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Guest Lecture to Marketing Students

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Earlier today I presented a lecture to Marketing undergraduate students in the Business School. It is the first time I have presented in the new Business School building and I was impressed with the facilities and layout of the room.

The presentation/lecture was about Blogging. So I gave a brief overview of the history and asked the students to perform a couple of tasks during the hour. I feel that it went ok. The only thing that didn’t work was when I tried to upload a blog post via my phone app. I think it was struggling to connect to the wi-fi. It worked fine an hour earlier on the main campus but not in Barrack Road.

It made a pleasant change to present to students. It made me realise amongst other things how far removed I am from them now in terms of age although at times I think I am on their level. Mentioning Friends Reunited got a laugh/perplexed reaction.

Durham Bb Users’ Conference – Thoughts

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Durham Cathedral as viewed from Durham Castle 05.01.10

Durham Cathedral as viewed from Durham Castle 05.01.10

Hello all.

What a couple of snowy days this turned out to be! Although weather apart, I thought this was very well attended, even up to the very last session on the second day.

I find that of all the conferences, seminars or symposiums I have attended in the last few years this is without doubt the most useful and relevant to me in terms of my job role and day to day activities. The presenters are of a high standard and knowledgeable about what they do – which helps greatly as most of them are practitioners.

The main pointers I have gleened are:

  • Single sign on for multiple systems (external especially) is still a big issue
  • Institutional VLE regarded as the core tool and other tools/services added as required
  • If Blackboard make a mess of the release of 9.1 they are in big trouble with HEIs in the UK
  • Start promoting Bb 9 to staff asap
  • Students are not necessarily web 2.0 or more specifically web savvy/literate
  • Students are still students and we some times miss this issue in the web hyperbole

Many thanks to Malcolm Murray, the LT staff and Durham University for hosting a well run and professional event.