How Education can Leverage Web 2.0 Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 15 th June’ 09, New Delhi

Presentation Flow Quick background - SlideShare Internet’s Historical Evolution Web 2.0 and its genesis Web 2.0 in Education / E-learning Resources

Quick background - SlideShare

Internet’s Historical Evolution

Web 2.0 and its genesis

Web 2.0 in Education / E-learning

Resources

Co-founder & COO, SlideShare Webyantra : Blog on Indian startups, technology, entrepreneurship Techie turned marketer turned entrepreneur Who am I ?

Co-founder & COO, SlideShare

Webyantra : Blog on Indian startups, technology, entrepreneurship

Techie turned marketer turned entrepreneur

SlideShare World’s largest community for presentation sharing….. We also invented this space!

‘ YouTube of PowerPoint ’ - TechCrunch Launched Oct’ 06 24 member startup – Delhi & U.S. Global users: > 65 languages, >150 countries What is SlideShare?

‘ YouTube of PowerPoint ’ - TechCrunch

Launched Oct’ 06

24 member startup – Delhi & U.S.

Global users: > 65 languages, >150 countries

Global scale social sharing site for photos for video for presentations

Cartoons Paintings Humor Love Songs Talk slides Images of women Sermons Standalone presentations Activism Academic Lessons Movie reviews Mother’s day cards What people use SlideShare for?

Content Break-Up

Currently pre-revenue stage Aiming to attain threshold user-base Business model based on monetising attention (lead generation, advertising etc) Freemium model Business Model

Currently pre-revenue stage

Aiming to attain threshold user-base

Business model

based on monetising attention (lead generation, advertising etc)

Freemium model

Web 2.0 & it’s genesis

Web 1.0 was Commerce Web 2.0 is People - Ross Mayfield (CEO, SocialText)

Web 1.0 was Commerce

Web 2.0 is People

- Ross Mayfield

(CEO, SocialText)

1995 – 1998 : Early stage internet, Technology focus 1999 – 2004 : Web 1.0, Dot Com Boom, Ecommerce focus 2005 - current : Web 2.0, People focus Historical Evolution of the World Wide Web…..

1995 – 1998 : Early stage internet, Technology focus

1999 – 2004 : Web 1.0, Dot Com Boom, Ecommerce focus

2005 - current : Web 2.0, People focus

Web 2.0 – The genesis The term ‘Web 2.0’ introduced by Time O’Reilly at a conference in 2004 ‘ Web 2.0’ - an improved form of the World Wide Web Emphasizing tools/platforms that enable users to tag, blog, comment, modify, augment, rank etc. Notion of The ‘ Participatory Web’

The term ‘Web 2.0’ introduced by Time O’Reilly at a conference in 2004

‘ Web 2.0’ - an improved form of the World Wide Web

Emphasizing tools/platforms that enable users to tag, blog, comment, modify, augment, rank etc.

Notion of The ‘ Participatory Web’

Web 2.0 : Key Principles Read V/s Read & Write

Read

V/s

Read & Write

User Generated Content Web 2.0 : Key Principles

User

Generated

Content

Web 2.0 : Key Principles Experts V/s Wisdom of Crowds

Experts

V/s

Wisdom of Crowds

80:20 V/s The Long Tail Web 2.0 : Key Principles

80:20

V/s

The Long Tail

Web 2.0 : Key Principles … the content comes to you…

… the content

comes to you…

Web 2.0 in Education

Collaborative Learning Collective Intelligence & Wisdom of Crowds - Sharing of teaching resources - Peer Learning - Self Learning via online resources - Higher involvement via rich, engaging media How Web 2.0 helps in Education?

Collaborative Learning

Collective Intelligence & Wisdom of Crowds

- Sharing of teaching resources

- Peer Learning

- Self Learning via online resources

- Higher involvement via rich, engaging media

Blogs Wikis Podcasts Videos, Presentations, Pictures Social Networks Microblogging Tagging Social Bookmarking RSS Web 2.0 Tools for Educators

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasts

Videos, Presentations, Pictures

Social Networks

Microblogging

Tagging

Social Bookmarking

RSS

Blogs Easy online publishing Facilitate discussion & conversations Post Assignments Student & Teacher Blogs Resources: Blogger, Wordpress

Easy online publishing

Facilitate discussion & conversations

Post Assignments

Student & Teacher Blogs

Resources: Blogger, Wordpress

Wikis Collaborative knowledge base Involve students in creative process Open & accessible repository Resources: Wikipedia, PBwiki, Wikispaces

Collaborative knowledge base

Involve students in creative process

Open & accessible repository

Resources: Wikipedia, PBwiki,

Wikispaces

Social Bookmarking Collaborative Filtering Overcome Information overload Point Students towards authoratative resources Resources: Delicious, StumbleUpon

Collaborative Filtering

Overcome Information overload

Point Students towards authoratative resources

Resources: Delicious, StumbleUpon

Video & Presentation Sharing Share courses via presentations & video lectures Supplement classroom teaching Search references, case studies Resources : Youtube, SlideShare, TeacherTube

Share courses via presentations & video

lectures

Supplement classroom teaching

Search references, case studies

Resources : Youtube, SlideShare,

TeacherTube

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Content Syndication & Distribution Manage Information overload Get latest updates via web or email Subscribe to alerts

Content Syndication & Distribution

Manage Information overload

Get latest updates via web or email

Subscribe to alerts

Social Networks Build community of educators Public or private Interact, discuss, collaborate, share, forums Resources: Ning, Facebook

Build community of educators

Public or private

Interact, discuss, collaborate,

share, forums

Resources: Ning, Facebook

Tagging Semantic Classification Collaborative Folksonomy Information retrieval & filtering Helps search, discovery & navigation

Semantic Classification

Collaborative Folksonomy

Information retrieval &

filtering

Helps search, discovery & navigation

Web 2.0 Resources for Educators

Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies C4LPT - www.c4lpt.co.uk

C4LPT Annual Educators Survey of Web based tools

The Edublog Awards : Best Teacher Blogs

MIT’s Open CourseWare (OCW) ( http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm)

Discovery Education ( http://school.discoveryeducation.com/)

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