Thing 1 Getting Started with the 23 Things

Welcome to the 23 Things @ UL programme, an online learning discovery programme about Web 2.0 tools that encourages staff to explore and learn about new technologies. This programme is for staff at the University of Limerick and is being co-ordinated by the 23 Things @ UL team at the Glucksman Library. It was first developed for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and has since been used by organizations all over the world.

Please listen to this podcast explaining how the 23 Things @ UL programme works.


How does the programme work?
Over the next 12 weeks or so this website will highlight "23 things" (small discovery exercises) to help you become familiar with tools like blogging, RSS news feeds, tagging, wikis, podcasting, video and image hosting sites. All of these tools are freely available through the web and are often collectively referred to as Web 2.0 tools.

As this is a self-learning programme each participant will be asked to track their learning journey online through their own blog (which you will create in week 2). This is also how we will know that you have completed each week's activities and that you have completed the programme.

As several of your colleagues will be working on this programme, you are encouraged to support each other and questions and queries can also be posted to the comments section at the bottom of this post. There will also be library staff from the 23things@ul team who will answer any queries by email.

Getting Started:

(Please Ignore this step if already registered for programme)
1. To register for the programme please sign up by sending an email to 23things@ul.ie .

2. Once you have signed up, an email containing a link to the week's discovery exercises will be sent to you at the beginning of every week of the 12 week programme.

3. Each participant will will be asked to set up a Google account to take part in the programme. (Remember to make a note of your login and password).

4. The basis of the programme involves you setting up your own blog (week 2 of the programme). Once this is done you will need to email the link to your blog (i.e. its address or url) to 23things@ul.ie so that we can list your blog on the main 23 Things @ UL blog and keep track of your progress. Remember - we will just add your blog's name to the main 23 Things @ UL blog - if you have chosen to blog anonymously, your own name will not appear.

5. You'll be recording your progress and experiences each week by updating your own blog and considering how you could apply Web 2.0 tools in your own working environment.

Please take a good look around this site before you get started, be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions.

Once you have done this, you can congratulate yourself - you'll have completed the very first discovery exercise in the 23 Things programme!

Finally we hope you enjoy it and have fun.

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