Monthly Archives: March 2013

My other life: Education in an online 3D virtual world

Posted on March 27, 2013 by melchivers

Helmer (2007, p. 4) describes Second Life (SL) as a sandbox where users create the world and everything in it. SL differs from online games such as World of Warcraft as there are no defined goals or activities for users … Continue reading →

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Library Wiki

Posted on March 19, 2013 by melchivers

“Blogs and wikis are fundamentally 2.0” (Maness, 2006). A wiki is a set of webpages that are created and edited numerous users. Made famous by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, a wiki is a website build up from all contributors. Many wiki software platforms … Continue reading →

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Module 1: Web 2.0

Posted on March 13, 2013 by melchivers

Going through the resources listed on Interact for Web 2.0 made me realise how dated the term Web 2.0 is. The famous O’Reilly Web 2.0 Summit that helped make the term mainstream is no longer. In the video Explaining Web 2.0 … Continue reading →

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Professional/personal: blurring the lines

Posted on March 8, 2013 by melchivers

I have had a Facebook account for what feels like forever, I wasn’t a very early adopter but joined when it because obvious that this was going to be a useful place to keep in touch with my friends around … Continue reading →

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Entry 1: Introduction to INF506

Posted on March 8, 2013 by melchivers

Defining social networking Before I define social networking, I would like to set some boundaries. Social networking is an ambiguous term.  De Rosa, Cantrell, Havens, Hawk, & Jenkins (2007) explain that the act of social networking is not a new one, we have always … Continue reading →

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