Web 2.0 Tools in an Educational Environment

By Amanda Hartman, Digital Services Librarian

What is Web 2.0

“Web 2.0 is the business revolution in

the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to

understand the rules for success on that new platform.”

- Tim O’Reilly

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/12/web-20-compact.html

What Does That Mean?The web used as a tool more than just a

means of delivering information◦Collaboration and Community◦Communication◦Re-organization of information (i.e. tag

clouds)◦Making the web work for you (i.e. RSS feeds

and alerts, asking the ‘hive’)

Meet the PlayersBlogs/Micro-blogsWikisInstant Messengers Social Networks‘Cloud’ computing and bookmarkingRSS feeds

Sounds distracting. This is useful how?

Outreach/MarketingCollaboration/Interaction

◦Going beyond the classroom◦Distance Learning

New ways of finding and organizing Information

Outreach/MarketingReach out to students in a medium

they’re already usingCheap and/or free to setup and maintainTarget specific audiencesIntegration of services

Collaboration“The point of social media is to

turn learning into a more participatory activity.”

– Jane Hart, social media and learning consultant

Blogs, Micro-blogsWikisCloud computing

Finding and Organizing InfoTags

◦Controlled vocabulary◦Folksonomy

CaveatsPrivacy IssuesDistractionCopyrightIncorrect or misleading Information

What JSR Library is doingBlogDelicious BookmarksWikiRSS FeedsFacebookTwitterLibGuides

JSRCC Library BlogURL: http://jsrcclibrary.wordpress.com/ People can find out about new books,

databases, services as well as newsSubscribe with RSS feedComments

enabled

JSRCC Library Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-VA/J-Sargeant-Reynol

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Allows students to become our ‘fan’◦We can send messages to our fans

Has an event list for workshops and other special events

Other 2.0 toolsDelicious Bookmarks

◦http://delicious.com/jsrcclibraryWiki for Course Guides

◦http://jsrcclibrarybi.pbwiki.com/ New Book RSS Feeds

◦http://teach.jsr.vccs.edu/library/NewTitles/directory.htm

Twitter◦http://twitter.com/JSRLibrary

LibGuides – Coming Soon!Allows creation of dynamic course and

subject-based guidesIncorporate many web 2.0 tools for

customizationPromotes student participation and

collaborationFor an example of what we will be

creating, see: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/

Further ReadingBreeding, Marshall. "Librarians Face Online Social Networks." Computers in Libraries 27.8 (Sep. 2007): 30-32. Academic Search

Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26471867&site=ehost-live>.

Casey, Michael, and Michael Stephens.. "Library PR 2.0." Library Journal 133.17 (15 Oct. 2008): 24-24. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=34909791&site=ehost-live>.

Charnigo, Laurie, and Paula Barnett-Ellis.. "Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries."Information Technology & Libraries 26.1 (Mar. 2007): 23-34. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24655398&site=ehost-live>.

Farkas, Meredith. "Going Where Patrons Are." American Libraries 38.4 (Apr. 2007): 27-27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24652763&site=ehost-live>.

Galagan, Pat. "Twitter As a Learning Tool. Really." T+D 63.3 (Mar. 2009): 28-31. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 8 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36902985&site=ehost-live>.

Harris, Christopher. "School Library 2.0: Say Good-Bye to Your Mother's School Library. The Web Is All about New Possibilities." School Library Journal 52.5 (01 May 2006): 50. ERIC. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 20 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ755125&site=ehost-live>.

Hendrix, Dean, et al. "Use of Facebook in academic health sciences libraries." Journal of the Medical Library Association 97.1 (Jan. 2009): 43-46. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36635265&site=ehost-live>.

Skiba, Diane J. "WEB 2.0: Next Great Thing or Just Marketing Hype?." Nursing Education Perspectives 27.4 (July 2006): 212-214. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 20 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21801702&site=ehost-live>.

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