Introduction toWeb 2.0 tools

Topics covered today

What is ‘Web 2.0’? Introduction to Web 2.0 concepts Levels of online participation Online tools and technologies Web 2.0 and your students Teaching and learning case studies Legal issues

What is Web 2.0?

Evolution of the internet

Web 2.0 concepts

Based on Tim O’Reilly’s definition in his essay (‘What is Web 2.0’, 2005) Individual production and UGC Harness the power of the crowd Data on an epic scale/data recombined Network effects Openness

(1) Individual production/UGC

http://english.ohmynews.com/

(2) ‘Crowdsourcing’

http://www.cambrianhouse.com/

(3) Data on an epic scale

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

(3) Data recombined – ‘mashups’

http://twittervision.com/

(4) Network effects

http://www.facebook.com

(5) Openness

http://www.walkjogrun.net/

Levels of participation

From Forrester’s Social Technographics report 2007

Blogs

http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/

Wikis

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Social networks

Photo/video sharing

http://www.flickr.com/

Tagging

http://www.kottke.org/

‘Tag clouds’

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/

Social bookmarking

http://delicious.com/

Academic social bookmarking

http://www.brainify.com

Web-based applications (1)

http://www.google.com/calendar/render

Web-based applications (2)

http://docs.google.com/

A Vision of Students Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Note – what students said

I will read 8 books this year, 2300 web pages and 1281 Facebook profiles

I will write 42 pages for class and over 500 pages of email I Facebook through most of my classes How I spend my day:

1 ½ hours watching TV, 2 hours on mobile2 ½ hours listening to music3 ½ hours a day online3 hours in class, 3 hours studying

How do we reach these students?

UU YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/uu

Google map – Access & Distributed Learning website

Facebook – ILL group page

http://www.facebook.com/home.php? - /group.php?gid=31659526120&ref=mf

Bebo - Accounting

http://www.bebo.com/accountinguu

Delicious links

CETL – e-learning calendar

http://cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/calendar.php

CELT – Ning community

http://uustudents.ning.com/

Access and Distributed Learning

Second Life

Magee Campus

Second Life (2)

Legal issues

Copyright Intellectual property Data protection Liability for defamation Privacy & University’s duty of care to students

Legal issues – JISC Legal resources

http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Web2/

(Information, guidance, legal workshops)

http://www.web2rights.org.uk/index.html

Legal issues – Web2Rights project

Links – http://delicious.com/C1_Newsletter

Why use wikis in class?

Ideal for collaborative communication Track users/changes to pages – through History Pools strengths of many Easy to browse or modify content without specialist software No HTML/programming knowledge required Export your pages to Word/PDF with one click Use for group projects/editing book chapters/curriculum

planning/online help facilities No need for multiple emails about projects

Why use blogs in class?

Easy to set up and use Encourage active learning/participation Opportunities for collective learning (read/comment on

others’ blogs in class) Promote critical/analytical thinking Can track ideas/progress over time Helps develop writing skills Move from users to co-creators on Internet More student-centred activity

Why use social networks?

Orientation – getting to know other students Focus on learner and interactions Suits digital natives (they expect interaction) To facilitate communication about groupwork Community building Informal space for reflection Building links with other students Making connections Eases loneliness of distance learning

Any questions?