2. Using Social Networking as Part of Student Engagement and Assessment

3. Retro Versus New From This To This From This To This

4. Blogs  Records recent history  Can incorporate Videos and Links  Good for Reflection within Personal Development Planning Unit  Can be used as posts in Eportfolios  Students can share knowledge with peers

5. Wikis  Used to encourage discussion in class and outwith class  Effective tool for homework and research in many units such as BIM, ICTB, Economics etc  24 hour connectivity  Can be anonymous

6. Twitter  Can tweet assignments  Use as a bulletin board  Absent students can keep up-to-date using hashtags  Share resources  Conversations can further develop outwith class  Can be used in tutorial for career development

7. Facebook  Can be set up for course before students start  Useful for homework  Students use for marketing events  Can use to display examples of their work

8. Podcasting  Short 5 minute Podcasts can be used to encourage further research to answer topical questions e.g. Legal Secretarial Unit could use this method to research work on the Scottish Law Society

9. Skype/Netviewer  Skype can be used in Office Technologies to illustrate video conferencing for one-to-one discussions  Netviewer can be used to illustrate video conferencing for many individuals in different locations  Either can be used for interviews with International students

10. YouTube  Can assist with new versions of software e.g. Microsoft Office 2007™ - Microsoft Office 2010™  Tutorials to introduce subjects e.g. project management Project Management Clip

11. Finally...  An unnamed University has issued their MBA students with an Ipad with all the course materials on it using most of the tools just discussed in this presentation!!