Introduction toWeb 2.0 tools
Topics covered today
What is ‘Web 2.0’? Introduction to Web 2.0 concepts Levels of online participation Online tools and technologies Web 2.0 and your students Teaching and learning case studies Legal issues
What is Web 2.0?
Evolution of the internet
Web 2.0 concepts
Based on Tim O’Reilly’s definition in his essay (‘What is Web 2.0’, 2005) Individual production and UGC Harness the power of the crowd Data on an epic scale/data recombined Network effects Openness
(1) Individual production/UGC
http://english.ohmynews.com/
(2) ‘Crowdsourcing’
http://www.cambrianhouse.com/
(3) Data on an epic scale
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
(3) Data recombined – ‘mashups’
http://twittervision.com/
Levels of participation
From Forrester’s Social Technographics report 2007
Blogs
http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/
Social networks
‘Tag clouds’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/
Academic social bookmarking
http://www.brainify.com
Web-based applications (1)
http://www.google.com/calendar/render
A Vision of Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Note – what students said
I will read 8 books this year, 2300 web pages and 1281 Facebook profiles
I will write 42 pages for class and over 500 pages of email I Facebook through most of my classes How I spend my day:
1 ½ hours watching TV, 2 hours on mobile2 ½ hours listening to music3 ½ hours a day online3 hours in class, 3 hours studying
How do we reach these students?
UU YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/uu
Google map – Access & Distributed Learning website
Facebook – ILL group page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php? - /group.php?gid=31659526120&ref=mf
Bebo - Accounting
http://www.bebo.com/accountinguu
Delicious links
CETL – e-learning calendar
http://cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/calendar.php
CELT – Ning community
http://uustudents.ning.com/
Access and Distributed Learning
Second Life
Magee Campus
Second Life (2)
Legal issues
Copyright Intellectual property Data protection Liability for defamation Privacy & University’s duty of care to students
Legal issues – JISC Legal resources
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Web2/
(Information, guidance, legal workshops)
http://www.web2rights.org.uk/index.html
Legal issues – Web2Rights project
Links – http://delicious.com/C1_Newsletter
Why use wikis in class?
Ideal for collaborative communication Track users/changes to pages – through History Pools strengths of many Easy to browse or modify content without specialist software No HTML/programming knowledge required Export your pages to Word/PDF with one click Use for group projects/editing book chapters/curriculum
planning/online help facilities No need for multiple emails about projects
Why use blogs in class?
Easy to set up and use Encourage active learning/participation Opportunities for collective learning (read/comment on
others’ blogs in class) Promote critical/analytical thinking Can track ideas/progress over time Helps develop writing skills Move from users to co-creators on Internet More student-centred activity
Why use social networks?
Orientation – getting to know other students Focus on learner and interactions Suits digital natives (they expect interaction) To facilitate communication about groupwork Community building Informal space for reflection Building links with other students Making connections Eases loneliness of distance learning
Any questions?