This presentation describes the tools for increasing participation, interaction and community in designing new media programs and activities.

1. eXtension 2.0 : Interaction , Participation and Community Robert Hughes, Jr. University of Illinois Just In Time Parenting, adviser

2. Let the conversation begin— http://open2learn.blogspot.com/

6. How Successful Web Services Structure Persuasion (from Fogg & Eckles, 2007)

8. FAQs or Questions and Answers– the fundamental building block of active learning.

9. Quizzes Example of a One-Item Quiz. Note link to additional information.

10. Polls & Surveys—Asking People what they think? Collecting data. Providing comparison data.

11. Budgeting and Financial Calculators provide interaction with content.

12. e-Newsletters and Feeds are another way to engage learners.

13. How Stuff Works Example of website that uses illustrations, pictures, videos, sounds, etc. to explain ideas.

14. "I think that participation is the saving of the human race. Participate in games, puzzles, fun, storytelling and when you're grown up participate in education….. It's the key to the future of the human race-- participation. " Pete Seeger, 2008

16. Comments, Rating, and Tagging– Basic User Participation that adds value & Encourages User action User-tags? Email articles? Connections to tagging sources—Del.icio.us

17. Blogs, Pictures, Videos– User-Generated Content

18. Autism-Vaccine Searches A: Vaccines Caused Autism Symptoms in Girl, US Officials Say, But Regulators Still Deny Autism-Vaccine Link Newsinferno.com - Mar 6 2008 B: Autism-Vaccine Link Gets Day In Court CBS 5 - May 12 2008

20. Science 2.0: Platform for Participatory Science

22. Community “… social learning is based on the premise that our understanding of content is socially constructed through conversations about the content and through grounded interactions, especially with others , around problems or actions. The focus is not so much on what we are learning but on how we are learning” (Brown and Adler, 2008, p. 18).