staff conference 2008 - web 2.0 in teaching and learning

Now that’s what I call a session plan...taking Web 2.0 to the next level

Leo Appleton, Sean Herbert and Anthony Beal

Mon 30th July – Weds 2nd June 2008Future Technologies

Where?

What?

Why?

How?

Plan

Student Feedback• Communication?

– Email– Mobile Phone– Texting– MSN– Bebo

• Technology at Home?– Google Video– MSN– MySpace– Facebook– YouTube

Student Feedback

• Using it for?– Social Networking– Research– Collaboration– Downloading Audio/Video Files– Uploading Photos

Where did we come from?Web 1.0 Web 2.0

was about reading is about writing

was about companies is about communities

was about home pages is about blogs

was about portals is about RSS

was about taxonomy is about tags

was about wires is about wireless

was about owning is about sharing

was about AltaVista is about Google

was about web forms is about web applications

was about Encarta is about Wikipedia

was about expert created data is about user created data

Thanks to Copacetic - http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/05/29/web-20-vs-web-10/

What is Web 2.0?Category Example Description

blogs www.blogger.com (20m) An online journal

wikis www.wikipedia.org(57m)

Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to

tagging and social bookmarking

del.icio.uswww.stumbleupon.com

Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’. Sites are evaluated by the wider web audience by review and citation

multimedia sharing

www.youtube.com (58m)www.flickr.com (24m)

Store and share multimedia content e.g. video and photographs

audio, blogs & podcasting

www.impala.ac.ukwww.ricksteves.com

Audio & video recordings designed to be heard on a computer or MP3 player

RSS and syndication

www.bbc.co.uk (8m) Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop

social networking

www.myspace.com (60m)www.facebook.com (32m)www.twitter.com (2m)

Sites which facilitate the sharing of content and meeting other people virtually

Why bother?

Lear

ners

want

it

Pedagogy 2.0

Tensions between innovation and

control

© Mark Stiles – Staffordshire University – Facebook Group

Fresh ideas

More friendly space for learning

Lifelong learning:

Del.icio.us

The CommonCraft Show

Podcasting

BlogsTwitter

Social Bookmarking

Social Networking

Wikis

RSS

http://www.commoncraft.com/show

How do I do it?Category Example Description

blogs www.blogger.com An online journal

wikis www.wikipedia.org Web page or set of web pages that can be easily edited or added to



Systems for finding and sharing things on the web like your ‘favourites’

multimedia sharing

www.youtube.comwww.flickr.com





RSS and syndication

www.bbc.co.uk Really Simple Syndication – a system for bringing newly published web content to your desktop

social networking

www.myspace.comwww.facebook.com


Blogs

A diary reflecting something you are reading or on work experience

The author can choose to share it with the tutor or fellow learners

Progress record on solving a problem







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



Wikis

Learners share prior knowledge before starting a new topic

Each learner contributes a small section they have researched to build up a whole picture







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



Tagging & Social Bookmarking

Groups of learners can share useful web sites relevant to the topic being studied

Learners can build up a shared resource of revision web sites

An aid to evaluating the quality of the web sites







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



Multimedia sharing

Creative alternative method of presentation. Learners can present what they know in video format

A picture gallery related to study area







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



Audio, blogs & podcasting

Tutor prepared summary of key points in study topic

Learner prepared application of knowledge.

Recording teaching observations (CELTA)







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



RSS & syndication

Learners access RSS feeds on subject relevant sites

Learners produce brief news letter using material from RSS feeds

Create a library of podcasts relevant to a subject area







multimedia sharing






RSS and syndication


social networking



Social networking

Again a creative alternative to presenting information

Create a study group to provide mutual support

Keep track of the latest research in a subject area

How do I do it?

Teaching with Twitter at Kansas State University

The World Simulation uses Twitter and Jott, which allows students to send live updates of major events through their mobile phones.

You can see the tweets and a film of the event here: http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=170

A full background on the World Simulation Rules and Objectives can be found at:http://mediatedcultures.net/worldsim.htm

Do- make a session plan

• Use the session planners provided• Working in groups plan a session that is

designed to support learners

• Use at least two web 2.0 applications

• Feed back to the rest of the grouphttp://www.slideshare.net/redsontour/staff-conference-2008

staff conference 2008 - web 2.0 in teaching and learning

Technology

mp3 player

social bookmarking

subject area

video recordings

share multimedia

org web page

description

social networking