Introduction

There are 3 things that we ALL need to know about today’s Internet technologies:

1. Powerful GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS on blogs and other social media have begun since 1999. Catch up quickly or you might be left behind!
2. Email volume on related projects could be down by 75% and meeting times whacked in half… if you use wikis effectively, according to a report by Internet research firm Gartner Group.
3. NO licence costs, NO restrictive licences, and NO vendor lock-in are possible and feasible. In fact, you can set up a corporate website for as low as US$10 a year, or have easy access and installation of dozens of free scripts for as low as US$10 a month!

What are the implications of using and NOT using blogs, wikis and other social media for business and education? How can businesses and institutions use them? 

Objectives

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to:

* Discuss meaningfully the “what”, “why” and “how” of using blogs, wikis, and other free software (such as Google apps, Wordpress and Moodle) to meet the knowledge management and training needs of a commercial or educational organization.
* Use Google services to search, organize, communicate and collaborate on relevant information.
* Use RSS (rich site summary), Twitter, Facebook and other listening tools on the Web effectively.
* Create a blog on a popular blog host, add posts with text, links, graphics, audio, video and comments; and change the settings and templates of your blogs.
* Create a wiki on a popular host, manage wikis pages, adding text, tables, links, graphics, audio, video and comments; and change the settings of your wikis.
* Set up and manage your own website (domain) for as low as US$10 a year or US$10 a month.  

Outline

PART I: DECONSTRUCTION
* Understanding blogs, wikis, free/open software and other social media
* Understanding key concepts and questions in Media Literacy
* Blogs, wikis and other social media in Business & Education
* Benefits, Pitfalls & Tips of using (and NOT using) social media
* Hands-on-Training
  - Communicating & Collaborating with Google apps
  - Listening to blogs, wikis and other social media
  - Reflecting on blogs, wikis and other social media
  - Discussing blogs, wikis and other social media

PART II: CONSTRUCTION
* Planning your collaborative working/learning space
* Facilitating collaboration discussion on your Blog/Wiki
* Hands-on-Training
  - Creating a Blog and a Wiki on popular hosts
  - Editing Blog/Wiki profiles
  - Managing Blog/Wiki posts/pages
  - Managing Blog/Wiki settings and teams
  - Basic Editing of Templates
  - Adding Interactive Media
  - Setting up and using other social media
  - Setting up your hosted domain
  - Managing email accounts on a hosted domain
  - Using File transfer software such as Filezilla
  - Installing free quality services and scripts  

Trainer(s)

Who Should Attend

- Managers, teachers, parents or students who need to learn about the use of blogs, wikis, free/open software and other social media.
- Trainers who need to facilitate reflective and/or collaborative learning.
- Only basic computer and internet literacy needed.
- Must be familiar with Web surfing.
- No technical programming involved.  

Details

Date(s):

16 to 17 March 2010 

Time:

9:00am to 5:00pm 

Venue:

NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre 

Closing Date:

2 March 2010 

Course Fee:

Standard: S$590  

NTU/NIE Alumni, Staff & Students: S$472  

Group (3 & Above): S$531

NTUC Member: S$ ^NEW

Registration fees inclusive of:

• Course materials

• Light refreshments

• Lunch

• Complimentary parking (1 entry/day) - applicable at NTU@one-north campus only

• Prevailing GST

Online Registration

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Methods of Payment

1. Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard only)

2. Cheque made payable to Nanyang Technological University

3. Invoice to Company (for Company Sponsored Participants)

4. E-invoice (for Government Organizations)

Cancellation & Refund Policy