Using Web 2.0 in Teaching Matt Lingard & Jane Secker Centre for Learning Technology

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What are they? Potential Uses for Teaching

What are blogs? Journal-style personal websites with comments from visitors Easy-to-update » easy to publish Web 2.0 / social software

Journal-style personal websites with comments from visitors

Easy-to-update » easy to publish

Web 2.0 / social software

Blog Characteristics Messages or posts Journal format / reverse chronology Use of categories (tags) Comment ing open to readers Use of links RSS Feeds >> Single or multiple author Personal / Corporate / Institutional

Messages or posts

Journal format / reverse chronology

Use of categories (tags)

Comment ing open to readers

Use of links

RSS Feeds >>

Single or multiple author

Personal / Corporate / Institutional

Blogs and learning Blogs develop thinking & writing skills Blogs are good for reflection Blogs are good for sharing resources Blogs allow progress & development to be tracked over time Blogs are usually one author, with comments from others so allow discussion

Blogs develop thinking & writing skills

Blogs are good for reflection

Blogs are good for sharing resources

Blogs allow progress & development to be tracked over time

Blogs are usually one author, with comments from others so allow discussion

Blogs at LSE If you wish to set up your own blog CLT Hosted blogs for teaching purposes External providers WordPress Blogger

If you wish to set up your own blog

CLT Hosted blogs for teaching purposes

External providers

WordPress

Blogger

Example Blogs http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/ Intute Social Sciences Blog. Includes details of new resources in the social sciences which may be useful for your teaching http:// blog.aluxtel.com / Aluxtel - IS471 Boot Camp. Blog used as part of a Group Project by students http:// augmentation.blogspot.com / A blog maintained by two lecturers in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland on the use of ICTs in politics teaching http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/clt CLT Team Blog – Sharing Resources, conference reports etc http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/socialsoftware/ LASSIE Project blog – used for reflection, for feedback on a research project

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/ Intute Social Sciences Blog. Includes details of new resources in the social sciences which may be useful for your teaching

http:// blog.aluxtel.com / Aluxtel - IS471 Boot Camp. Blog used as part of a Group Project by students

http:// augmentation.blogspot.com / A blog maintained by two lecturers in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland on the use of ICTs in politics teaching

http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/clt CLT Team Blog – Sharing Resources, conference reports etc

http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/socialsoftware/ LASSIE Project blog – used for reflection, for feedback on a research project

The Warwick blogs Social content like Facebook Also academic and course related (and everything in between) Students can post anything (within guidelines and regulations) Can be searched by words, individuals or courses Leeds and Brighton have adopted the same approach should LSE?

Social content like Facebook

Also academic and course related (and everything in between)

Students can post anything (within guidelines and regulations)

Can be searched by words, individuals or courses

Leeds and Brighton have adopted the same approach should LSE?

Wikis - collaboration

Wikis in Education Wikipedia models Multi-page, multi-author Collection of Individuals’ pages Group Projects & Reports E-portfolios – collection & reflection Documenting (Research) projects

Wikipedia models

Multi-page, multi-author

Collection of Individuals’ pages

Group Projects & Reports

E-portfolios – collection & reflection

Documenting (Research) projects

Social Bookmarking Allows you to share: internet favorites, online resources, books and journal articles Tagging to organise resources Numerous tools available:

Allows you to share: internet favorites, online resources, books and journal articles

Tagging to organise resources

Numerous tools available:

A way to share internet favourites or bookmarks online Accessible from anywhere Tagging facilitates resource discovery and allows customised lists to be built Del.icio.us is very flexible and tags can be put onto web pages Can also build a network Teaching examples from LASSIE project and from Institute of Education

A way to share internet favourites or bookmarks online

Accessible from anywhere

Tagging facilitates resource discovery and allows customised lists to be built

Del.icio.us is very flexible and tags can be put onto web pages

Can also build a network

Teaching examples from LASSIE project and from Institute of Education

A personal reference management tool for storing and sharing your books and journals articles Uses tagging to organise your papers Can be used for resource discovery Can be used to create a reading list for students Doesn’t currently support export to Endnote Free!

A personal reference management tool for storing and sharing your books and journals articles

Uses tagging to organise your papers

Can be used for resource discovery

Can be used to create a reading list for students

Doesn’t currently support export to Endnote

Free!

Developed by Harvard Law School for creating online ‘ playlists ’ or reading lists see my example Can add all sorts of different resources: internet sites, PDFs, books, journal articles Good for resource discovery: uses tagging Free!

Developed by Harvard Law School for creating online ‘ playlists ’ or reading lists see my example

Can add all sorts of different resources: internet sites, PDFs, books, journal articles

Good for resource discovery: uses tagging

Free!

Media Sharing User-generated content Images, Video, Slides Organise, Share, Find Includes Commenting, Tagging & more

User-generated content

Images, Video, Slides

Organise, Share, Find

Includes Commenting, Tagging & more

Web 2.0 in Moodle Wiki Blogs Web 2.0 elements e.g. Glossary has commenting, keywords (tagging) & ratings

Wiki

Blogs

Web 2.0 elements

e.g. Glossary has commenting, keywords (tagging) & ratings

Group discussion Identify possible uses for web 2.0 services in your LSE teaching Any reservations?

Identify possible uses for web 2.0 services in your LSE teaching

Any reservations?

Thank You Centre for Learning Technology http://www.clt.lse.ac.uk Workshop links: http://del.icio.us/LSECLT/workshop.teaching2.0