Web 2.0 It’S Not Just For Online Classes

Web 2.0: It’s Not Just for Online Classes John Thompson, Ph.D. Buffalo State College August 21, 2008

Presentation Agenda

Millennial students

Web 2.0 applications

Interactive presentation – during and after session –

Millennials

BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LIST® FOR THE CLASS OF 2011 (last year’s entering class) - They are generally 18 which equates to being born in 1990

http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2012.php

Aug. 19, 2008 Webcast

Millennials

A Vision of Students Today (Oct. 2007 – tiered classroom) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Millennials – college students talking about themselves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hSiRsBPc3w

Pay Attention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M_336pDWoM&feature=related – college students - http://t4.jordandistrict.org/t4/ referenced at end

Teaching Gen Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRi8Wgug-s&feature=related

Information R/evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM&feature=rec-fresh

Did You Know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/ companion site

Millennials

Millennials & Their Media Source: http://www.burstmedia.com/assets/newsletter/items/2007_07_01.pdf

Get Ready for N-gens Source: http://www.grunwald.com/ (July, 2007)

Medaille audience Cellphone - TV - Laptop - Digital camera - MP3 player - Desktop PC - Stereo - Land-line phone - Portable game - Webcam - Source: http://www.marketingcharts.com /

Generation Y & Technology

Survey of 7,705 US college students found:

97% own a computer

97% have downloaded music and other media

94% own a cellphone

76% use instant messaging and social networking sites

75% of college students have a Facebook account

60% own some type of portable music and/or video device (e.g., iPod)

34% use Web sites as their primary source of news

28% author a blog and 44% read blogs

15% of IM users are logged on 24 hours a day/7 days a week

Junco, R., & Mastrodicasa, J. (2007.) Connecting to the net.generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today’s students.

Top 10 College Rules to Explain to Your New Gen Y Students

10. No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In college, food must be provided at an event before students will come.

9. Professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide.

8. In high school, you do homework. In college, you study.

7. There are no bells or tardy slips.

6. There's no one to tell you not to eat pizza three meals a day.

5. Y ou can blow off studying by writing lists like this.

4. In high school, you wear your backpack on one shoulder. In college, on both.

3. Keep your pants on in Facebook photos.

2. In college, weekends start on Thursday.

1. You’re not in Cheektowaga any more.

Generation Y & Online Learning

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0811/081.html

K-12

42 states offered some kind of K-12 public online learning in 2007a

Number of K-12 enrollments in technology-based distance education courses increased from an est. 318K enrollments in 2002-3 to 506K in 2004-5

Higher Education

Nearly 3.5 million college students — or 19.8% of total enrollments — took at least one course online in fall 2006 - almost 10% increase over 2005

9.7% growth rate for online enrollments exceeds the 1.5% growth of the overall higher education student population

http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/online_nation http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008008

What is “Web 2.0?”

Web 1.0

read-only medium

static Web – provide information

Web 2.0

read-write Web

relies on user participation

information is transmitted and consumed with content being created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along ( Downes, 2005 )

Web 2.0 in Higher Education

User-centric

users become information producers

promotes user-centered learning

users become more efficient

increases user creativity and community while concurrently empowering user ownership of content

user-generated content leading to "collective intelligence" that benefits many

Web 2.0 in Higher Education

Collaborative in nature

Creates rich, engaging & exciting environment

Web 2.0 Videos

An intro in 5 minute The Machine is Us/ing Us

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

human-computer interaction personal connections--from words, pictures, video, and audio authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication open, flexible collaboration data and applications opened to creative use by the public harnessing collective intelligence collaboration/participation/collective intelligence second generation of services Web as a platform the wisdom of crowds creative amateur is cherished “democratizes” media amoral authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication collective judgments user-generated content safety in numbers participative Web collective power community Web changing from “medium” to “platform” user actions provide value architecture of participation bookmarking >>> social bookmarking transparent selves…transparent Web interactive, community-based Internet applications

Trying to define and categorize what “Web 2.0” means is like trying to change the tire on your car while it’s going down the highway. Tim O’Reilly’s definition

