A Study on the Effective use of Social Software

JISC e-Learning Programme Meeting3rd March 2009

Shailey Minocha (Open University) and Heather Williamson (JISC)

s.minocha@open.ac.uk

Our study• To investigate the use of social software in HE and FE• Wikis, blogs, Flickr, Delicious, Facebook• Case Study methodology

Interviews, focus groups, analysis of reports, observing students activities

• Derive recommendations for educators and institutions

• Deliverables: please see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/socialsoftware08.aspx

Benefits and challengesInstitutions, educators and students

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Institutions

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Role of educators

Students’ experiences

The journey to success

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