The document discusses the use of Web 2.0 tools like RSS readers, wikis, and social networks to facilitate personal learning networks (PLNs) and knowledge sharing. It notes that these tools allow learners to actively create and participate in information instead of just consuming it. The document also outlines several principles of effective knowledge sharing, including the importance of communities of practice, storytelling, and balancing online and offline interactions.

1. Welcome – week 2 Capturing Knowledge Web 2.0 & Personal Learning Networks (PLN) HTML Wikis

2. Singin & Dancin Get the Counsellor Coasting Tickety Boo Struggling Use the text tool to record your current state

3. Organisational Maturity ‘ Established’ users were more likely to: • Blend learning technologies together • Create collaborative learning opportunities • Personalise learning using assessment: • Support learners: • Focus on i nteractivity through multimedia and games E-learning maturity in the workplace – the benefits and practices Laura Overton and Howard Hills

4. How mature is your organisation?

5. Self Audit

6. Evolutions Web 1 Web 2 Webpages Email Personal Productivity Tools Personal Learning Environments Mash Ups Tagging Convergence

7. e Learning off-the-shelf libraries of generic courses, development of multimedia online courses emergence of learning management systems to manage learners Self paced, decline of the teacher Moved to Blended Delivery Rapid e Learning tools (software) Facilitation and Moderation

8. Web 2.0

9. Characteristics of Web 2.0 • Users with personal profile page features, or comments about the user by other users. • Connections between users, via links to other users who are “friends”, membership in “groups” of various kinds, and subscriptions or RSS feeds of “updates” from other users • The ability to post content in many forms: photos, videos, blogs, comments and ratings on other users’ content, tagging of own content. • embedding of various rich content types (e.g. Flash videos, posts, PowerPoint's, Documents podcasts etc), and communication with other users through internal email or mobile phone or from third party content

10. RSS A web feed format used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a “feed” or “web feed” contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS is used most commonly to subscribe to blogs and podcasts. Distribution of Instructional Content Exchange of Information Publishing Assessments & Tasks Collaboration Brainstorming & Mind Mapping

11. RSS

12. Do you use an RSS Reader? A: What are you talking about? B: Yes I use a Reader to capture posts from blogs, web, etc C: No but I understand RSS Readers D: No but I would like to know more about setting one up

13. RSS – Google Reader Demo

14. Teacher Blog Teacher RSS Reader Student Blog Student Blog Student Blog Teachers Google Docs

15. Google Revise refined searches Explore some broader options: Groups/Sites – browse, join, create Reader – organise with RSS feeds iGoogle – personalising the web Docs – collaborative creation Gmail – email Blogger

17. Other Web 2.0 tools

18. Twitter

19. Mobile Communication Moblogging http://moblog.net Mobile websites www.winksite.com/ Phlogging http://www.ipadio.com/

20. Wikis What’s a wiki?! Shared publishing space Creating our own collaborative space File repository, Forums, Video

21. Wikis Demo

23. Assessment Task 2

24. Valued Knowledge ? Bryan Sinclair comments that “ With the rise of Web 2.0 and social software we are witnessing a major shift in the ways students approach and use information. They no longer merely consume and download information; increasingly, they create and participate in it. They are social creatures in every way that past generations were and in some new ways, sharing information digitally and using each other as sounding boards. They value social experiences that blend communication and learning.”

25. What knowledge is valued? Dave Pollard, in his blog, “How to save the world” claims valued knowledge is changing: connection, just in time knowledge acquired through context-rich interaction (i.e. conversation) information to which value (meaning, suggested action) has been added through visualization, synthesis and analysis. Conversational content (for participants and for a short time) analysed content that tells people either what something means, or what should they do about it Project content “ know-who” directories (if up to date) stories (these have the longest shelf life).

26. What knowledge is valued? Looking at your learners – what kind of knowledge is valued? What does that knowledge differ from the content you attempt to train them? Can virtual/online systems have to play in disseminating & building knowledge for staff?

27. Keys to Success? The central driver for success in the 21st century according to Stephen Denning et al, will be knowledge sharing using communities of practice and connected environments Information technology is simply a tool for enabling knowledge sharing.

28. Denning’s laws of knowledge sharing Knowledge sharing is essential to economic survival Communities of practice are the heart and soul of knowledge sharing Virtual community members also need physical interactions – to establish bonds and trust Passion is the driving force behind communities of practice – communities need a passionate commitment to a common purpose, if created hierarchically have less success

29. Denning’s laws of knowledge sharing Communities enrich organisations and personal lives Knowledge sharing has inside-out and outside-in dynamic – organisations need to use insiders who “know” the environment and have credibility. Outsiders can be brought in to validate and move the agenda forward. Storytelling ignites knowledge sharing.

30. Do you agree? The central driver for success in the 21st century according to Stephen Denning et al, will be knowledge sharing using communities of practice and connected environments

31. Denning’s laws of knowledge sharing Moving on from training to knowledge sharing What might a “community of practise” look like? What would its purpose be? Why would you participate?

32. Web 2.0 & PLN’s

33. “ Take a look at what the education community is doing with the Web, for example. They are not only starting to use the tools of Web 2.0 - blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. They’re also adapting to a new generation of kids who are growing up on the Web, the so-called ‘ Digital Natives ’. The challenge for educators now and for the future is to learn and teach Internet literacy, converse and collaborate with their students using Web tools, and help our children make sense of the huge amounts of information and media that surround us.”

34. Stephen Downes http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/personal-professional-development?type=presentation

35. Stephen Downes

36. Stephen Downes … This approach to learning means that learning content is created and distributed in a very different manner. Rather than being composed, organized and packaged, e-learning content is syndicated, much like a blog, post, or podcast. It is aggregated by students, using their own personal RSS reader or some similar application. From there, it is remixed and repurposed with the student's own individual application in mind, the finished product being fed forward to become fodder for some other student's reading and use…

37. HTML Collection of related web pages, Maintained by specialists Each web page is a separate HTML file Other multi-media components are separate files also, eg. GIF, JPEG, Flash Animations etc

38. Writing Course Content Use the Moodle html editor Use a third party tool like ARED, Wimba Create Use Dreamweaver Use Captivate ( which exports its content as a swf file capable of being played in a flash player )

39. Why is HTML important here? Embeds/can be linked to easily in Moodle Interactivity Hyperlinks Can be structured to other docs Can be read by everyone

40. Web Site Assets Html pages (Content & Structure) Photographs & Graphics (GIF & JPG) CSS - Style Sheets (Structure & Design) Flash (Animations/Demonstrations) Video (WMV, Flash, QuickTime, AVI, MPEG4) Audio (MP3, RA, Flash, WAV)

41. Websites Must be self contained Optimised Browser friendly Assets we use may require Plug Ins (PDF Reader, Flash Player, QuickTime Player)

42. Website Issues Formatting Structure Consistency between pages Need a good structure for assets to ensure they display Workarounds

43. Web Editors Write, paste text Embed Multimedia Insert Images Add links Tricky beasts, positioning is hard Rapid eLearning

44. Resources Jane Hart http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/jane.html Web 2.0 Classroom http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/

45. Questions?

46. Support Michael Call Me – 03 5331 7625 SMS/Call – 0409 317 625 Email me – [email_address] Skype Me – swampfox_mg Twitter - @ mickgwyther

47. Next Session Tuesday 14 th September 2010 6:30 – 7:30pm

48. Thank you for playing