Benefits of Web 2.0

Permits users to receive information from multiple sources in multiple ways

Free applications (mostly)

Access from home, school, on the road…anywhere with an Internet connection

Access with any platform – Windows, Mac, mobile devices

Low maintenance – no hardware, no software, no backups, auto updates without user or IT effort

Improved communication and collaboration among many possible users

Benefits of Web 2.0

Asynchronous communication allows measured, considered responses

One stop shopping instead of pulling together multiple applications

Permits control of material (through use of permissions) while encouraging collaboration

Tracks users’ contributions

Users can work on same version in real time or not

Built-in tutorials

Potential for mobile device access

Engage the students

Directory of Web 2.0 apps & services – 1937 logos as of 1/19/08 2476 logos as of 6/11/08 2635 logos as 8/19/08

Sharing Photos

Higher Education Uses

Admissions – advertise campus

Alumni reunions

Portfolio

School events

Embed in blogs, PowerPoints, program Web sites

Other uses?

Video – Online Photo Sharing in Plain English Library of Congress’ Flickr site

Sharing Videos

Top 10 Video Sharing Sites from PC World

http://blip.tv/

http://www.stage6.com/

http://www.brightcove.com/

http://www.revver.com/

http://www.veoh.com/

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&tab=soapbox

http://www.youtube.com/

http://www.vimeo.com/

http://www.jumpcut.com/

http://vids.myspace.com/

Jan. 2008 - 48% of online adults have visited video Web sites, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project report. A year ago, it was 33% -- a 45% year-to-year growth. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/232/report_display.asp List of video sharing sites - http://www.hybridsem.com/blog/2007/07/01/list-of-video-sharing-sites-and-impact-of-video-marketing/

Colleges on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/MedailleBuffalo

Fav Video/MultiMedia Sites http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/top-10-video-multimedia-websites-july-2008-5632/

Sharing PowerPoints And even more sites! “Free Web-based alternative to PowerPoint. Create & edit Flash presentations online. Send presentations via e-mail or publish on your Web site or blog.” Synch uploaded video with your PowerPoint

Sharing Documents 24/7 anytime, anywhere access to projects or assignments – extends class time

Social Networks Educators Using Educational Technology

Blogs

a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.

provide commentary or news on a particular subject, or function as more personal online diaries

a contraction of the term " Web log "

"Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog .

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog )

Technorati.com is tracking 113 million blogs

Blogs Audio blogs/conversations Blog Top Sites by Directory Higher Education Blogs Will Richardson’s blog

Podcasts

i POD broad CAST

Audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player

Can be played in a regular computer, but the original idea was to listen on a portable device; hence, the "pod" name from " iPod "

Although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music, images & video

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=podcast&i=49433,00.asp

Podcasts “Record your podcast via a toll-free call from any phone. Never even touch a computer!” Podcasting in Plain English video 100,000+ podcast episodes from independent creators and big names like HBO, NPR, ESPN, CBS Sports, and The New York Times.

Podcast Recommendations

Chronicle Multimedia - http://chronicle.com/multimedia/?nav

Higher Education Podcast Repository - http://ed-cast.org/

NPR Podcast Directory - http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=17350298

NECC 2008 podcasts - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=2956

Wikis Wiki – online software that lets users modify any content, plus everything (formatting included) about the wiki wiki.com domain name sold for $2.86 million (8/06) EDC Ed Tech Courses – http://bscedtech.wetpaint.com/ Educational Computing Portal – http://edcwebportal.wetpaint.com/ Wikis in Plain English video

Source: USA Today 2,511,898 : number of articles on the English-language Wikipedia 120,000: number of articles on Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042500875.html (April 2008) 65,000: number of articles in 32 volume print Encyclopedia Britannica

Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking – store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of Web sites using metadata & tagging Social Bookmarking in Plain English video 30 Largest Social Bookmarking Sites List of 175+ Social Bookmarking Sites Delicious.com tutorial

Education Online

Coursecast – podcast or videocast lecture ( like a Tivo for courses )

Partial list of higher ed schools offering open source courseware and/or coursecasts:

