Transcript Facilitating Online Discussions and sharing of

Web 2.0 Tools and Higher
Education
Session 2
Outline
Learning Outcomes
• Understand the distinction between Web 1.0 (the
“read Web”) and Web 2.0 (the “write-read Web”)
• Understand the contribution Web 2.0 tools make to
enhance learner-centred learning
• Understand Web 2.0 benefits social networking and
online collaboration
• Begin to consider how you might integrate particular
Web 2.0 tools into your course
2.0
1.0?
NOT
E-Learning 2.0
is
Exploring Some
Web 2.0 Tools for
Learning
WHY USE ONLINE DISCUSSION: Eight
Reasons to use online discussion
RSS in Plain English
individual & combined view
Blog
Education Blogs
• http://www.blogged.com/directory/educatio
n/higher-education/
• My personal education blog
How might asking your
students to create blogs in your
courses be pedagogically
beneficial?
WIKIS
What are Wikis?
WIKIPEDIA
Other one is…
Wikispaces
What are some ways
in which Wikis might
be used by your
students?
2.0
SECOND LIFE
Education in
Second Life
DUKE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF
NURSING
SCIENCE IN
SECOND LIFE
Social Networks
Collective Intelligence
What do you see as
the main benefits and
challenges of Web 2.0 Tools
for learners in the courses
you facilitate?
What benefits and
drawbacks do you think
these tools can bring to the
educational enterprise?
WEB RESOURCES
Web 2.0
• Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and
Learning
– http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSE
ReviewMagazineVolume41/Web20ANewWaveofInnovatio
nforTe/158042
• also found at………
– http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0621.pdf
• Learning 2.0 – 23 Things
– http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
WEB RESOURCES
• Stephen Downes, E-Learning 2.0
– http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=
articles&article=29-1
• WEB2.0 is the future of education
– http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/
• Why web 2.0 is Critical to the future of higher
education
– http://web20ineducation.wikispaces.com/
WEB RESOURCES
• Web 2.0 in Education
– http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/
• Blogs as Personal Learning Environments (PLE)Personal
Learning Space
– http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/05/personal-learningenvironment-ple.html
• Blogs as PLEs
– http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=40293
• The bamboo project
– http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog/2007/04/
my_personal_lea.html
WEB RESOURCES
PODCASTING
• Itunes – What is it?
– http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/
• Feedburner
– http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home
• DePaul Podcast Network
– http://feeds.feedburner.com/DePaulPodNet
• Itunesu comes to I tune store
– http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/05/30/itunesu/index.php
WEB RESOURCES
• Newsreaders/Aggregators
– List of Web Based Aggregators
• http://www.newsonfeeds.com/faq/aggregators
• Really Simple Syndication RSS
– Syndicating to enhance Learning
• http://sites.google.com/site/rayschroeder/fsi