By popular demand, answers to those burning questions….

What’s In It?
An essential guide to getting the most out of using the internet and internet technology for studying. Areas covered include: web 2.0 technology (wikis, blogs, Podcasts and RSS) that students may encounter at university, good web practice (netiquette, tagging, online writing) and using external resources for educational use (citeulike, Google scholar and delicious).

How Can I Obtain It? (UK)
If you are a UK customer, all titles in the Palgrave Pocket Study Skills series are exclusively available from Blackwells Bookshops or at their website.

How Can I Obtain It? (Rest of the World)
If you are an International customer, you can purchase all titles in the Palgrave Pocket Study Skills series directly from Palgrave or your local bookseller.

About the Pocket Study Skills Series
For the time-pushed student, the Pocket Study Skills pack a lot of advice into a little book. Each focuses on a single crucial aspect of study – giving students step by step guidance, handy tips and clear advice on how to approach the important areas which are continually at the core of their study ethic.

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To request an inspection copy or download a sample chapter from the book visit the publisher Palgrave Macmillan.

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This handy guide shows students how to get the most out of using the internet and internet technology. Areas covered include: web 2.0 technology (wikis, blogs, Podcasts and RSS) that students may encounter at university, good web practice (netiquette, tagging, online writing) and using external resources (citeulike, Google scholar and del.ici.ous).

Now set for release on 7th August 2009 !

More Details from the publisher or you can order a copy from Blackwells here….

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and More (Pocket Study Skills)

When I came to write my study guide – Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and More – I never really envisioned it being offered for sale all over the world (although the concepts comfortably fit global teaching environments and university students or staff members trying to get their head around the world of Web 2.0). It’s therefore been a nice surprise to see it being offered in a variety of different worldwide locations including:

Canada
USA
Japan
France
and Germany

and given me a renewed perspective on the global phenomenon and concepts of web 2.0 from an academic viewpoint. I hope it is internationally of use.

ps not to leave the UK out :

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and More (Pocket Study Skills)

Palgrave Macmillan have just announced details of their 2009 Pocket Study Skills Series, one of which is my book “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and More.” (ISBN 978-0-230-57763-3)

It’s been written as an essential guide to getting the most out of using the internet and internet technology for studying. Areas covered include: web 2.0 technology (wikis, blogs, Podcasts and RSS) that students may encounter at university, good web practice (netiquette, tagging, online writing) and using external resources for educational use (citeulike, Google scholar and del.ici.ous).

Each guide focuses on a single crucial aspect of study – for example, the importance of planning an essay, or referencing and understanding plagiarism – giving students step-by-step guidance, handy tips and clear advice on how to approach the important areas which will continually be at the core of their study ethic.

View Palgrave Study Skills Leaflet

Attended a really enjoyable and stimulating e-learning conference at Plymouth today. Here’s my session on Web 2.0 @ BU – Use of Wikis within the School of Health & Social Care (instead of using powerpoint this session utilised a wikispace)

Visit The Presentation and supporting material
Date & Time Of Presentation : Friday 4th April 2008 at 11.45am – 12.15pm

Andy At Plymouth

Steve Wheeler’s Conference Round-up

Instead of using powerpoint this session utilises a wikispace:

RE: Innovative Learning and Teaching – Wikis

Visit The Presentation and supporting material

Date & Time Of Presentation : Wednesday 19th March 2008 at 2pm – 2.50pm

Instead of using powerpoint this short presentation utilises a wikispace:

RE: Learning from Experience: Using Wikis and Blogs as part of your teaching strategy

Visit The Presentation and supporting material

Date & Time Of Presentation : Thursday 14th February 2008 at 1pm – 2pm

Instead of using powerpoint this session utilises a wikispace:

RE: Innovative Learning and Teaching – Wikis

Visit The Presentation and supporting material

Date & Time Of Presentation : Wednesday 7th November 2007 at 1pm – 1.50pm

A really interesting trip to the University of Plymouth yesterday to talk with Steve Wheeler (Faculty of Education) and Maged Boulos (Faculty of Health & Social Work) about what they were up to in Second Life and elsewhere in the world of Web 2.0. I’ve come back with a big list of reading and links (a sample of which is below…)

Mashing, Burning, Mixing and the Destructive Creativity of Web 2.0: Applications for Medical Education

Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education

Steve’s Blog : Learning With ‘e’s

Maged’s Blog : Web 2.0 and the 3D Web (Virtual Worlds and Second Life)

Whilst googling (!) today I was delighted to come across an old Jaiku post saying I’d motivated PF Anderson to create a SL Healthy Wiki. A great idea and obviously she’s been a lot busier with her project than we have with ours recently (!). This is definitely something else to examine in more detail at a later date.

The concept of Wikis used as a portal for pointing to other web information is an idea I’m pursuing with the Patient Journey wiki (also in Wetpaint – snap) and you can find out more about this project or get involved with it here.