Teaching, Learning & Research on Web 2.0 in Education

Web 2.0 tools in teaching, learning and research
BengkelPenyelidikan Web 2.0
02 July 2010PTPM
Facilitator:
NorhishamMohamadNordin
norhisham@upsi.edu.my

Learning Objectives
Overview of education
What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 in education
Research in Web 2.0

Has learning changed?

Technology merely a
ToolforLearning

Knowledge is created
Learning is a collaborative social endeavor

A Paradigm Shift
Tools for
Supporting
Relationships
Tools for
Supporting
Individuals

Digital Shift
“Our students have changed radically.
Today’s students are no longer the
people our educational system was
designed to teach .”
Marc Prensky
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.

Socialnomics
Over half the world's population is under 30 years old
96% of Millennials have joined a social network
Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the US
1 out of 8 couples in the US met via social media
80% of companies use social media for recruitment (and 95% of that percentage use LinkedIn)
Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Panama combined - 4.8 million each
50% of mobile internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook
78% of Wikipedia content is in languages other than English
25% of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content

Why This All Matters?

Learning Is Changing
Education Will Need to Change

The Factory Model of Schooling Is Dying
Customization, Collaboration, and Creation Are the New Model

Web 1.0
Some typical features of Web 1.0
Read-only Web
Search for information and read it
Static pages instead of dynamic user-generated content
User is passive (one-way flow of information)
Student as consumer...

Web 1.0 (Read Only Web)
UC’s
Homepage
Dec 1998
Images courtesy of the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/

Source: http://talk.lithium.com/lithium/blog/article?message.uid=55

What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is…
“…the evolution of web use from passive consumption of content to more active participation, creation and sharing – to what is sometimes called the read/write web”
More information on Web 2.0 at: http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Web_2.0

Web 2.0
Network as platform –Web Operating System and Web-based applications
Encourage users to add value to the application as they use it
A rich, interactive, user-friendly interface
Convergence of media –Web, audio, and video
Social Web – allow users to share their opinions, experiences, and perspectives

Web 2.0
Blogs, wikis, podcasting, RSS, tagging, folksonomies, mashups, social networks, video sharing sites

Web 2.0 Is..
PRODUCER + CONSUMER
=
PROSUMER
Two Way Web
• Student as a contributor
• Sharing and collaborating

Web 2.0 Is.. PROSUMER
You can edit
this page!
http://wikipedia.com

Web 2.0 Is..
The new Web has opened almost limitless possibilities for:
Sharing
Contributing,
Collaborating, &
Connecting
Read/Write Web

Web 2.0 Is.. SOCIAL

Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&feature=related

Web 2.0 Directoryhttp://www.go2web20.net/

Bookmarking

Networking

Communication

Blogging

Audio, Music, Podcasting

Images

Presentations

File Conversion and Storage

Instructional Tools

Office Productivity

Web 2.0 Enables
Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Nik Peachey

Socialization – Through socialization our students can use the language and skills they are learning to build networks and develop relationships with real people.

Collaboration – They can work together with others to construct and share real knowledge.

Creativity – They can create genuine products, in a wide range and combination of media to high standards, that will have a real audience.

Authenticity – The tasks and activities they do and the people they communicate with to do them are real and motivating.

Sharing – They can share what they create and learn from each other.

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy for the 21st Century

Great Web 2.0 Tools in Education
• Blogs (Blogger, Wordpress)
• Wikis (Wetpaint, Wikispaces)
• Podcasting (PodOmatic)
• Photo sharing (Flickr, Photobucket)
• Video (YouTube, TeacherTube)
• Online slideshows (Myplick, SlideShare)
• Social bookmarking (del.icio.us, Furl)
• Social network (Ning, LinkedIn)
• Thinking tools (Bubbl.us, Gliffy, Zoho)
• Library tools (LibraryThing, Shelfari)

Web 2.0 Categories

personal
reflection
seeking
feedback

Blogs
Web + Logs = Blogs
Personal learning journal
Blogs
Automated updating
Reverse chronological postings
Entries posted in consecutive order, newest on top
Comments from readers extend classroom learning

Blogging in Education

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

http://facebook.com

KalauHaiwanada

http://twitter.com

Add Twitter To Your Communication

http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

Teachers use Twitter
To communicate with students and parents on homework and class activities
To link up with other teachers in a type of professional learning community

http://youtube.com

YouTube
Started in February 2005
Bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65M
Already has more content than TV and TV started in 1940’s.
If TV played 24/7 since inception, YouTube still has more content.

http://skype.com

Video Conferencing
Connect with experts
Virtual Field Trips
Working Together
Accessing previously unavailable courses
Teaching the teachers

Educators can use Skype in their classroom

Skype Teacher Resources
http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com
http://Onlineprojects4teachers
http://Skypeforeducators
http://Skypeinschools.pbworks.com
http://Skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com
http://skyeintheclassroom.wordpress.com

