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New Media is all the rage these days. Blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasts and vodcasts are collectively known as New Media tools. These new tools offer new ways to prop up your teaching. In this course, you’ll learn the necessary skills to be New Media Literate.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe New Media and the need to be New Media literate.
• Identify the common characteristics of blogs, podcasts and vodcasts and learn how they can be used
• Identify the common characteristics of wikis and learn how they can be used
• Explain Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and how it can be used
• Describe the need to evaluate New Media and steps to evaluateNew Media information

Course outline

Module 1:

New Media and You

• Describe what New Media is and what it means
• State its importance

Module 2:

Blogs, Podcasts and Vodcasts

• Describe blogs, podcasts and vodcasts
• Outline their benefits and uses

Module 3:

Wikis

• Define wikis and describe their usefulness
• Identify features of a wiki
• Compare wikis and blogs

Module 4:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

• Define RSS and describe its usefulness
• Subscribe to RSS feeds

Module 5:

Finding and Evaluating New Media

• Describe different approaches to finding New Media
• Evaluate New Media content