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		<title>Supporting the future workforce</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/12/05/supporting-the-future-workforce/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Drumm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the past two years, Iriss has supported students of social work at two universities to embed the use of social media in their practice. While we know it can support education &#8211; provide them with a whole new world of information and networks &#8211; it is the support it provides in the transition from&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/12/05/supporting-the-future-workforce/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Supporting the future workforce</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keeping safe on social media</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/10/25/keeping-safe-on-social-media/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Drumm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently updated its social media guidance for the workforce, which provides advice for workers on using social media in a way that meets the SSSC Code of Practice. It sets a supportive context for use of social media, which is much welcomed, and it was encouraging to see Anna&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/10/25/keeping-safe-on-social-media/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Keeping safe on social media</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Continuing to grow personal learning networks</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/08/18/continuing-to-grow-personal-learning-networks/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Drumm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[continued professional development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifelong learning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 8 September 2017, we&#8217;ll launch a &#8216;Grow Your Personal Learning Network&#8217; online course for social services staff. This is a course that will be open to anyone who is interested in learning more about the web and social media to support them build personal and professional networks and promote lifelong learning. Given this imminent&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2017/08/18/continuing-to-grow-personal-learning-networks/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Continuing to grow personal learning networks</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Imagining the future of workplace learning</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2016/03/18/imagining-the-future-of-workplace-learning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Drumm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/?p=1420</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Iriss was a partner in a conference organised for final year students and newly qualified social workers which was held on 26th February 2016 in Dundee. Entitled, Shaping our Future: Making a Difference, it focused on what it&#8217;s like to go from university into the world of work as a newly qualified social worker, and how&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2016/03/18/imagining-the-future-of-workplace-learning/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Imagining the future of workplace learning</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Social reporting, personal learning networks.  It&#8217;s beginning to happen …</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2016/02/18/social-reporting-personal-learning-networks-its-beginning-to-happen/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to Scotland’s Digital Strategy: People need to be creative in their use of technology, innovative in developing services and applications and comfortable using the internet as an everyday, anytime, anywhere technology …. There are encouraging signs that this is beginning to happen in the social services. We have been promoting Social reporting &#8211; the&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2016/02/18/social-reporting-personal-learning-networks-its-beginning-to-happen/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Social reporting, personal learning networks.  It&#8217;s beginning to happen …</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating digital scotland</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/11/30/celebrating-digital-scotland/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/?p=1397</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[On 16 November SCVO hosted an evening of talk and discussion on digital participation. Chris Yiu, SCVO&#8217;s Director of Digital, introduced the evening by asking where we go next with Scotland&#8217;s digital participation movement.  Sarah Davidson &#8211; Director General, Communities at Scottish Government &#8211; gave us an overview of how the digital agenda supports our vision for Scotland&#8217;s future. Finally Rachel&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/11/30/celebrating-digital-scotland/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Celebrating digital scotland</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Research Unbound: Finch, open access and social media</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/10/30/research-unbound-finch-open-access-and-social-media/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a summary of a presentation I gave at an Open University seminar on Social Media and Research in Ageing on 30 October 2015. The emergence of social media during the last 10 years has endowed the web with ever more powerful, accessible and innovative ways of communicating. Social media is really just the natural evolution of the web and the starting point&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/10/30/research-unbound-finch-open-access-and-social-media/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Research Unbound: Finch, open access and social media</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exploring your social work brand</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/09/28/exploring-your-social-work-brand/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/?p=1374</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure how many people would agree that personal branding is important for social workers, not just entrepreneurs and Hollywood stars. Kristin Battista-Frazee argues that the same principles that entrepreneurs and celebrities use create an image are equally applicable to changing the way people view social work and create a better understanding of what&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/09/28/exploring-your-social-work-brand/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Exploring your social work brand</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Embedding knowledge in practice and digital participation</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/09/08/eip/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[digital literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital charter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence informed practice]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s nearly ten years since Changing Lives (Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review ) made the case for evidence informed practice and a culture of lifelong learning and development.  Quite a lot has changed since then. In 2008 SSKS gave social care workers access to the resources of NHS Education for Scotland. This&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/09/08/eip/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Embedding knowledge in practice and digital participation</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s all about digital participation</title>
		<link>https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/07/28/its-all-about-digital-participation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Watson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/?p=1296</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I started this bog some three and a half years ago to encourage the use of social media and campaign for better access to the web at work. Since then we&#8217;ve seen a number of developments which support the assertion in that first blog post that social media is really &#8216;just the web&#8217;. Martha Lane&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://blogs.iriss.org.uk/socialmedia/2015/07/28/its-all-about-digital-participation/" class="" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">It&#8217;s all about digital participation</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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