It must be reporting season - in addition to the major "Social Media: State of the Art" report which we'll soon publish through the Smart Services CRC, two final reports from (what used to be called) Carrick Institute teaching and learning projects which I was involved in during 2007 and 2008 have been released recently. (The Carrick Institute has since been renamed the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.) I really can't take much credit here, though - my gradual and continuing transition to a very research-heavy workload has meant that my teaching activities have increasingly had to take a back seat. So, congratulations should go to:
- Robert Fitzgerald at the University of Canberra, who led the masheDLC research team exploring the use of social media technologies to develop digital learning communities. The team's report, "Digital Learning Communities: Investigating the Application of Social Software to Support Networked Learning", is now available from the Carrick/ALTC site.
- Jen Webb (University of Canberra) and Donna Lee Brien (Central Queensland University), who led the Australian Postgraduate Writers Network team that built a knowledge sharing site for creative writing postgraduates. The final report from that project, "Australian Writing Programs Network (CG642)", is also online at the Carrick/ALTC site.
