flexible+teaching

There are a number of ways that media can assist teachers, by providing more flexible ways to compile, distribute, edit, collaborate, share and create information and knowledge.

What is interesting about social software is that it enables us, as teachers, to ...

1. Compile and distribute and share information instantly, at virtually zero cost, which is so much more convenient and efficient.

2. Quickly and easily collaborate on 'user-generated content' - be that our own lecture notes, information about courses, etc.

Misha's wiki is an interesting example: http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/staffweb/filipm/Wikka/HomePage if you can access it, this link doesnt seem to go through automatically, though it does seem to work if you click on the Refresh button.

Roy's blog is an example of how you can do your marking more effectively, and quicker, and at the same time build up a cumulative resources for the course: [|http://www.roysdd100.blogspot.com] What you will see is a General section, which pulls together the general comments on a particular assignment, followed by particular responses to particular students, which have been slightly edited to be of possible interest to the whole class. Each student did also get a full set of feedback, sent to them individually, with other comments included as well.