Institute of Teaching and Learning
Deakin University
Social software enables large numbers of people to meet, communicate, share and collaborate through a website. The opportunities it offers for flexible and engaging social learning activities are making it increasingly popular in tertiary education.
Deakin supports social software applications including wikis, online discussions/blogs and virtual galleries. These applications are relatively simple to use, but to manage the activities effectively requires time, knowledge and skill. It is important to select activities and assessment strategies that take advantage of the types of interaction social software can support but will not overload you with tedious hours of moderation and marking. See the pages linked below for more information.
Social software supported at Deakin
Managing a social software teaching/learning environment
Social software guides
Applications for non-DSO social software sites
Non-DSO sites are social software sites that can be accessed directly on the Internet via a unique web address, without logging into DSO. MediaWiki and Drupal-SMF sites can be created for university staff on request outside of DSO, by Knowledge Media Division (KMD). Please fill in the application form if you would like to request installation of a non-DSO site. Please note that non-DSO social software sites are created by KMD Learning Systems staff and the application form is sent directly to them.