Harvard

Carnegie Mellon

UC Berkeley

Duke

MIT

Notre Dame

Johns Hopkins

Lecture-capture software for educational institutions - capture, edit, index, archive and stream video and audio over the Internet Free Online Education listing

Miscellaneous Cool Apps

Share graphics

Calendar

Diagrams

Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools

ePortfolio Mash Up with GoogleApps

Company ratings, reviews & salaries

Office productivity suite

RSS aggregators

Flipbook – http:// www.acroflip.com

Ex. - http:// clients.acroflip.com/?userpath =00000003/00009379/00029528/

Video Long list

Miscellaneous Cool Apps “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. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.” -- group audio blogging to enhance group communication and reflection “captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere” “Enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. Customize your Voki to look like you…Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone.”

Miscellaneous Cool Apps Create surveys and polls for your Web site, blog and social network profiles. Add notes or bullets to Web sites. Share these annotated pages with others. One-to-many live interactive video broadcast platform enabling anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to broadcast to a unlimited global audience.

Beyond just driving directions…

100 Things to do

“ Designed for the need of researchers…scientists can interact, exchange knowledge and collaborate with researchers of different fields.

exchange know-how and expertise

initiate collaboration

discuss research & get feedback”

Self-running slide show of over 1,400 Web 2.0 sites - categorized by tags and sorted alphabetically. Limited to 140 characters & spaces per post (or per "tweet"). E.g., remind students about assignments. Students authorize their cellphones from the Web site & subscribe to user's profile page.

ReadTheWords http://www.readthewords.com/

Ex. - http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com /

Poll Everywhere (like a free “clicker”) http://polleverywhere.com

Blabbersize http://blabberize.com /

Discussion Source: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/

Discussion Source: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com /

Problems Using Web 2.0

Unaware

Inadequate instructions

Usual suspects

Mindset

Lack of imagination

Insufficient support

Change – personal & college

Time

Others?

Watchwords for 2008

C onvenience

C ollaboration

C onvergence

Source: T.H.E. Journal , 1/08

C ommunity

C reativity

C loud

Coming Attractions

Starbucks Effect

Blurring of work & personal lives…& apps

9 to 5 >>> 24/7

Growing reliance on Internet – “cloud”

Future?

What Next? “ Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin Baby steps…one new app at a time “Just do it.”

Summary

Gen Y & Gen Z students are here

Loads of Web 2.0 apps for higher ed

“Roadmap must be created for turning the emerging technologies into productive tools for supporting the next-generation e-learning environment” ( Allison, et al., 2008 ).

Additional Resources

2008 Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf

Mark Greenfield site http:// www.markgr.com /

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/Web20ANewWaveofInnovation/40615?time=1219192081

Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html

Best Web 2.0 Applications for College Faculty & Students http://maricopatech.blogspot.com/2007/12/best-web-20-applications-for-college.html

Web 2.0 Videos & PowerPoints- http://web2videos.blogspot.com/

More Web 2.0 applications - http://www.shambles.net/web2/

81 Best Practice College and University Website Features http:// www.bobjohnsonconsulting.com/linkoftheweek.html

Web 2.0: Syndicating to Enhance Learning http:// rayschroeder.googlepages.com/fsi

Additional Resources

Wesley Fryer http:// www.speedofcreativity.org /

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

Junco, R., & Mastrodicasa, J. (2007.) Connecting to the net.generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today’s students. Washington, DC: NASPA. 164 pp. ISBN: 0-931654-48-3 ($30 list/$25 member on NASPA Web site) http://bookstore.naspa.org/browseproducts/Connecting-to-the-Net.Generation--What-Higher-Education-Professionals-Need-to-Know-About-Today%27s-Students.html

Ian Jukes’ Web site http:// web.mac.com/iajukes/thecommittedsardine/Home.html

Oblinger and Oblinger - Oblinger, D, and Oblinger, J. Is It Age or IT: First Steps Toward Understanding the Net Generation, in Oblinger, D, and Obligner J. (Eds.), Educating the Net Generation , Educause 2005, http:// www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen

Thompson, J. (2007, April/May). Is Education 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0 Students? Innovate. 3 (4). Available at http:// www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view = article&id =393