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.

Accessibility in the Design of Learning Resources

These slides accompany a seminar delivered on 20 May 2016 by Jane Warren (Southampton Education School) and Adam Warren (Institute for Learning Innovation and Development). A recording of the lecture can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/zp8u3lq

Les Carr explains the moral high ground on open educational resources

In this video, taken in front of the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens, Su White interviews Les Carr about why he asserts that there is a moral duty for teachers who create educational content to put that content in the public domain, rather than hoarding it in their institution.

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.