Using web tools to collate and share information with your learners and researchers

Using web tools to collate and share information with your learners and researchershttp://tinyurl.com/3fd5jgz

Sarah Oxford (@Sarahbrarian)Academic Liaison Librarian (Education)University of Worcester

Identifying a need Starting out Lessons learned Latest toys

Identifying a need Distance and part-time students Academic staff and reading lists

o Promoting what we’ve goto Promoting what’s out thereo Providing advice and support

Bringing it all together

Starting out Delicious: http://delicious.com/sarahoxford

Personal and public bookmarks Got bigger and bigger...

Starting out Netvibes: www.netvibes.com/sarahoxford

Main, important websites Tabs for different courses/areas Updates in netvibes when links break One link = multiple websites Personal page ‘Sarah’s Life’!

Starting out Same questions, different students So many courses, only one of me...

o Education Network on Ningo Blog, advice pages, photos, videos

Lessons Learned Nothing lasts forever?

Don’t force membership of your sites

Link resources together: branding?www.netvibes.com/ednetworkhttp://delicious.com/ednetworkhttp://ednetwork.mixxt.com

Lessons Learned Promote, promote, promote Don’t underestimate how long it takes to set up – but

it’s much easier to maintain once it’s done Mixxt:

Latest toys Pebblepadhttp://tinyurl.com/2cdgpus

Enhancing content and making things just a little bit easier: Prezi, tinyurl.com, flavors.me

Latest toys http://flavors.me/sarahoxford

That’s it! Identify a need – pick a tool – do it! For Prezi version see http://tinyurl.com/alissprezi For all materials: http://tinyurl.com/alissmixxt See also Phil Bradley’s sites:

http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley/umbrella2011

IMAGES

http://tweepi.com/blog/2011/04/10-advanced-twitter-tips-tricks/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-1096910 http://www.matryoshka-dolls.co.uk/ http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/web-2-0/what-is-

ning-and-what-can-i-use-it-for/ http://onestop-locks.com/padlock-50mm-2-wide-

hardened-steel-shackle-p-217.html