Teaching with Web 2.0 Barbara Frey Lorna Kearns

Agenda Define Web 2.0 Categorize applications Describe application Present examples of educational use Identify issues for consideration Make recommendations Discuss your experiences

Define Web 2.0

Categorize applications

Describe application

Present examples of educational use

Identify issues for consideration

Make recommendations

Discuss your experiences

Web 2.0 Second phase of World Wide Web enabling greater social and participatory use (Anderson, 2007) Sometimes used interchangeably with the term “social software” Angermeier, Markus. Web 2.0 universe map. Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Germany. Retrieved July 7, 2008 from http://kosmar.de/wp-content/web20map.png

Second phase of World Wide Web enabling greater social and participatory use (Anderson, 2007)

Sometimes used interchangeably with the term “social software”

Why Use for Instruction? Provides abundance of applications available to anyone with a browser Is easy to learn and use Extends your course management system Addresses diverse learning styles

Provides abundance of applications available to anyone with a browser

Is easy to learn and use

Extends your course management system

Addresses diverse learning styles

Web 2.0 Categories Wikis and online word processors Blogging and microblogging Social bookmarking Multimedia sharing Time management Conferencing Instructional and administrative uses Administrative uses

Wikis and online word processors

Blogging and microblogging

Social bookmarking

Multimedia sharing

Time management

Conferencing

1. What’s a Wiki? Web-based groupware application for: Creating, editing and hosting HTML pages Version tracking Page linking and organization

Web-based groupware application for:

Creating, editing and hosting HTML pages

Version tracking

Page linking and organization

What You Can Do with a Wiki Collaborative glossary for human anatomy class Project case library for exemplary computer science student work, used across multiple class sections and multiple semesters Repository for architecture course project descriptions for comment by peers and outside experts (Guzdial, Rick, and Kehoe, 2000)

Collaborative glossary for human anatomy class

Project case library for exemplary computer science student work, used across multiple class sections and multiple semesters

Repository for architecture course project descriptions for comment by peers and outside experts

(Guzdial, Rick, and Kehoe, 2000)

Forestry 2554 Wiki from undergraduate Forestry course at Virginia Tech Nature and American Values http://natureamericanvalues.wetpaint.com/

Wiki from undergraduate Forestry course at Virginia Tech

Nature and American Values

http://natureamericanvalues.wetpaint.com/

What’s an Online Word Processor? Web-based document editor Enables collaborative editing Stores documents Provides version tracking

Web-based document editor

Enables collaborative editing

Stores documents

Provides version tracking

What You Can Do with an Online Word Processor Have students collaborate on a group writing assignment Encourage students to keep a portfolio of their writing assignments across courses and semesters

Have students collaborate on a group writing assignment

Encourage students to keep a portfolio of their writing assignments across courses and semesters

2. What’s a Blog? We b log or journal to which you (and others) can post text, images, and hyperlinks

We b log or journal to which you (and others) can post text, images, and hyperlinks

What You Can Do with Blogs Reflective journaling in professional education Medicine (Chretien, Goldman, and Faselis, 2008) Nursing (Epp, 2008)

Reflective journaling in professional education

Medicine (Chretien, Goldman, and Faselis, 2008)

Nursing (Epp, 2008)

Library and Information Science 2184 Blog to support graduate level copyright course in Library Science program at Pitt Legal Issues in Information Handling: Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age http://kipcurriercopyright.blogspot.com/

Blog to support graduate level copyright course in Library Science program at Pitt

Legal Issues in Information Handling: Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age

http://kipcurriercopyright.blogspot.com/

What’s a Microblog? Small pieces of digital content posted on the Web Text postings of 140 characters maximum Subscribers follow postings via instant messaging and/or cell phone

Small pieces of digital content posted on the Web

Text postings of 140 characters maximum

Subscribers follow postings via instant messaging and/or cell phone

What You Can Do with Microblogs Continue class discussion outside of class Follow a professional journalist’s activities Have one student begin a story, another continue, and so on (Parry, 2009) For language learning: Have students follow news feeds in target language Have students tweet in target language (Scinicariello, 2008)

Continue class discussion outside of class

Follow a professional journalist’s activities

Have one student begin a story, another continue, and so on

(Parry, 2009)

For language learning:

Have students follow news feeds in target language

Have students tweet in target language

(Scinicariello, 2008)

Receiving Tweets

3. What is Social Bookmarking? Web-based application for storing, organizing, and sharing Web bookmarks

Web-based application for storing, organizing, and sharing Web bookmarks

Our Bookmarks Lorna’s delicious bookmarks http://delicious.com/lornakearns/instructional_design Barbara’s Scholar bookmarks http://scholar.com/userHomepage.dobbb?op=view#

Lorna’s delicious bookmarks

http://delicious.com/lornakearns/instructional_design

Barbara’s Scholar bookmarks

http://scholar.com/userHomepage.dobbb?op=view#

What You Can Do with Bookmarking Have students bookmark and tag Web resources that contribute to a class project Have students contribute and tag Web resources for their own research projects Review and provide feedback on bookmarks to help students evaluate usefulness of resources Share links to current news items that relate to classroom discussions

Have students bookmark and tag Web resources that contribute to a class project

Have students contribute and tag Web resources for their own research projects

Review and provide feedback on bookmarks to help students evaluate usefulness of resources

