You need to know about …

blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, online forums & RSS…….

Dr Andrew OliverLTDU & BLU

University of Hertfordshire

Or you need to know about ‘Web 2.0’(or what’s happening out there…)

Web 1. 0: read only, Web 2.0: read AND write Primary info on the net provided by the user:

– Blogs & podcasts taking over from websites as news– Wikis & tagging & forums: primary knowledge & research

sources

Data & structure no longer exclusive to the host website

Which leads to eLearning 2.0

Socially based software: – Blogs– Wikis– Social tagging– Forums– Podcasting

All are: collaborative, iterative, inclusive (discussion) = knowledge building & sharing

Where are they? What and who are they? (good for Oct 2006, expired Nov 2006)

And also: Google Maps, Twitter, Hi5, Orkut, Tagged etc. etc.

What caused this? The users did!

The rise of social networks MySpace:

– 66 million visitors in June-06– 114 million visitors in June-07– Growth rate 72% (April-05 to April-06, 367%)

Facebook:– 14 million visitors in June-06– 52 million visitors in June-07– Growth rate 270%– 25-34 year olds (181% growth)

What caused this? The users did!

The rise of user generated contentWikipedia ranks as 16th most-visited

U.K. internet property, 2005 it ranked 78th. In July 2006 there were 6.5 million visitors (up 253 percent versus one year ago).

So what’s going to happen?

Exponential growth. Estimated that the Web is: doubling in size every 120 days. doubling in size 3 times per year.

Ian Jukes

(From Gutenberg to Gates to Google and Beyond)

And?

Therefore more than 80% of the sites that will exist a year from now…. DON’T EXIST TODAY.

Ian Jukes

(From Gutenberg to Gates to Google and Beyond)

So what does this all mean?

In the words of Sir Ken Robinson “We have no idea what is going to happen in the future. No idea on how this [advances in education technology] will play out…If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring in 2065. Nobody has a clue what the world will look like in 5 years time and yet we’re meant to be educating them for it.”

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‘How to’ series

How to Blog in 5 minutes (Word) How to Wiki in 5 minutes (Word) How to create a Podcast in 5 minutes (Word) How to convert audio files to MP3 in 5

minutes (Word) How to use RSS in 5 minutes (Word)

‘You need to know…’ series

You need to know about Podcasting (Slides) You need to know about Podcasting: a teaching and learning guide

(Word) You need to know about Online Discussions: a teaching and

learning guide (Word) You need to know about Blogs (Slides) You need to know about Wikis (Slides) You need to know about RSS (Slides) You need to know about Web 2.0 (Slides) You need to know about Computer Assessment (Slides) You need to know about Effective Question Design (Slides) You need to know about Electronic Voting Systems (Slides)

Also available:

Podcasting: audio talk on the benefits of podcasting (hi quality)

Computer Assessment: using statistic analysis to design effective questions

For copies please contact: Dr Andrew Oliver. LTDU, College Lane LRC (a.oliver@herts.ac.uk, ext. 4754).