This is the end, Beautiful Friend...

Well, that's it, no more of that there Web 2.0 Wednesdays...

I'd really like to thank you all for your marvelous contributions - it's of course in the very nature of Web 2.0 that the course has been very much a two-way (multi-way, indeed!) process and so it is thanks to you all that we reached such a magnificent conclusion in your thoughtful, funny, well-presented and dynamic final presentation. As soon as WebCT lets me, I'll upload the full unexpurgated recording of your presentation ot the course section, which you can then - if you should wish - download and edit in audacity. 

Many thanks to Marios and Helen for their ever-present good sense and willingness to help out along the way. 

And many congratulations to all of you for sticking with it - you should be proud: I am!

Week 5: Podcasting

This week, you'll be doing all the work - by creating a podcast, which you will upload to your course blog and write about.

By the time you get to this, you're a seasoned podcasting professional - however, there's more information about podcasts here, here and here.

For the rest of the week, you will be preparing for your in-class presentation.

By the way, something I missed in the OLiA blog is where to find podcasts (to subscribe to) - here's a few places you might look:

• BBC Radio Podcasts
• Podcast Alley
• Find Great Podcasts (quite extensive!)

Week 4 Collaborative Task

This is fully a part of preparation for your final week presentation:

1. Create appropriate pages in the course wiki so that the wiki is in a state of readiness for future development
2. Write a note or two on each page, suggestions as to what the content might be...

Week 4, Task 3: Your Wiki

1. Use your usual Google account details to claim your own Wiki(s) here (btw, Google have chosen to call their Wikis 'sites', but a rose by any other name...).
2. Watch this video to learn how to set up and develop your Wiki. Browse through the help pages to learn more.
3. Write a blog post suggesting how you might develop/sustain your Wiki. Also, how might a wiki best be used for professional/work/educational purposes?

Week 4, Task 1: Wikilist

Browse this scarily extensive 'List of Wikis' and blog on two or three of them - and answer the question: what are the main features of a useful/successful/sustainable wiki?

Week 4: Wikis

The word is from the Hawaiian for 'quick' and a wiki is simply a collection of web pages that can be edited by a group. Quickly.

So, if you want quick, here's but the place to start is, as usual, with the video produced by the 'Plain English' people:

Here's the course wiki and here are some more resources to get a good overview of the world of the Wiki:

• How Stuff Works: Wiki is well worth a read
• Wiki by Wikipedia
• Wikipedia by Wikipedia

Social Bookmarking for academics

A rather good post on social bookmarking for academics here (if I do say so myself, ahem).