Once Upon a Furl in a Podcast Long Ago…

Heather TompkinsCarleton CollegeJune 25, 2007

• Tool for preparing and designing instruction

• Communicating and connecting with faculty and students

• Model for teaching concepts about academic research

Social Web: Three Approaches

Social Web: Why?• Social Web

– Interactive– Informal– Easy– Flexible– Focuses on connections

• Instruction– Active– Meeting students where they are

– Empower students– Considers learning styles and preferences

Social Web: Why?• Interdisciplinary Studies– Cutting edge– CV not yet developed

– Fall outside traditional resources

•Women's Studies–Breaks down expert/novice barrier–Emphasizes connections and process–Considers materials informally published

Teaching and Instructional Design• Preparing for instruction • Designing instructional materials

• In the classroom

Social Bookmarks Furl

CSE--Google

Communication & Outreach

• Advertising services• Collaborating with faculty• Communicating with students, faculty, and staff

Web Word ProcessingGoogle Docs

Social Bookmarksdel.icio.us

http://page2rss.com/page/rss?url=www.africabib.org/women.html

Content

•Controlled vocab= tagging•Scholarly communication ("friends")

•Economics of information (informally published)

Newspapers

Internet

Manuscript, Archival Sources, including Ephemera

Radio

Television

Scholarly Pubs

1920s 1950sBeginning of time 1960s 1990s

Content

• Models of info seeking ("going where the experts are")

• Social web applications as a tool for organizing research

Some Thoughts

• Using the social web for teaching and research in women’s studies makes sense

• Social web can be thought of as tools, content, and model

Questions?

htompkin@carleton.eduAIM: gouldhumanities

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