Personalised e-learning courses

If you've found anything in the MMJ site particularly useful, but want to learn more, here's an idea

Because the areas we cover are often very new - and represent sometimes pretty fundamental shifts in the way journalists do their jobs - you might be left wanting more help.

You may feel you'd like some individual tuition. If so, this new area of MMJ is designed for you.

This is a work in progress, and what we ultimately offer will be guided by you.

But there are some areas of multimedia journalism that we know many individuals want more help with.

I've been delivering personal and small-group tuition on the latest developments in multimedia, mobile journalism since 2004.

What I've found, particularly recently, is that the demand for such tuition has shifted heavily into the e-learning arena.

I know the cost of such tuition is a crucial consideration.

Below you'll find a couple of off-the-shelf e-learning courses I offer, plus others that are in development.

But if there is a course that you want, delivered to you personally, at a time and in a format to suit you, then please get in touch.

Phone for Journalism: how to become a 100% mobile multimedia journalist

Your iPhone has the power to transform the way you work, and to greatly enhance your effectiveness as a journalist.

This seven-module, self-guided course offers tuition, demonstrations and hands-on exercises in how to file reports, using text, stills, audio and video from your iPhone to the static web and to mobile devices. Find out more about iPhone for journalism...

Multimedia conversion course for mid-career and print journalists

A 10-module conversion course for print journalists who would like to bring multimedia skills including the use of video, audio and still photography to their work. We also cover blogging and the use of social media including Facebook and Twitter as part of the researching, reporting and publishing process. Find out more about multimedia for print journalists...

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Build your own smartphone apps and mobile, multimedia websites

The explosion in smart phone use means that many more people are now searching for information on mobile devices.

If you do not have a mobile presence alongside your conventional website, users who find you on their smart phones find your websites impossible to navigate, and you lose out.

Until recently you needed to be a programmer to create a smartphone app. That's no longer the case - as you'll on this course.

The four module course offers a practical session in which you can create both web and native apps, plus mobile versions of your blogs and static websites from scratch for your business or other organisation. Find out more...

Get ready for Web 3.0

Web 2.0 is often called the social web, with sites such as Facebook and Twitter dominating. But on the horizon is the next generation of online activity: Web 3.0. This is the web of connectedness, where content, commerce community and personalisation come together.

The challenge for journalists and publishers is how to make money from our content in this new and highly-challenging environment.

This course offers a practical introduction to what Web 3.0 is, what it means for journalists, and how you can be a part of it. Find out more...

Writing effectively for the web

How do people read online? In many cases they don't. Instead they scan, skimming over text seeking the answer to a question, or content that has a clear interest for them. In order to write effectively for such scanners, we must adapt our writing style and structure.

This 10-module course gives you a range of practical exercises you can submit to your tutor for assessment and feedback.

There's more to come

Please check back for more e-learning courses soon. Meanwhile, you can contact me via email and@andybull.co.uk or on Twitter by DMing andybull