The development of the Carrick Exchange is a major initiative of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. The Carrick Exchange will combine a learning and teaching repository function with a Web 2.0 social... more
The development of the Carrick Exchange is a major initiative of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. The Carrick Exchange will combine a learning and teaching repository function with a Web 2.0 social networking capability 13 a MySpace for academics. It is aimed at those who teach, manage and lead in Higher Education in Australia. This paper reports on the initial stages of development. In particular, imaginary scenarios were used to envision the nature and the scope of the project. This work led to the identification of numerous human and technical issues which need to be addressed for the Carrick Exchange to be sustainable.
