The first blog from the new crop of MSc Plant Diversity students appeared today in Whiteknights biodiversity. It’s a short blog on a gall seen on a creeping thistle. What is interesting to me is that I haven’t yet trained the students in how to use the blogging system – that’s incorporated into Monday’s teaching. I have one student at least with some innate digital literacy.
Using social media for employability
Recent studies have shown that students are comfortable using sites such as Facebook and Twitter in their social lives but feel less confident about applying those skills for learning. Our own small-scaleRead More…