Web 2.0 Tools and Students Emma Duke-Williams School of Computing

Overview What is “Web 2.0” How might students use Web 2.0 Research Question? Methodology Anticipated Risks.

What is “Web 2.0”

How might students use Web 2.0

Research Question?

Methodology

Anticipated Risks.

Web 2.0 and Students Social Networking User Created Content. Personal Dissemination Information gathering

Social Networking

User Created Content.

Personal

Dissemination

Information gathering

What’s happening Current Research Lots! danah boyd Teens and MySpace. Lilia Efimova Blogging in WorkSpace

Current Research

Lots!

danah boyd

Teens and MySpace.

Lilia Efimova

Blogging in WorkSpace

Possible Research Question How does students’ use of Web 2.0 tools tie in with existing knowledge of Social Learning Theories? Distance vs Face to face Access aspects Technical issues

How does students’ use of Web 2.0 tools tie in with existing knowledge of Social Learning Theories?

Distance vs Face to face

Access aspects

Technical issues

Methodology Possible approaches: Interviews/ focus groups Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Analysing usage ?

Possible approaches:

Interviews/ focus groups

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)

Analysing usage

?

Anticipated Risks Getting good range of students Disability Changing nature of tools

Getting good range of students

Disability

Changing nature of tools

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