Curriculum 2.0 ?Changes in information science education for a Web 2.0 world

David BawdenCity University London

Contributors

David Bawden, Lyn Robinson (London)

Theresa Anderson (Sydney)Jessica Bates (Dublin)Ugne Rutkauskiene (Vilnius)Polona Vilar (Ljubljana)

Web 2.0 and LIS education

Five case studies(proceedings)

Several common themes

Web 2.0 ?

Some confusion as to exactly what it includes

Definition not importantUser-generated content, social

networking and tagging, social media

Blogs, wikis, podcasts, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, delic.i.ous etc.

Web 2.0

Important feature in LIS professional life…. in everybody’s life ?

Increasingly important educational tool

Curriculum 2.0 ?

Enabling students to learn about Web 2.0Understand future information environment

By using Web 2.0 tools in teachingBetter student experience

Integrate theory and practiceTeach about Web 2 by using Web 2

Introducing Curriculum 2.0- some lessons

Incremental advancesProfessors can use Web 2.0 …Build on e-learningPlan and evaluateFull curriculumThink local

Incremental advances

Build on students’ enthusiasmRespect worries of professors (and

some students)Not ‘for the sake of it’For appropriate purposes and

topics

Examples

Whole courses dealing with ‘web 2.0’, developed from ‘Internet’

Web 2.0 issues in courses on knowledge organisation, web design, foundations of LIS, publishing

Blogs, wikis, podcasts, vidcasts, social bookmarking etc. as teaching tools

Professors can use Web 2.0

Adds credibility Builds expertiseExamples

Blogs for course administration ad recruitment

Wikis for course materialsProfessional Facebook groups

Build on e-learning

Natural extension, aids acceptanceAdd Web 2.0 featuresReplace older features, e.g.

replace discussion boards by blogs

Like e-learning, may be top-down or bottom up

Plan and evaluate

No room for ‘amateurism’Whatever is done must be good or

lose credibilityIdeally, introduce incrementally

bottom-up, within a clear top-down framwork

Evaluation of effectiveness of methods and suitability of topics needed

Full curriculum

Sensible to cover all potentially relevant aspects of Web 2.0

Technical and socialStill unclear which will have long-

term significanceDo not restrict to ‘library’

applications

Think local

No ‘grand solution’Build on what is feasible and

acceptable locallyLook for good practice but don’t

copy othersThe five case studies were all very

different ….

Curriculum 2.0

Prepares students better for a ‘web 2 world’

Gives credibility to LIS teachingHelps overcome an ‘old fashioned’

imageImproves teaching qualityIF … it is done well