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In April 2011, FLI interviewed 9 of our Teaching Fellows who have been exploring blended and flexible learning in their courses/subjects. The interviews looked at what the fellows had been working on, and what they had learned in relation to BFL and in particular, to each of the five perspective areas. The videos of these interviews are currently being edited, and will be available from this site very soon. We are also currently writing up a series of case studies that highlight the approaches others have taken to blended and flexible learning. These will be added here, as soon as they are available. In the meantime, these two sites also have numerous case studies and example of how ICTs can and are being used in higher education today: Learning to teach online This is is a free professional development resource designed to help teachers from any discipline, whether experienced in online teaching or not, to gain a working understanding of successful online teaching pedagogies and how a range of media can be used in higher education.

Teaching enhanced learning exemplars This gallery of good practices displays examples from around the world and from within USQ. Each example includes a brief description of the strategy often accompanied by interviews with the developer discussing the joys and pitfalls of their innovation and hands on view of the activity within a course.

For further examples, check CSU's 'About ICT Integration' and 'About ePortfolios' sites on Interact, and check the 'case studies' and 'examples' tags in FLI's bookmarks on Delicious.

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Arguably the best way to learn about ICTs is to follow Nike's slogan and 'Just do it'. There's an abundance of resources and help out there on a whole range of tools - both institutional and social. The more you extend your personal learning network, the more you'll be able to tap into those resources, and people. To develop your skills with CSU's institutional tools, your ED is your best bet for a first call. Also check the support sites for Interact and ePortfolios, and the two Interact sites, About ICT Integration and About ePortfolios. Remember that there's a wide network of your peers who are more than willing to offer guidance and resources on the Yammer community.

In terms of learning more about social media, an excellent starting point is Jane Hart's Social Academy - she offers free resources and '30-day challenge' courses which will help you develop your own skills in using social media. Another great little guide is the Tools for the 21st century teacher handbook. If that doesn't suit, a quick Google search will usually uncover a wide range of 'how to' resources. We're collecting the best of what we find in our Delicious site, tagged to make it easier to find what you need. The most recent additions are included here:

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