Tomorrow I start to teach a new course at the University of Malta, focusing on production, content, participation, meaning and power in social media and 21st century communications. I teach because it is the scariest thing I know. I teach so I am out of my comfort zone and have no choice other than to […]
NGOs and the mindful use of social media
I’m currently teaching a crash course called ‘Understanding Social Media’ for students following a Masters in Humanitarian Action at the University of Malta. On the 30th April, the seminar is open to NGOs in Malta – there’s a Concept Note here. There’s nothing new about NGOs and non-profits trying to put social media to good use – […]
Social Media and Control
On Thursday 19 November, I am running a public talk with my friend Bryan Alexander for the Strickland Foundation in Malta. The headline for our talk – ‘Is Social Media controlling our lives?’ – was suggested by the Foundation’s head, a former editor at the Times of Malta. I woke up early yesterday morning to do a […]
From Social Media to Neuroscience to MOOCs and Mobile Education
My post-PhD work has taken me into three distinct, but correlated areas. The first is teaching. I have developed a 14-module social media strategy course from the ground up for marketing undergraduates at the University of Malta. It has taken me some to realise that I am comfortable in exploring both the ‘business’ approach to […]
The future of the book must start with education
I’ve been asked to run a digital marketing course at the University of Malta. I have to build the course in a modular way, using a set text book. As academic books go, it’s solid content, with case studies, hundreds of hyperlinks to sites and QR code tags at the end of every chapter for […]
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