University assessment 2.0?

A recent news story in the technology sector identifies Queensland’s Griffith University as being one of the first to use Twitter as a tool for assessing students: …About 340 first-year Griffith University journalism students have to Tweet ongoing assessment pieces this semester. Lecturer Dr Jacqui Ewart said she understood Griffith to be the first university [...]

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Web 2.0 fast facts

Just for fun, here are some web 2.0 ‘fast facts’ that demonstrate the increasing popularity of online social technologies both in Australia and worldwide: 76% of online Australian adults regularly use social technologies (Source: Forrester) Approximately 30% of Australians have their own blog (Source: Universal McCann) Australia is currently the fourth biggest Twitter-using country (Source: [...]

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Recent Campus Review article about the changing face of librarians

A recent article in Campus Review talks about some of the ways that academic libraries (and consequently librarians) are changing in response to increased digitisation of resources.  From the article: The next generation of professional librarians are enrolled in information management degrees. They need to be given the explosion in digital information, reports Jeremy Gilling. [...]

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Evaluating Learning 2.0 programs in Australian libraries

A press release about upcoming research on the evaluation of Learning 2.0 programs in Australian libraries: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: US LEARNING 2.0 RESEARCHER DR MICHAEL STEPHENS APPOINTED 2009 CAVAL VISITING SCHOLAR Melbourne, 30 March 2009 – Internationally recognised US Web 2.0 commentator, writer and library academic, Dr Michael Stephens, has been appointed the 2009 CAVAL [...]

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