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An introduction to social networking for learning and teaching. Looks at Fused software and the features of it that can be used to support learning. Recognises that learning is a social thing.
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Background
• Learning is a ‘social’ thing• ‘Connecting’ with others to learn– Think about some recent learning you did, either
formal or informal – (how) did it involve others?– A ‘good teacher’ is a leading learner in a
community of learners– How do you find an expert?
The rise of the Social Web
• Evolution of the ‘Web’– Realising the promise of the inventors of the Web:• A platform for collaboration
• Web 1.0 --> Web 2.0– Empowerment of the individual (learner)– Publishing --> participation– Taxonomy --> folksonomy (tagging)– LMS --> Personal Learning Environment (PLE)• Fused: a platform for learning
Streaming your education
• What is a lifestream?– From the lifestream blog, it is ‘a chronological
aggregated view of your life activities both online and offline.’
• Why do it?– For the benefit of others– Promote your online identity– To follow people– To enhance your learning
Fused
• Activity streaming for teaching and learning• Aggregates content from all over the Web• Anywhere, anytime learning• Can be deployed as a public or private service• Realising the potential of the Web for learners– Create– Discover– Participate– Share
An Exemplar
• me.edu.au, the first public implementation of FusED• Provides Australian education and training professionals
with an online networking and profile space• Use me.edu.au to:
– Create an online professional profile– Connect with educators who have similar interests– Share links, news, photos, ideas, opinions– Blog about your work and professional learning– Aggregate your online activity to showcase what you are
doing online
Let’s take a look…
What people are
doing
Popular communitie
s
…about me
Aggregated list of
my activity onthe Web
Some stuffabout me
Link to my blog
My activity can be anywhere on the
Web. It is all aggregated by
Fused
bloggingBlogs are an
important part of a collaborative
learning environment
In Fused you may choose an external one or
the one provided
Here’s an external one
bloggingHere’s a
friend’s blog, using the
inbuilt Fused blog
collaboration
Finding and
connecting with
others is key to
learning
Use Fused to
subscribe to people
Communities Create/join, and contribute
to a community of
interest
Search
Find and connect to
people, communities, content etc
ShareTag and share
content with
friends and communiti
es
Organise your stuff
Anything you
create can be
exportedImport your
bookmarks / tags
from Delicious, Diigo etc
iFusED
• Did we say anywhere, anytime? Meet iFusED
Some important stuff
• Fused is built on standards:– Those standards and specifications must be:
• Lightweight• Easy to use• Web 2.0 friendly
• Must integrate with other services• All content created by users belongs to them– Can import/export all their content at any time
• The Web is the platform– Fused brings it all together for learning
So..why use Fused?
Lets’ see that again
Fused
• For more information on Fused please go to
• http://educationau.edu.au/fused