Edtechkat

Ubiquity is a Firefox extension from Mozilla Labs that launched a couple of days ago.

Is very alpha but will change the way we browse. Allows a command line window to be used to create mashups on the fly and browse the web in natural language:

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

These sessions from the upcoming Information Architecture conference in Sydney are library topics - even if the presenters wouldn’t think so. http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/program.shtml

I think we need to be paying attention to what is coming out of Information Architecture / User Experience conferences and literature.

Are users really ready for faceted search?

Elizabeth Pek

Short Session

Easy content discoverability is a goal for any business. This session will discuss the faceted search experience and whether a Google style simple search interface works in all context.

Building a navigation structure for HealthInsite using thesaurus management software

Prue Deacon

Short Session

This presentation will show how the broader/narrower relationships in a thesaurus structure can be the basis for a classification scheme and hence support a site navigation structure.

Taxonomy, Social Networks and Pace-Layering

Roger Hudson

Advanced Session

Is our growing reliance on search rotting our brains? Will social software replace conventional site taxonomy? Can pace-layering provide an answer to these questions?

Website to Webapp - designing for workflow

Shane Morris

Advanced Session

Web applications are much easier to design than traditional web sites, right? I mean, there’s only one page in the site map! How hard could it be? Right?

From research fluff to useful tools

Stephen Cox

Short Session

Having lots of research data can be frustrating, what do you do with it all? Learn how News Digital Media transforms its research into practical tools for design.

Here are the slides from the session I did with students from TLC277 about how to use Murdoch Blogs .

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LET link of the week How can Moodle change a school

ICT co-ordinator, Tomaz Lasic talks about the learning and changes to teaching that happened when local Perth school , Belmont City College, started using Open Source Learning Management System, Moodle. In the last 10 months, there have been 18 676 posts to blogs and wikis on the system by students. Are we ready for learners who are used to this environment?

Next LET session at South Street:

What’s in a Ning? (Jean McKay)

• Tuesday 12 August 1:30 - 2:30 Room 2.007

Next LET session at Rockingham

o   Screencasting, Slidecasting and Screencaptures

o   Wednesday 3 September 2pm - 3pm

LET wiki

Timetable for LET 2008

Suggest a topic or reading for a LET session

LET goes on holiday on Friday 22 August due to the Beyond Library2.0 unconference.