The document discusses Web 2.0 technologies and how they can be used for education. It provides examples of typical Web 2.0 activities like social networking, blogging, wikis, and gives specific tools for each. It also provides ideas for using wikis to support learning and discusses research on the pros and cons of Web 2.0 use in education. Contact information is provided for two people and links to related resources.

1. Theresa Welch, E-Learning Adviser (WBL) & Kevin Brace, HE Coordinator West Midlands RSC Web 2.0 Senior Managers Workshop - Liability and Law Oct 6 th 2008 http://www.slideshare.net/kevinbrace/Web 2.0 in Education Web 2.0 in Education

2. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is… “… the evolution of web use from passive consumption of content to more active participation, creation and sharing – to what is sometimes called the read/write web ” More information on Web 2.0 at: http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Web_2.0

3. Typical Web 2.0 Activity Media sharing Uploading and downloading media files for viewing or sharing (Flickr, Teacher tube, Slideshare) Conversational arenas One-to-one or one-to-many conversations between internet users (Microsoft Network, Moodle chat/forum) Online games and virtual worlds Themed virtual online environments that invite ‘live’ interaction with other internet users (Second Life, Active Worlds)

4. Social networking Websites for social interaction between members or subgroups of 'friends‘ (Facebook, Myspace, NING) Social bookmarking Users submit their bookmarked web pages to a central site where they can be tagged and found by other users (Delicious, Furl) Typical Web 2.0 Activity

5. Blogging An internet-based journal or diary in which a user can post text and digital material while others can comment (Blogger, Wordpress) Collaborative editing and wikis Web tools used collaboratively to design, construct and distribute some digital product (Googledocs, PBWiki, media wiki) Typical Web 2.0 Activity

6. Syndication Users can ‘subscribe’ to RSS feed enabled websites so that they are automatically notified of any changes or updates in content (Bloglines, i-tunes) Data/web mashups Combining data from multiple sources to create a new application, tool or service (Yahoo Pipes, Feedburner) Typical Web 2.0 Activity

7. Active learning with wikis One university is using Wikipedia to assess a piece of student work. Undergraduates are tasked to compose a peer reviewed Wikipedia entry. They are assessed on it’s composition , accuracy, and scope of references. Students are encouraged to peer review other entries.

8. Ideas for Using Wikis to Support Learning A teacher could post some key revision words for students to expand into definitions / pages. Students could work in groups on collaborative documents such as a group report. Course notes could be refined over the duration of the course by both students and teachers. Students could research new topics and contribute their findings , thereby adding to course resources. Teacher can start a writing prompt and have students add parts to create a comprehensive class writing activity. A teacher could start a story and students could create links off it which would allow the story to follow different, interactive paths. A wiki could be a great tool for collaboratively constructing answers to exam questions. Creating a subject specific FAQ page for each cohort.

9. West Suffolk College using blogs, wikis, social network & podcasts to replace poor VLE. Brighton University social network & Warwick University blogsphere Staffordshire best practice models – a CoP for professionals (moodle) http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/bestpracticemodels/ http://nextgen.ning.com/ http://classroom20.ning.com/ http://education.ning.com/ + + + Active learning with web 2.0

10. What’s hot? Mike Wesch (Professor who uses Web 2.0) : the possibilities are endless. Mix and match the tools you want to use (most are free): http://kev-brace.blogspot.com/2008/07/knowledge-able.html The JISC funded SPLICE project implemented social networking and collaborative wiki tools at Coleg Harlech The SPLICE project seeks to uncover the pedagogical, technological and organisational challenges in encouraging learners to be self-regulating. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_elearning_capital/el_xinstit2/splice.aspx Want to see a student actually using all of this stuff? http://nicola-eportfolio.blogspot.com/

11. Research pros & cons http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2007/03/16/some-real-data-on-web-20-use/ 1369 respondents – Oxford 2007 – were aware of online learning

12. Theresa Welch: [email_address] Kevin Brace: [email_address] Regional Support Centre, West Midlands on the web at: http://www.rsc-westmidlands.ac.uk/ References : BECTA “Web 2.0 technologies for learning: The current landscape – opportunities, challenges and tensions ” Prepared by: Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham Contact: