The process of participating in 23 things has been very good for me in order to keep up with new and emerging technologies. It has been good to have to think beyond the needs of our own work environment to try to envisage how these technologies will impact on or be able to be used by the university.

I have learned to create and maintain a blog, use RSS feeds and use podcasting. I plan to maintain the usage of podcasts on my newly acquired Ipod. The RSS feeds are already being used and considered for wider usage in the university and the library, I personally find multiple RSS feeds as a blizzard of information sometimes repetitive and useful if you like to skim.

I believe students today would make use of most of what we have experienced in doing the 23 things and will probably expect them to be used in a learning environment. Larning has become more about the individual and the digital technologies are ideal for individual learning although the social networking aspects keep individuals in contact with others. The digital environment means a greater reach for information gathering and integration. It is also cost effective to learn and teach digitally and learning is happening all the time. the responsibility for learning may now lie with the individual and the use of digital technologies will allow the greatest disemination of information.