web 2.0 in online learning

Web 2.0 in Online LearningWeb 2.0 in Online LearningRay, Shari, Emily OTELRay, Shari, Emily OTEL

Web 2.0 in Online LearningWeb 2.0 in Online Learning

Welcome Our goals in this session – to provide an

introduction to new class of tools to enhance online learning

Web 2.0 What is 2.0? What is the origin of the term?

Tim O’Reilly in 2004 How does this impact Online learning?

Micro-content, interaction, engagement, simulation

E-learning 2.0

AjaxAjax

Ajax – at the core of Web 2.0 Asynchronous Javascript and XML

Origin of term – Adaptive Path Jesse James Garrett

Some examples of Ajax ALN Pre-Conference Blog Collection of Ajax links Ajax longevity?

OLU – One ExampleOLU – One Example

The power of Ajax Emily will show us how to blog and how to

integrate blogging into online learning Example of the power – impact Online Learning Update aggregation / Goo

gle placement / links to / citations

Now to Emily and more examples of how Web 2.0 can enhance online learning

Allow interactive content building Your audience participates

Editing through your web browser No need to download or buy expensive

software Dynamic content

Keeps your course fresh

Web Tools

Wikis A type of web site Visitors can easily

add, remove, or edit the content

Uses versioning Some wikis require

registration or a password for editing

An effective tool for collaborative authoring

Wiki Many people may contribute to and edit a single document using only a web browser.

Engage your students Use Wetpaint for creating websites for

Group projects Support for service learning projects in the

community Use PBwiki (or other free services)

Collaborative essays and reports Space for free writing or reader-response

journaling Share resources – web sites, annotated

bibliographies, models for assignments Create a compendium of terms and

concepts for the course to use as a study guide

Wikis in Online Learning

Blogs

Short for weblog, blogs are online journals that display the most recent content first

Can combine text, images, and links to audio and video files (podcasting)

Readers may often leave comments and interact with the writer

Blogger.com offers free blog space

Blogs in Online Learning

Group blogs allow engagement For each work or topic that you cover in a

course, have small groups publish blogs on how a their assigned theory would analyze or interpret it.

Individual blogs Write a blog for students in your courses

or department; link to journal articles, news items, conferences, calls for papers

Have students create blogs for journaling

RSS Really Simple Syndication Push content

Blog Audio files (podcasting) Feedburner.com, UI Web Toolbox

Receive content Subscribe to a feed iTunes, Yahoo, Firefox, IE 7 all

aggregate RSS feeds Dynamic web sites

Include a feed on your course site

http://www.uis.edu Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

Collaborative ToolsWeb 2.0

Google

Google Docs and Spreadsheetshttp://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com

Other Google Stuff

Tabbed Browsing

Internet Explorer 7.0 Firefox

Save a group of TabsOrganize and Search

Tagging“folksonomy” Collective Custom User defined metatags

Social Bookmarking itList.com (old) Del icio us

http://del.icio.us

Lookup toolhttp://trainque.com/code/delicious_lookup.php

View key http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del.icio.us

Integrate with IE or firefox

Social Media

Flickr http://www.flickr.com Yahoo photos PLUS conversation 20 mg per month

YouTube http://www.youtube.com

Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/

Blogging Search Engines

Technorati http://technorati.com/

Google Blog Search http://blogsearch.google.com/

Blog search engine http://

www.blogsearchengine.com/