Jun 7, 2010 View Comments
Getting started with your studies: some key social media tools for effective learning
For those of you starting out in the School of Management this week, many of you newly arrived in the UK, I will be sharing with you some hints and tips to help you make the most of your learning opportunity. In preparation for this session, you might like to take a look at the following:
If you have a Google account (for example a gmail address) you can customise your page as I have done here, to keep up to date with topics of interest to you. You can organise under subheadings so that you group together all items relating to ‘dissertation’ or ‘Introduction to Marketing unit’ for example, and any new posts on your chosen blogs will automatically be pulled through so you can see these updates at a glance. Google Reader also serves the same purpose but presents the information in a different style.
By scanning your igoogle pages , you may well find an article or video that you wish to keep and refer to again, in which case you can save it into Delicious and index it in a way that suits you. I would recommend that you include a few comments to remind yourself of the nature of the content and why you kept it, because once you build up a few hundred items you will forget what the earlier ones were all about J
My main source of new material comes from Twitter. Follow people who share information that is useful to you – and be prepared to share what you find with others aswell. For Marketing students, a great place to start is Dave Chaffey’s blog post where he lists key people to follow on Twitter who are experts in various aspects of marketing.
Diigo combines bookmarking and community building features. It allows you to highlight and add comments to web pages that you read, then save and share your findings as a slideshow. By tagging items of interest, you can connect with other users on a global basis who are commenting on the same material. Have a look at the explanatory video
Enjoy!
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