resources

evolving list of relevant online texts

critical perspectives on web 2.0

Geert Lovink – Theses on wiki politics, in re-public: re-imagining democracy, special issue on Wiki politics – part I

Geert Lovink (Net Critique blog): Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse

usability tips

Tom Johnson (I’d Rather Be Writing blog) Twenty Usability Tips for Your Blog — Condensed from Dozens of Bloggers’ Experiences

http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/04/09/twenty-usability-tips-for-your-blog-%E2%80%94-condensed-from-dozens-of-bloggers-experiences/

core reading

Alexander, B. (2006) Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no.2 (March/April 2006): 32–44. [Online] Available from:
http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0621.asp
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

EDUCAUSE, The New Media Consortium (NMC) (2006) The 2006 Horizon Report. Stanford, CA: NMC. [Online] Available from:
http://www.nmc.org/horizon/
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Bartlett-Bragg, A. Blogging to Learn. Sydney, AU: University of Technology. [Online] Available from:
http://knowledgetree.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition04/html/blogging_to_learn_intro.html
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Sturtz, D. (2004) Communal Categorization: The Folksonomy. [Online] Available from:
http://www.davidsturtz.com/drexel/622/sturtz-folksonomy.pdf

[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Meng, P. (2005) Podcasting & Vodcasting: A White Paper. University of Missouri. [Online] Available from:
http://edmarketing.apple.com/adcinstitute/wp-content/Missouri_Podcasting_White_Paper.pdf
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Witte, L. (2006) The White Cube of the Virtual World Art Space, part one. Slate Magazine. [Online] Available from:
http://www.slatenight.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=40
The White Cube of the Virtual World Art Space, part two. Slate Magazine. [Online] Available from:
http://www.slatenight.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=40
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/upm-data/12073_01_Rose2_Ch_01.pdf
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

OPTIONAL READING:

LSBU, Help Sheets How to do your Referencing (1) (2) (3): an introduction to the Harvard System (Printed Sources)/ Further examples using the Harvard System/ Web Sites, Electronic

Journals and the Internet (HS 30/31/32)
http://www.lisa.lsbu.ac.uk/helpsheets/hs30.pdf
http://www.lisa.sbu.ac.uk/helpsheets/hs31.pdf
http://www.lisa.sbu.ac.uk/006_services/help/documents/hs32.pdf

EDUCAUSE (2006) 7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Worlds. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. [Online] Available from:
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7015

[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Book, B. (2003) Traveling Through Cyberspace: Tourism and Photography in Virtual Worlds. [Online] Available from:
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/papers/tourism/tourism.html
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Damone, D (2006) New Learning Spaces: New Media Consortium Campus. Slate Magazine. [Online] Available from:
http://www.slatenight.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=40
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Ixchel, A. (2006) The Whisper Box: An audio installation by Robbie Dingo. Slate Magazine. [Online] Available from:
http://www.slatenight.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=40
[Accessed 21 January 2007]

Baetens, J. Notes on Photo Analysis How to read a photographic image. Photorel. [Online] Available from:
http://www.photherel.net/notes/ [Accessed 21 January 2007]