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Solent Exchange Sept 2011
Using Web 2.0 to Support Learning Skills
Carina Buckley and Michelle Treagust
Session Aims
• Introduction to Learning Skills team• How we already support students and
staff• What approaches we’ve been using to try
and reach and support users through the use of technology
• Your experiences of using online environments to engage with students and staff
Learning Skills Department
• Based in Mountbatten Library (ML 002)• Learning Skills Tutor & Developer• Range of support:• Face to face sessions• Remote• Group taught
Numbers challenge
One tutor 11 500 + students
Technological solution - web
• [email protected]/succeed
• Guidance on becoming a better learnere.g. Essay writing, reflecting thinking etc.
• But online activity of users mostly consumption rather than interaction.
Why web 2.0?
• Pedagogically...•Interaction•Information sharing•Learner (user) centered design•Collaboration
•Audience•Going to them•Raising profile
Blogging
• Online diary / regular entries – real time• Can include text, images, video, links etc.• Readers can follow / leave comments
• Our approach: Twitter (micro blogging)•Immediate•Emulate success of Library account•RSS feed in to myCourse
twitter.com/SucceedAtSolent
Social bookmarking
• Users can organise, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online.
• Recommended website links for users• Other users can share links with your
• Our approach: Delicious•Tagging and adding description•RSS feed in to myCourse
delicious.com/succeedatsolent
Location based social networking• Location based user experience• Users ‘check-in’• Trend in social networking
• Our approach: foursquare•Most popular location based service in area•Nearby users get a message promoting the Service, can also post tips
foursquare.com
foursquare – newbie treat
Web 2.0 – your experiences?
Making the jump July 2011
Thank you!
Get in touch• mycourse.solent.ac.uk/learningskills • [email protected]
Follow us on twitter•@SucceedAtSolent
Presentation will be uploaded to our slideshare account:
slideshare.net/succeedatsolent
Making the jump July 2011