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WELCOME TO THE COURSE

This is short course covering the basics of digital literacy. The course is in a blended learning format (partly face to face and partly online) and it is aimed at students in Higher Education.

The course lasts for 5 weeks and runs between 12th August 2008 and 9th September 2008. The aim is to introduce you to a variety of technologies to give you some direct experiences of new ways of working and also as a chance to help you start thinking about the implications of all this for you.

We are not able to cover all the trends and technologies in a short course like this. We could not cover mobile learning for example but there are aspects of the course that touch upon learning with handheld devices. We also don't cover Second Life here but again its touched upon in social networking. These are not covered partly because of the time we have avaialble and partly because we can not be sure of the mobile phones you have available and the power of your own computers. We also do not cover ejournals and this is partly because the Library will give you an introduction and tutorials on that topic. Despite these gaps, there should be enough for you to gain some real insights into modern networked life and learning.

The Course Structure is as follows:

Week 1: Introduction, Personal Projects and Blogs

Week 2: Social Networking and Flickr

Week 3: RSS & Social Bookmarking

Week 4: Maps and locative media

Week 5: Review, sharing project portfolios and Close

What will happen in the course meetings? Well, face to face sessions will be mainly used to plan ahead to the work and week that follows and also to reflect on the week completed. What will happen online? You will be working on several tasks each week mostly looking at presentations and trying out new technologies. Activities will also include keeping a blog online. This is a record of your thinking and experiences as a journal or diary. Full details of how to do this and where are given in the week 1 information and throughout the course.

We hope that you enjoy the course and engage with as many different technologies and share your thinking as we go along together.