tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149957315810348152.post1275197637627580118..comments2024-01-01T00:45:41.758+00:00Comments on Wishful thinking in medical education: The right tools for the job....what to say where and why.Anne Marie Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289974924032448531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149957315810348152.post-89697212843473741722012-02-24T16:55:51.106+00:002012-02-24T16:55:51.106+00:00Hello Shai and Andrew,
Many thanks for your posts...Hello Shai and Andrew,<br /><br />Many thanks for your posts. I've edited to include a link to Dr Kelly Pages's post on 'social ways of working in Higher education'. Kelly is sitting on the university's task and finish group which is developing the university's social and digital media strategy. So this work is being done. This is just my little musings on what this might mean in practice. A university is very much a collection of individuals as much as organisation it feels often! <br /><br />Since writing this in the last week I have had a few interesting experiences. I found out from a colleague on Twitter about some work that I expected to learn about through Connections, the internal platform... but I did manage to get it disseminated over there as well!<br /><br />Other ideas emerge as questions internally and then I am shifting them outwards to wider audiences. I believe that as medical education still receives so much state funding that there is an ethical obligation to share learning and problem solving. <br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts:)Anne Marie Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289974924032448531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149957315810348152.post-80199457855220940772012-02-21T14:35:03.206+00:002012-02-21T14:35:03.206+00:00Interesting post AnneMarie. As someone who benefit...Interesting post AnneMarie. As someone who benefitted a lot from the online networking before the Facebook/twitter days where the digital identity was mainly text based, I always advocated the benefits of having online communities in big organisations like Universities. We will be searching for information, skills and services when we might already have it within our own institution. An internal social networking platform could provide that friendly (?) spaces for staff to work effectively with others. <br /><br />However, as in the Harvard Business Review post referred, I think lack of control over who sees our postings could be a deterring factor. Implementing an attractive and customised networking platform/tool that complements the community requirements might encourage some to begin to engage. At the end it will be the relevant discussions/resources and a supportive atmosphere which will decide the flourishing of a strong internal social network. Such a network will not be a waste of time. Based on Harold Jarche model I would place it within the ‘Project Teams’ circle.<br /><br />Shai <br />From your external network :)Shaihttps://twitter.com/shaileshaknoreply@blogger.com