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Living…and Thriving!…in a Library 2.0+ World
Library/Web 2.0 and Students’ Use of Technology in Learning
Paula Barnett-EllisSherri Restauri
Web/Library 2.0 is Here
Web 2.0 is “evolving, expanding and diversifying at an astonishing rate,” and it is coming, or has already arrived, at a campus near you.
Brown, M. (2006). Web 2.0 services: these objects are closer than they appear. EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0606.pdf.
Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto
“I will be willing to go where users are, both online and in physical spaces, to practice my profession.”
Laura Cohen, Library 2.0: an academic’s perspectiveBlog posting:
http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html
Multimedia version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU
Social networkingInstant messagingBlogs & Wikis Facebook.com (7.5 million + members)MySpace.com (95 million + members)
Gaming/simulation
Natural transition to CMS
The Linked Learner
What’s New?
A critical point:
“Most students spend time reading information that Facebook puts in front of them, not what they seek out on their own.”
Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, and Lauren A. Jensen. 2007. "Connecting and Communicating With Students on Facebook. Computers in Libraries 27, no. 8: 18-22.
RSS Feeds
What’s a Blog?
Web log—primarily textual, reverse chronological, and public; many form-basedAs of December 2007, there are more than 112 million blogs
• PURPOSE?PURPOSE?• PersonalPersonal• ProfessionalProfessional
• PoliticalPolitical• LifestyleLifestyle• EducationEducation• Marketing/RecruitingMarketing/Recruiting
Blog Example
Blogs
Blogger, Wordpress, Edublogs.orghttp://www.weblogmatrix.org/http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/info/http://www.mchron.net/site/edublog.phphttp://blog.secondlife.com/category/tips-tricks/http://liswiki.org/wiki/Weblogs
And a Wiki?
Collaborative website that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily
Community-driven, but private or public
www.Wikipedia.org (top 20 internet traffic sites)
http://tc.eserver.org/
Comparing Blogs & Wikis
Blogs Usually single author Reverse chronological
structure Usually personal External links
Wikis Usually many authors Structure determined by
content and users Usually objective Internal and external links
Tagging
Social Networking
And now… Podcasting
Distributed audio/video in digital formatJSU @ iTunesU…www.Podcast.com
Podcast.net, Digital Podcast and Podcast Alley http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/
http://www.campustechnology.com/mcv/resources/podcast/
http://www.podcastforprofessors.org/
RL vs. SL—Virtual Worlds
GridAvatar/LindenSlurl NY:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Poggiodomo/91/192/242
PURPOSE: Socializing Education Marketing/Promo Outreach
•http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki
SL Library SitesInfo Island: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/91/130/34 Info Island International: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/128/128/0 Cybrary City I: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/128/128/0Health InfoIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/130/138/23ALA Arts InfoIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Arts%20InfoIsland/128/107/27
EduIsland: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/122/127/23 EduIsland II: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/34/126/22 EduIsland III: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/129/123/23 EduIsland IV: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%204/128/128/25 Imagination Island: SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/112/186/25 Selected InfoIslands of the Alliance Library System. Source: iLibrarian blog - A Quick
Guide to Second Life for Librarians http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-quick-guide-to-second-life-for-librarians/
ResearchResearch
Students’ Use of Tech—Course Vs. Personal
Students' Use of Tech Tools @ JSU
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Recent Research
Tech Tools Most Useful in Coursework
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Asynch_Mes Blogs Flickr IM Other Podcasting RSS feeds Second Life SocNet Tagging Wikis YouTube
Applications of Web 2.0 Tools
Research
Group work & SS & FS Interaction
Student & faculty artifacts/eportfolio
Critique
Online learning…or learning in a Web 2.0 world
Considerations & Summing Up
Learning curves (F & S)
Concept vs. application…PMJ 2007
Ownership & responsibility
Recommended Further Reading
Boettcher, J.V., & Conrad, R.M (1999). Faculty guide for moving teaching and learning to the web. River Falls, WI: LERN.
Bolliger, D.U., & Martindale, T. (2004). Key factors for determining student satisfaction in online courses. International Journal on E-Learning, 3(1), 61-67.
Bonk, C.J. (2001). Online teaching in an online world. Available: http://www.jonesknowledge.com/higher/resources_research.html
Bruns, A., & Jacobs, J. (2006). (Eds.) Uses of Blogs. NY: Peter Lang.
Hewett, S.M. (2004). Improving instructional practices. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 48(5), 26-31.
Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
Roblyer, M. D., & Wiencke, W.R. (2003). Design and use of a rubric to assess and encourage interactive qualities in distance courses. American Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 77-99.
Sandars, J., & Schroter, J. (2007). Web 2.0 technologies for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education: An online survey. Postgraduate Medical Journal 83:759-762.
Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of Facebook "friends:" Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 1. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html
Gordon-Murnane, Laura.. (2006). Social bookmarking, folksonomies, and Web 2.0 tools. Searcher, 14(6), 26-38.
Maness, Jack M. (2006). Library 2.0 theory: Web 2.0 and its implications for libraries. Webology, 3(2) http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html