[LINK] Government Online Engagement

[Tom Worthington]

Greetings from the Department of Finance in Canberra, where I am taking 
part in an "Online engagement course for the APS": 
http://agimo.gov.au/2013/03/07/proposed-online-engagement-courses-for-the-aps/

The idea is to give public servants the skills and guidance to engage 
on-line, with a strategic approach by agencies. Having run several such 
workshops for government and as a formal university course, I was 
invited along. At the moment I am looking at how to teach professional 
skills online and some of these may be of use for the public service: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2012/11/on-line-professional-education-for.html

In my ICT Sustainability course I have students discuss the topic 
on-line each week. It takes several weeks for the students to establish 
a balance between the informality of an on-line forum and the need for 
academic rigor. Public servants will similarly need to balance the norms 
of the social media forums they are using and the legal and other 
requirements of government.


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