Thanks to UoS’s social media savvy Tom Roper for leading me to the following blogs maintained by other UoS staffers.
I’ll try and compile a full list of UoS Blogs for general reference. Please let me know of any others and I will attempt to keep this page up-to-date rather than adding multiple posts.
There most be loads of relevant Sussex University blogs out there. The other thing is to join the Uni of Sussex network on facebook. It’s all going on there…
SPLASH – Student Personal Learning & Social Homepages (added)
Rob Read, Amy Walker, Beth Granter, Tony Hudson, Alison Field and their team at Sussex are doing very cool things with Splash. It’s a blog, it’s a social media strategy, it’s starting to happen! They are really putting some resources into embracing the potential of online student (and staff) power. We’ll be watching this space closely and supporting them where we can. Not sure how it will compete with the seemingly unstoppable Facebook for attention (how much time can we possibly spend updating our profiles etc!), but I guess like they say it will have more of a focus on learning, which is right where we are at.
Be very interesting to see how they go with mashups (live bus and train times, gig guides, personalised calendars including deadlines etc wow). All sounds really open and cool. Bet the futurelab people would be able to offer loads of good input. Bet we are not going to see ratemyprofessor apps coming in. More on this one later! It’s got me going…
Seeing as I blogged the first part of my MA in Education Studies (Person-Centred Learning) and started looking at how learning communities come together, amongst other things, I guess I was always going to get hooked by a project like this… I’m also a bit of a tragic facebooker, so you get the general picture.
Separated By A Common Language
“Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK”. Lynn’s blog is a good example of an authentic voice. She writes well. She is “herself” and bridges the potential gap between personal and professional selves very well. It’s also a fascinating read and a great title!
- Dr Lynne Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics & English Language
“This blog is to support the development of medical humanities teaching in the Brighton & Sussex Medical School curriculum.”
- Maintained by Tom Roper.
“Current awareness for language teachers and students from the University of Sussex Language Learning Centre.”
- Also maintained by the prolific… Tom Roper.
“The Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre blog.“
- Maintained by Julia Day, STEPS Communications Officer.
Thanks for your input Tom, and for blogging about our pilot course in blogging for academics at Sussex.
Time to turn this into a blogroll…
