Living…and Thriving!…in a Library 2.0+ World

Slide 1: Living…and Thriving!…in a Library 2.0+ World Library/Web 2.0 and Students’ Use of Technology in Learning Paula Barnett-Ellis Sherri Restauri

Slide 2: Web/Library 2.0 is Here Web 2.0 is “evolving, expanding and diversifying at an astonishing rate,” and it is coming, or has already arrived, at a campus near you. Brown, M. (2006). Web 2.0 services: these objects are closer than they appear. EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0606.pdf.

Slide 3: Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto “I will be willing to go where users are, both online and in physical spaces, to practice my profession.” Laura Cohen, Library 2.0: an academic’s perspective Blog posting: http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html Multimedia version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU

Slide 4: The Linked Learner E-mail Social networking  Instant messaging  Blogs & Wikis  Facebook.com (7.5 million + members)  MySpace.com (95 million + members) Gaming/simulation Natural transition to CMS

Slide 5: What’s New? A critical point: “Most students spend time reading information that Facebook puts in front of them, not what they seek out on their own.” Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, and Lauren A. Jensen. 2007. "Connecting and Communicating With Students on Facebook. Computers in Libraries 27, no. 8: 18-22.

Slide 6: RSS Feeds

Slide 7: What’s a Blog? Web log—primarily • PURPOSE? textual, reverse • Personal chronological, and • Professional public; many form- based As of December • Political 2007, there are • Lifestyle more than 112 • Education million blogs • Marketing/Recruiting

Slide 8: Blog Example

Slide 9: Blogs Blogger, Wordpress, Edublogs.org http://www.weblogmatrix.org/ http:// www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/info / http://www.mchron.net/site/edublog.php http://blog.secondlife.com /category/tips-tricks/ http://liswiki.org/wiki/Weblogs

Slide 10: And a Wiki? Collaborative website that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily Community-driven, but private or public www.Wikipedia.org (top 20 internet traffic sites) http://tc.eserver.org/

Slide 11: Comparing Blogs & Wikis Wikis Blogs  Usually many authors  Usually single author  Structure determined by  Reverse chronological content and users structure  Usually objective  Usually personal  Internal and external  External links links

Slide 12: Tagging

Slide 13: Social Networking

Slide 14: And now… Podcasting Distributed audio/video in digital format JSU @ iTunesU… www.Podcast.com Podcast.net, Digital Podcast and Podcast Alley http:// www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/ http:// www.campustechnology.com/mcv/resources/podcast / http://www.podcastforprofessors.org/

Slide 15: RL vs. SL—Virtual Worlds Grid Avatar/Linden Slurl  NY: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Poggi PURPOSE:  Socializing  Education  Marketing/Promo  Outreach •http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki

Slide 16: SL Library Sites Info Island: SLURL: EduIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/91/130/34 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/122/127/ Info Island International: SLURL: EduIsland II: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/128/128/0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/34/ Cybrary City I: SLURL: EduIsland III: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/128/128/0 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/129 Health InfoIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/130/138/23 EduIsland IV: SLURL: ALA Arts InfoIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%204/128 http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Arts%20InfoIsland/128/107/27 Imagination Island: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Isla Selected InfoIslands of the Alliance Library System. Source: iLibrarian blog - A Quick Guide to Second Life for Librarians http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-quick-guide-to-second-life-for-librarians/

Slide 18: Research

Slide 19: Students’ Use of Tech— Course Vs. Personal Students' Use of Tech Tools @ JSU Social Softw are/Coursew ork Social Softw are/Personal 90 75 60 Percent 45 30 15 0 IM ng r is et er g e s s fe i ck es og ed ik tin ub cN th i Li gg W _M Fl as fe Bl uT O So nd Ta dc ch S Yo co RS Po yn Se As Tools

Slide 20: Recent Research Tech Tools Most Useful in Coursework 0% 3% 0% 23% 31% 0% 0% 0% 9% 14% 20% 0% Asynch_Mes Blogs Flickr IM Other Podcasting RSS feeds Second Life SocNet Tagging Wikis YouTube

Slide 21: Applications of Web 2.0 Tools Research Group work & SS & FS Interaction Student & faculty artifacts/eportfolio Critique Online learning…or learning in a Web 2.0 world

Slide 22: Considerations & Summing Up Learning curves (F & S) Concept vs. application…PMJ 2007 Ownership & responsibility

Slide 23: Recommended Further Reading Boettcher, J.V., & Conrad, R.M (1999). Faculty guide for Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2007). The moving teaching and learning to the web. River Falls, benefits of Facebook "friends:" Social capital and WI: LERN. college students' use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), Bolliger, D.U., & Martindale, T. (2004). Key factors for article 1. determining student satisfaction in online courses. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html International Journal on E-Learning, 3(1), 61-67. Bonk, C.J. (2001). Online teaching in an online world. Gordon-Murnane, Laura.. (2006). Social bookmarking, Available: http:// folksonomies, and Web 2.0 tools. Searcher, 14(6), 26- www.jonesknowledge.com/higher/resources_research.html 38. Bruns, A., & Jacobs, J. (2006). (Eds.) Uses of Blogs. Maness, Jack M. (2006). Library 2.0 theory: Web 2.0 and NY: Peter Lang. its implications for libraries. Webology, 3(2) http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html Hewett, S.M. (2004). Improving instructional practices. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 48(5), 26-31. Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. Roblyer, M. D., & Wiencke, W.R. (2003). Design and use of a rubric to assess and encourage interactive qualities in distance courses. American Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 77-99. Sandars, J., & Schroter, J. (2007). Web 2.0 technologies for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education: An online survey. Postgraduate Medical Journal 83:759-762.