I don't talk much about teaching writing though for various reasons, at least partly to do with student confidentiality and copyright. I'm supporting students using the Open University's materials, which are all on the web, but password protected and only available to students and tutors. This means I can't share them openly. This will also apply to the other British universities that teach creative writing online, such as Lancaster.
We OU tutors also have our own online "common room" for our course where we exchange tips, moan about problems, post links to interesting and relevant extras etc. I think this probably scratches the itch that might otherwise make us write on Twitter and blog about our experience.
There may be snobbishness about the new medium in some places, but I haven't noticed it in the OU which has always adopted new technology with enthusiasm. For example it has a signficant presence in Second Life, which I'm currently unable to explore because my computer isn't really up to it. :(
As for blogging, some people are doing it, for example there is a tutor on the new OU course on Children's Literature who is blogging about it here (http://ea300.wordpress.com/).
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I don't talk much about teaching writing though for various reasons, at least partly to do with student confidentiality and copyright. I'm supporting students using the Open University's materials, which are all on the web, but password protected and only available to students and tutors. This means I can't share them openly. This will also apply to the other British universities that teach creative writing online, such as Lancaster.
We OU tutors also have our own online "common room" for our course where we exchange tips, moan about problems, post links to interesting and relevant extras etc. I think this probably scratches the itch that might otherwise make us write on Twitter and blog about our experience.
There may be snobbishness about the new medium in some places, but I haven't noticed it in the OU which has always adopted new technology with enthusiasm. For example it has a signficant presence in Second Life, which I'm currently unable to explore because my computer isn't really up to it. :(
As for blogging, some people are doing it, for example there is a tutor on the new OU course on Children's Literature who is blogging about it here (http://ea300.wordpress.com/).