Our social software survey is now available. We are asking academics and students from the University of Canberra, QUT and RMIT to help us find out more about the ways they are using social software and web2.0 technologies. The link to the survey is: http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=697518

The majority of Digital Learning Communities team will be meeting in Canberra over the 6^th and 7^th of August. The pilot projects, social software survey, DLC cookbook and mashedlc.edu.au will all be discussed and reviewed.

The Social Software Survey is nearing completion, and will soon be sent out to students across the country. The survey has gone through a long development process and should now bring us valuable information regarding the way that students use communication technologies and social software.

Online services were trialled and the survey was prepared for online delivery through QuestionPro. The survey's scope broadened then narrowed with QuestionPro's ability to structure a dense and effecient survey.

With the aim to collect data over a number of years with a potentially increasing sample size it was imporatant to fully develop the survey's layout and delivery. As a side note, Rob came across significant interest in the survey during his trip to ED-MEDIA 2007 .

Beyond statistics and usage data, we hope to better understand students feelings towards their personal communicative devices. Do such devices aid their study, work, personal interests and enhance abilities to learn and keep in touch? Or do users feel overwhelmed or intruded upon?

The Social Software Survey should also help us better understand levels of online production and participation. We hope to gain insight into the number of users still only browsing, those who are participating and those who are actively producing online content.