Out now: 2 chapters on social media in higher education
The 13th of June in Bournemouth University’s calendar of the Festival of Learning was dedicated to visual communication. Aimed mainly at people working within the third sector, the workshop which my colleague Anna Feigenbaum and I ran challenged participants to think about creating images that…
Introducing @DCS_BU & dcsbu.wordpress.com
The Digital Communication Strategies course that I teach at Bournemouth University now has its own social media presence in the form of a twitter account, website like this blog and dedicated Delicious stack. This term is very practice-focused so it makes sense to enable…
Social media policy – legal tool or communication strategy
Whether one considers social media strategy to be part of wider marketing efforts or put it under a general communication strategy, buy questions about access and representation of a company and brand should always be asked. There aren’t only questions that deal with reputation management…
5 weeks, 5 days, 5 sessions of technology for education
After my teaching time as a visiting lecturer to Katho, this web I returned to Bahrain to embrace a new challenge. After the success of my Prezi workshops which have seen the powerpoint alternative very quickly adopted by academic staff around the campus, more…
#kathonewmedia – 3 years later
I have started teaching as a Visiting Lecturer at Katho in December 2008. I was returning to the institution that hosted me as an exchange student 5 years earlier. I swapped position in the classroom – from the student’s seat to the lecturer’s spotlight. When…