Web 2.0 in Higher Education Mark van Harmelen

What’s it all about? Sharing Content create save find use re-use mix mash-up repurpose share text, graphics, sound, video, slideshows, ….

Sharing Content

create

save

find

use

re-use

mix

mash-up

repurpose

share

text, graphics, sound, video, slideshows, ….

What’s it all about? Social software helping people interact form groups manage processes pursue common interests and endeavours learn research

What’s it all about?

Social software

helping people

interact

form groups

manage processes

pursue common interests and endeavours

learn

research

Wikis, blogs help people communicate source: http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk

help people communicate

RSS, Atom notification of changes

notification of changes

Social bookmarking collecting knowledge together del.icio.us home page

collecting knowledge together

Web start pages organise your / your group’s web use

organise your / your group’s web use

Picture sharing educational information, visual projects

educational information, visual projects

Video sharing educational content – avoiding rescheduling lectures

educational content – avoiding rescheduling lectures

Podcasting, Vidcasting audio, video with RSS for notification subscribe

audio, video with RSS for notification

Mashups superimpose data library availability user ratinng and ISBN, rating and reviews from Amazon

superimpose data

Social networks interact with learners, teachers and researchers via social networks

interact with learners, teachers and researchers

via social networks

Common threads tags comments ratings RSS and notification favorites friends network as platform for collaboration user-generated content mutually-added value building community

tags

comments

ratings

RSS and notification

favorites

friends

network as platform for collaboration

user-generated content

mutually-added value

building community

you need to try it to understand it

Education Libraries Services

Education and Web 2.0

… applied scaffolding page structure content suggestions multi-way suggestion / feedback

… learning together

… communication / participation with Google Groups 168 messages 68 topics guess 75% me but significant effect feedback from one class member: felt involved in a course for the first time

Library 2.0 / Repository 2.0 go where the user is

go where the user is

Library 2.0 / Repository 2.0 enable the growth of user generated content ratings recommendations reviews user tagging and tag exploitation make it possible to meet collaborate with and help each other thereby building communities

enable the growth of

user generated content

ratings

recommendations

reviews

user tagging and tag exploitation

make it possible to meet

collaborate with

and help each other

thereby building communities

Some service issues Here or there? What here? Control and legal liability vs experimentation Who as users and IPR Services staff as advisors in a new field What’s best? What should our strategy be? How should we learn about this?

Here or there?

What here?

Control and legal liability vs experimentation

Who as users and IPR

Services staff as advisors in a new field

What’s best?

What should our strategy be?

How should we learn about this?

Examples Edinburgh – Strategy first Brighton – Elgg, anyone uses, 4.5% use Leeds – Elgg, staff trained first, consequent use for teaching Warwick – Own blog software, longest running scheme, highest use

Edinburgh – Strategy first

Brighton – Elgg, anyone uses, 4.5% use

Leeds – Elgg, staff trained first, consequent use for teaching

Warwick – Own blog software, longest running scheme, highest use

thanks Mark van Harmelen Independent consultant and School of Computer Science University of Manchester [email_address]

Mark van Harmelen

Independent consultant

and

School of Computer Science

University of Manchester

[email_address]

Credits and licence Credits Web/neurone Flynn-Burhoe Thumbs up by Sean Dreilinger Community line drawing by the New School Masters in Media Studies Program and The Opportunity Agenda Screendumps by Mark van Harmelen License for this presentation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Credits

Web/neurone Flynn-Burhoe

Thumbs up by Sean Dreilinger

Community line drawing by the New School Masters in Media Studies Program and The Opportunity Agenda

Screendumps by Mark van Harmelen

License for this presentation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/