The start

I have been very interested in the area of elearning for many years. It started in 2001 when I received a small grant to write and design a unit on publishing. I had some experience in web design and multimedia previous to this, completing a certificate in web and video . I have continued to design elearning modules and manage our school intranet. I have continued to keep in touch with the lastest Abobe Product and their usefulness in the area of education (Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc..)

I currently work in a high school supporting teachers and students in ICT. I am familiar with a whole range of Web 2.0 tools including Wikis although I don't have one yet. I however, run a popular digital scrap booking blog with another friend - http://numbbumm.blogspot.com and have set up a digital photography blog and social network for my class which I have just started using - http://sccdpclass.blogspot.com/

I'm obsessed with the new Web 2.0 tool for education eg. blogs, micro blogs, social networking and bookmarking, Ebooks, podcasting, online quiz making etc...

During this (Teaching and Learning - online)course I hope to learn how to use Web 2.0 tools and others such as Moodle to create an effective and cohesive unit of work. I would also like to become more familiar with elearning theory in proving its overall effectiveness as a tool for learning.