Education in the
2.0 Bazaar
IADAT-e2009
Pablo Garaizar Sagarminaga
garaizar@eside.deusto.es
University of Deusto

Outline
● Background
● Two opposing points of view
● Education 2.0: a positive experience
● Problems
● Solutions
● Conclusions

Background

Who am I?

Who are my students?

What are we using at Deusto?

How to improve communication and interaction?
How to improve education?

Two opposing points
of view

LMS vs Web 2.0

Institutional vs. DIY (Edupunk?)

Structured vs. flexible

Concentrated vs. distributed

Top-down vs. bottom-up

Formal vs. non-formal

Located vs. ubiquitous

Store vs. utility

Cathedral vs. Bazaar

Constructivism vs. Connectivism

Should I stay
or should I go?
The Clash, 1981

Let's try the Edupunk way!

Education 2.0: a
positive experience

Less lectures, more collaborative work

Teachers: from masters to DJs

No textbook

– Beyond physical boundaries
– "Why should I go back to school and
– interrupt my education?"

– The teacher is not
– the only yardstick anymore

– The teacher is not the only
– available data source anymore

– Microblogging & Desktop widgets =
– real-time participation

Problems

Lack of order
Information dispersion > confusion

Digital competency:
master RSS aggregation and social
bookmarking services

Lack of control:
technical and social level

Privacy and arbitrary limits

Let's play 1984 game:
wink.com, spock.com, peekyou.com,
pipl.com, 123people.es, yasni.com

Scope confusion
don't even try it ;-)

Social networks designed for leisure
(or procrastination)

Solutions

Current solution: wiki + group blogs +
personal blogs + microblogging

Wiki (local, private): collaborative work +
practice wiki-syntax + arrangement

Wiki activity (Spring 2008 & 2009)

Blog planet = group +
personal blogs (virtual portfolios)

Twitter (public) & Yammer (private)

Microblogging + real-time desklet

Future plans

LMS + PLE + Web 2.0 services
Content- Student- Social
centred centred
Structure Custom Flexibility
Moodle Mahara 2.0
Widgets

Conclusions

Education 2.0 is more than just adding
technology to education

RSS is the “lingua franca” of the web,
Education 2.0 must be fluent in RSS

One size doesn't fit all
Identify learner's main features

Google Wave Protocol?
Testing platforms already available

Thank you for your
attention

Questions?

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