Talking VTE Episode #4
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Synopsis
In this episode Alex Hayes, Kathie Warren, Dorothy Waterhouse, Michael Nelson, Robyn Jay, Rose Grozdanic & Stephan Ridgway have a conversation around the issue of bullying and harassment within online communities, a phenomenon which come to be characterised as “cyberbulling”.
Links Relevant to the podcast:
NSW Learnscope “Community Guidelines”
Tim O’Reilly has composed a Draft Blogger’s Code of Conduct for blogs
Anarchy of distance – Bryan Appleyard
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
CyberJournalist.net “A Bloggers Code of Ethics”
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
wikipedia entry on cyberbulling
NetAlert CyberSafe Schools – Internet Safety Education, Aust. Fed. Government initiative designed to help teachers empower students on safe use of the Internet.
NetSmartz Workshop Videos – Series of video scenarios on cyberbulling from a an North American interactive multimedia site that deals with cyber bullying and child saftey on the Internet.
FLOSS Weekly 7: Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales – The founder of Wikipedia discusses its roots, its software, and the secret to managing a diverse and fractious online community.
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Social Softwares : Report
Researcher Val Evans has sent me through an email containing the latest update for the research project into Networks, Connections and Community: Learning with Social Software
“……This project was jointly commissioned by the Research and Policy Advice and the Knowledge Sharing Services Projects. The research investigates the use of social software in teaching and learning and in capability building and contributes to our understanding of the ways in which the development of social softwares broadens opportunities for organisations to deliver flexible learning both to internal and external clients…….”
Research and Policy Advice and the Knowledge Sharing Services Projects, 2007
There are some interesting case studies alongside the final report all available for your perusal .
I look forward to your feedback on this project.
Read More...Greg Whitby
You may be interested in Greg Whitby, Executive Director of Schools in
the Parramatta Diocese in Western Sydney’sblog site complete with open access to the things he has achieved.
Of great interest is his presentations which are available for download.
We are also fortunate to have a NSW LearnScope team this year from Catholic Education in the Sydney Diocese and look forward to what they bring to our capability development discussions.
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