Staff Conference 2008 - Web 2.0 in teaching and learning

Now that’s what I call a session plan... taking Web 2.0 to the next level Leo Appleton, Sean Herbert and Anthony Beal Mon 30 th July – Weds 2 nd June 2008 Future Technologies

Where? What? Why? How? Plan

Student Feedback

Communication?

Email

Mobile Phone

Texting

MSN

Bebo

Technology at Home?

Google Video

MSN

MySpace

Facebook

YouTube

Student Feedback

Using it for?

Social Networking

Research

Collaboration

Downloading Audio/Video Files

Uploading Photos

Where did we come from? Thanks to Copacetic - http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/05/29/web-20-vs-web-10/ Web 1.0 Web 2.0 was about reading is about writing was about companies is about communities was about home pages is about blogs was about portals is about RSS was about taxonomy is about tags was about wires is about wireless was about owning is about sharing was about AltaVista is about Google was about web forms is about web applications was about Encarta is about Wikipedia was about expert created data is about user created data

What is Web 2.0? Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com (20m) An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org (57m) Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’. Sites are evaluated by the wider web audience by review and citation multimedia sharing www.youtube.com (58m) www.flickr.com (24m) Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk (8m) Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com (60m) www.facebook.com (32m) www.twitter.com (2m) Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

Why bother?

Learners

want

it

Pedagogy 2.0 Tensions between innovation and control © Mark Stiles – Staffordshire University – Facebook Group Fresh ideas More friendly space for learning Lifelong learning: Del.icio.us

The CommonCraft Show Podcasting Blogs Twitter Social Bookmarking Social Networking Wikis RSS http://www.commoncraft.com/show

How do I do it? Blogs A diary reflecting something you are reading or on work experience The author can choose to share it with the tutor or fellow learners Progress record on solving a problem Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Wikis Learners share prior knowledge before starting a new topic Each learner contributes a small section they have researched to build up a whole picture Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Tagging & Social Bookmarking Groups of learners can share useful web sites relevant to the topic being studied Learners can build up a shared resource of revision web sites An aid to evaluating the quality of the web sites Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Multimedia sharing Creative alternative method of presentation. Learners can present what they know in video format A picture gallery related to study area Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Audio, blogs & podcasting Tutor prepared summary of key points in study topic Learner prepared application of knowledge. Recording teaching observations (CELTA) Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? RSS & syndication Learners access RSS feeds on subject relevant sites Learners produce brief news letter using material from RSS feeds Create a library of podcasts relevant to a subject area Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Social networking Again a creative alternative to presenting information Create a study group to provide mutual support Keep track of the latest research in a subject area Category Example Description blogs www.blogger.com An online journal wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to tagging and social bookmarking del.icio.us www.stumbleupon.com Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’ multimedia sharing www.youtube.com www.flickr.com Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs audio, blogs & podcasting www.impala.ac.uk www.ricksteves.com Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player RSS and syndication www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop social networking www.myspace.com www.facebook.com Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

How do I do it? Teaching with Twitter at Kansas State University The World Simulation uses Twitter and Jott, which allows students to send live updates of major events through their mobile phones. You can see the tweets and a film of the event here: http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=170 A full background on the World Simulation Rules and Objectives can be found at: http://mediatedcultures.net/worldsim.htm

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