Research on Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning

References to Web 2.0

Selected Video Introductions to Web 2.0
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes (change in one area (such as the way we communicate) can have a profound effect on everything else.)
What is Web 2.0 (AndiGutmans of Zend defines Web 2.0 and explains how it's changing the face of the Internet.)
Understanding Web 2.0 (this video is to help teach educators about Web 2.0 tools.)
A Vision of Students Today (began as a brainstorming exercise, thinking about how students learn, what they need to learn for their future, and how our current educational system fits in.)
Did you Know ? (Innovation is cumulative and the rate of change accelerates.)
Shedding Light on Web 2.0 ( Kathy Shrock presentation, Necc’07. )
Resources for shedding light on Web 2.0 - This page will provide you with links to sites to support the above talk.

Classroom Applications
Zoho Virtual Office - Online office tool that has developed a wide variety of integrated online collaboration tools.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets - Google has grouped services that include photo album, email and calendar. You can create and share projects online and access them from anywhere.
gOffice - provides an online office suite which allows customers to quickly create documents via a web browser.
Thinkfree - is the leader in next-generation office productivity solutions for platform independent, anytime, anywhere-computing.
Joomla - is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody.
Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools - Dr. Helen Barett, in 2006, began exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools, and constructed portfolios using these tools. One advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that many of them are free.

Organizers, To-Do's and Note Taking
We appear to be always busy and Web 2.0 offers us many "organizers", "to-do's" and "note-taking" to help us with our daily tasks.
Gradefix - Simply add your homework tasks and Gradefix will work them into your schedule.
Backpack - is a simple web-based service that allows you to make pages with to-do lists, notes, files, and images.
Chalksite - It's the quickest, simplest route to expanding your classroom onto the internet.
NoteMesh - is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other.
JotSpot - Google has acquired JotSpot.

Our Growing Need to Connect
Web 2.0 service offerings grow day by day.
The expectation is that new services will continue to surface and develop into narrow online tools that compliment educational experiences.
Young students gravitate to Web 2.0 because it recognizes their individual contributions and it validates the essential need to connect.
Some of the sites need to be checked out first before they are used in the classroom.
Source : " Web 2.0 Wave Rolls into Classrooms" by Donald Hawkins, April 2007 Classroom Connect Newsletter, Volume 13, No. 7
Facebook - is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
Friendster - is a leading global social network emphasizing genuine friendships and the discovery of new people through friends.
MySpace - An international site that offers email, a forum, communities, videos and weblog space.
Scrapblog - is the best place to share your digital scrapbooks with your friends, family, and the world.

Blogs and Wikis for Educators
Blogging4educators wiki - electronic village online 2008
Technology Tools - Deirdre’s Wiki
Web 2.0 Teaching Tools - This site lists Web 2.0 websites and webtools that have potential for use college and university teaching.
Educational Software - On this wiki you will find resources for different educational applications, Web 2.0 and digital image and video resources.
EdTechWeb2 - This is the common space for educators to list and share their Web 2.0 ideas and applications for best practice in K-12 education.
School 2.0 in South Africa - How can Web 2.0 transform teaching and learning ?
Classroom Blogging - blogging in the classroom.
eLearning Technology Blog - Tonny Karrer’s blog on eLearning and Adoption of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 revisited.

Other Helpful Sources
Classroom 2.0 - the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.
Go2Web20.net - the complete Web 2.0 directory.
Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day - a daily item of e-learning interest selected by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.
Directory of over 2,000 E-Learning Tools - Jane has been building this Directory of Learning Tools over the last year. It now contains over 2,000 tools that can be used for creating learning and performance support solutions as well as for managing your own personal learning.
Welcome to Stephen’s Web - by Stephen Downes, works for the National Research Council, Institute for Information Technology, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and he specializes in online learning, content syndication, and new media.

Other Useful Web 2.0 Tools
WiZiQ -The free online teaching and e-learning platform. Find teachers, network, use the web-based Virtual Classroom for collaboration and conferencing, share documents and take tests.
The Broth - created by an Australian web publisher and developer, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Our focus is collaborative art and social media applications.
SlideShare - is the world's largest community for sharing presentations on the web.
TokBox - Video chat and video message with friends and family for free.
Voice Thread - is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish.

References
Web 2.0, New Tools, New Schools - this bookprovides a comprehensive overview of the emerging Web 2.0 technologies and their use in the classroom and in professional development.
Technology Literacy and the MySpace Generation-They're not asking permission.
The Invasion of Web 2.0 - The Internet-based software programs that are generally referred to as "Web 2.0" may have been perceived, as recently as last Spring, as the latest pet technology of the educational uber-geek or the conference presenter. However, Web 2.0 programs are rapidly becoming tools of choice for a growing body of classroom educators, who are discovering that they provide compelling teaching and learning opportunities.
The Web 2.0 Bubble- Why the social-media revolution will go out with a whimper, article from The Atlantic.com, April 2007

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