Web Resources

Internet Access for Students at UWA

"All students currently enrolled at the University of Western Australia may apply for an account with University Computing Services on the server known as Tartarus"

Available at <http://www.ucs.uwa.edu.au/web/students/email>.

Students can also use a free Web-mail account like Hotmail <http://www.hotmail.com>.

Using Email Lists

A summary of comments made by staff in higher education giving some of the reasons why they do or do not use mailing lists, why some are lurkers and others are active contributors is available at <http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/eff-interact/>.

Email discussion lists for your students can be established within the University or through external Web-based resources like <http://www.onelist.com> or <http://www.egroups.com>.

Email Access World-Wide

How to best access your email while away from the University can be found at <http://www.ucs.uwa.edu.au/web/staff/email/otherways/access>.

Using Email in Teaching

A staff development module, including case studies, on the use of email in teaching from the University of New South Wales is available at <http://www.pdc.unsw.edu.au/Online/EmailTch/EmailTch.html>.

Student Writing by Email: Connecting Classmates, Texts, Instructors

A description of the uses of email found to be effective for teaching in an English class is available at <http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~trc/tcemail.htm>.

From Classic to Electronic 'Quescussion'

Quescussion is an adaptation for email of a questioning technique which bans the use of non-questions altogether. Its use is time and place independent and can provide the option for anonymous participation. Further information is available at <http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/inf_tech/ostbye.html>.