headlines and Deadlines, has taken a look at the cycle from gathering to publication and follow-up and comparing web 1.0 to web 2.0.
I had no idea when I started doing this how [...]
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