Share links to current news items that relate to classroom discussions

4. What is Multimedia Sharing? Web space to which people can post videos, photographs, slides, and podcasts

Web space to which people can post videos, photographs, slides, and podcasts

How You Can Share Multimedia Create short podcasts of preparatory material for lectures Tape lectures and deploy as podcasts Use podcasts for audio recordings of native speakers for language learning classes Create videos of lab procedures Use image sharing sites for class repository of art work to which you and other students can add comments and critiques Use Flickr Commons to find images that are available for free reuse (Franklin and van Harmelen, 2007)

Create short podcasts of preparatory material for lectures

Tape lectures and deploy as podcasts

Use podcasts for audio recordings of native speakers for language learning classes

Create videos of lab procedures

Use image sharing sites for class repository of art work to which you and other students can add comments and critiques

Use Flickr Commons to find images that are available for free reuse

(Franklin and van Harmelen, 2007)

SlideShare Example

5. What are Time Management Tools? Calendar sharing Group appointment scheduling

Calendar sharing

Group appointment scheduling

What You Can Do with Time Management Tools Post course activities, deadlines, due dates Schedule group meetings Schedule lab sessions

Post course activities, deadlines, due dates

Schedule group meetings

Schedule lab sessions

6. What are Conferencing Tools? Applications that use Voice over Internet Protocol Use as a telephone Use as Web conferencing tool

Applications that use Voice over Internet Protocol

Use as a telephone

Use as Web conferencing tool

What You Can Do with Conferencing Tools Hold virtual office hours Conduct virtual recitation sessions Have students coordinate group work

Hold virtual office hours

Conduct virtual recitation sessions

Have students coordinate group work

On the Horizon Google Wave Enhanced email tool Incorporates features of online discussion board Enables real-time chat Allows multimedia to be incorporated into email content Facilitates response to particular portions of messages Supports group communication

Google Wave

Enhanced email tool

Incorporates features of online discussion board

Enables real-time chat

Allows multimedia to be incorporated into email content

Facilitates response to particular portions of messages

Supports group communication

You Are a Pioneer! Who owns the copyrights? Who makes the backups? Who provides technical support? Image: Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362700123/

Who owns the copyrights?

Who makes the backups?

Who provides technical support?

Recommendations Learn about Web 2.0 technologies to see what they have to offer Make recommendations to students on Web 2.0 technologies according to their goals for communication Encourage students to communicate outside of class and experiment on their own

Learn about Web 2.0 technologies to see what they have to offer

Make recommendations to students on Web 2.0 technologies according to their goals for communication

Encourage students to communicate outside of class and experiment on their own

How Can You Use Web 2.0? Wikis and online word processors Blogging and microblogging Social bookmarking Multimedia sharing Time management Conferencing

Wikis and online word processors

Blogging and microblogging

Social bookmarking

Multimedia sharing

Time management

Conferencing

Questions?

References Anderson, P. (2007). What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education. Joint Information Systems Committee Technology and Standards Watch Report. Retrieved December 19, 2008 from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf Chretien, K., Goldman, E., & Faselis, C. (2008). The reflective writing class blog: Using technology to promote reflection and professional development. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (12), 2066-2070. Epp, S. (2008). The value of reflective journaling in undergraduate nursing education: A literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 1379-1388. Franklin, T. & van Harmelen, M. (2007). Web 2.0 for content for learning and teaching in higher education. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from the Franklin Consulting Web site at http://www.franklin-consulting.co.uk/LinkedDocuments/Web2-Content-learning-and-teaching.pdf Guzdial, M., Rick, J., & Kehoe, C. (2001). Beyond adoption to invention: Teacher-created collaborative activities in higher education. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 10 (3), 265-279. Parry, D. (2009). Twitter for academia. Retrieved August 31, 2009 from the AcademHack Web site at http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/ Scinicariello, S. (2008). Telematics and new technologies commission report: Que fais-tu? Twitter for language and culture. American Association of Teachers of French National Bulletin, 33 (3), 27-28. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from http://frenchteachers.org/bulletin/articles/technology/telematics%20Twitter.pdf

Anderson, P. (2007). What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education. Joint Information Systems Committee Technology and Standards Watch Report. Retrieved December 19, 2008 from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf

Chretien, K., Goldman, E., & Faselis, C. (2008). The reflective writing class blog: Using technology to promote reflection and professional development. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (12), 2066-2070.

Epp, S. (2008). The value of reflective journaling in undergraduate nursing education: A literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 1379-1388.

Franklin, T. & van Harmelen, M. (2007). Web 2.0 for content for learning and teaching in higher education. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from the Franklin Consulting Web site at http://www.franklin-consulting.co.uk/LinkedDocuments/Web2-Content-learning-and-teaching.pdf

Guzdial, M., Rick, J., & Kehoe, C. (2001). Beyond adoption to invention: Teacher-created collaborative activities in higher education. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 10 (3), 265-279.

Parry, D. (2009). Twitter for academia. Retrieved August 31, 2009 from the AcademHack Web site at http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/

Scinicariello, S. (2008). Telematics and new technologies commission report: Que fais-tu? Twitter for language and culture. American Association of Teachers of French National Bulletin, 33 (3), 27-28. Retrieved September 3, 2009 from http://frenchteachers.org/bulletin/articles/technology/telematics%20Twitter.pdf

Thank you! Barbara Frey: [email_address] Lorna Kearns: [email_address]