10 easy steps to ease on-line communication

There are many different ways to communicate on-line now days from chat rooms, forums to e-mail, instant messaging, blogs and personal spaces. Some have clearly stated rules and some depend on unwritten codes of behaviour. Here are a few general tips provided that will hopefully make those occasions where learning and teaching are taking place more worthwhile.

Projecting Yourself On-Line

Discusses the difference between how a student might project themself in social software and on a web page. Also discusses some of the risks of on-line presence.

Calculating Team Character Strengths

Individuals need to have completed the VIA Character Strengths Survey prior to this activity as they will need to know their top 5 'signature' Character Strengths. This Excel Spreadsheet can be used to look at the Team Culture and to align team members' top Strengths with 7 key Team Functions