This document discusses the shift from the traditional view of knowledge as something passed from teachers to students, to a more collaborative view of knowledge creation. It outlines several Web 2.0 tools that support collaboration, including social networks, blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, social tagging, and podcasting. Examples of educational uses of these tools are provided, such as using blogs for student reflections or assignment submissions, wikis for group projects, and podcasts for sharing lecture recordings. Key trends in higher education adoption of these technologies over the next 5 years are also highlighted.

1. Web 2.0: Imagine the Possibilities Presented by Gayla S. Keesee May, 2007

3. Knowledge is specific content Learners are empty vessels to be filled with knowledge

4. Knowledge is created Learning is a collaborative social endeavor

5. A Paradigm Shift Tools for Supporting Individuals Tools for Supporting Relationships

7. Horizon Report 2007 Key trends affecting higher education—next 5 years One year or less Social Networking User-Created Content Two-Three Years Mobile Phones Virtual Worlds Four-Five Years New Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming

8. Tools for Collaboration Social Networks Facebook, MySpace Flickr YouTube Blogs Wiki’s Podcasts

9. Social Software Social Networking Keeping contacts online through web interfaces Social Calendaring Shared agendas for events arrangements and meetings planning Social Bookmarking storing, describing, and sharing bookmarks ( del.icio.us ) Social Tagging Unintentional, collective effort of categorizing the Web, with added social significance ( Folksonomies )

10. Social Networks: Connect Users into Communities of Trust (or interests)

11. Flickr social network for sharing photos

12. You-Tube social network for sharing videos

13. Blogging: Most Recognized Example

14. What are Blogs? Web + Logs = Blogs Web Pages Automated updating Reverse chronological postings May accommodate responses Internet-specific phenomenon Incomplete index of blogs http:// blogdex.media.mit.edu /

15. Blogging in Education

16. Limited Only by Your Imagination Instructors Content-related blog as professional practice Networking and personal knowledge sharing Instructional tips for students Course announcements and readings Annotated links Students Reflective or writing journals Assignment submission and review Dialogue for groupwork E-portfolios Share course-related resources

17. Sample Educational Blogs Online Research Blog eCornell Research Blog Info-Commons Blog commons-blog Educational Bloggers Network EBN blog Science Blog Science Blog

18. Wiki’s: The ultimate collaboration tool Special web site allows visitors to add, remove, edit & change content Not need access to or knowledge of web publishing software Collaboration Group members work on common document in common location

19. Wikipedia: Collaborative Dictionary Being Edited in Real Time by Anyone

20. Wiki’s in Higher Ed Econ 482: Stephen Greenlaw Advanced Artificial Intelligence: Sean Luke Harvard Law School Eckerd College

21. Podcasting Pod (iPod) + broadcast = Podcast Differs from streaming audio Automatically delivered to player –don't have to click on a link to download Listen when you want – not when a program is scheduled

22. How Does Podcasting Work?

23. iPod not needed

24. Why is podcasting appealing for learning and teaching? Appeals to the digital natives Easy and low cost to create and distribute Caters to different learning styles

25. Advantages Students Review lectures before exams Listen in on classes they've missed Replay at own convenience Non-native speakers replay to increase comprehension Instructors Listen to own lectures to improve presentations

26. Learning & Teaching Applications Interviews with experts Oral history projects Quotes from recorded speeches Answers to posted questions Guest speakers / lecture series Student submissions /portfolios / placement logs

27. Issues to be aware of… Not all students have iPods (about 60% do) 20% of podcasts actually downloaded onto portable media players Will students still come to lectures? Public access to audio files is necessary (no access control) Cannot search or scan podcast content Podcasts can lend themselves to passive, prescriptive teaching

28. Universities Podcasting iTunes U ( http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/ ) Duke University University of Illinois Stanford UC Berkley Purdue University http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/BoilerCast/ University of Washington http://www.css.washington.edu/

29. Over 200 Web 2.0 Sites in 41 Categories Rated, Ranked and Awarded 15 Interviews with Founders of Winning Sites The creators of the winning sites share their insight and approach, including technology, funding and methods for attracting traffic. http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0

30. Horizon Project http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/ Collaborative global project between classrooms in diverse geographical locations Camilla, GA (10th grade) Vienna, Austria (11th grade) Dhaka, Bangladesh (11th grade) Melbourne, Australia (11th grade) Shanghai, China (Media Literary)