RSS, Blogs and Wikis

To be held in the Netskills Training Suite, University of Newcastle. Wednesday, 22nd February 2006, 9.30 - 16.30

Course Outline

Don't know your RSS from your elbow? Haven't a clue where to hang the blogroll? Or are you wondering why everyone seems to be going wild over wikis? Whether you plan to use these new technologies purely as information sources, or intend using them as part of your information delivery strategy, this workshop will guide you through the jargon and demonstrate why you ought to be using these technologies. It will look at how they can be used to manage projects, provide users with current awareness, generate newsletters, and promote your expertise to colleagues, users and clients.

The programme includes:

• RSS, blogs and wikis defined
• Why bother - key applications and reasons for using them
• RSS for current awareness and news alerts
• Identifying relevant RSS feeds and blogs
• Using RSS and/or blogs to market your services and keep your customers/users up to date
• Setting up a blog
• Blogs and wikis as collaborative tools
• Publishing your own RSS feed
• Software comparisons

There will be practical sessions during which you can set up your own personal alerts service using RSS, start a blog, and contribute to a wiki. The techniques and approaches described in this workshop can be applied to all subject areas.

For further information or to book a place contact Christine Baker or go to http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2005_02_22_rss.html