On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:31:54 +1200 Came this utterance formulated by Nathan Cox to my mailbox:
> Hi, I was wondering if anybody knows if there's information available > anywhere (like statistics, even rough ones) about how many uni student > use different services like Facebook apps, Twitter, feed readers, > vista gadgets, YouTube subscriptions, etc. > Basically what I'm looking for is some kind of information on the best > ways to push notifications and information to students (that they > subscribe to) that's a bit more concrete and convincing than "but > everybody uses Facebook". > I attended a teaching and learning conference at EIT Hawkes Bay recently "Student Success: A new era in ways of learning" where the concensus was to incorporate all of the new techniques available (as many as possible anyway). I think Bebo has as much of a following in NZ students as Facebook does. One option being explored was giving students thought provoking questions via text when they want it. Travelling on the train at 3:30 or 8:00pm during normal TV watching. The conference emphasis seemed to be on tertiary training. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
