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The Social Web (Web 2.0) for learning and teaching

Tom Franklin

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tom@franklin-consulting.co.uk

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Outline

What is the Social Web? (Why) does the Social Web matter? The Social Web and policy

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What is the Social Web

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What is The Social Web

Personal Customisation

• Look and feel• Included utilities (widgets)

Sense of ownership

User created content Sharing Social

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Personal

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What is The Social Web

Personal User created content

Authored Annotated Aggregated Re-mixed

Sharing Social

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User created content - video / audio

Podcasts Vidcasts

Recorded lectures Supporting discussion Revision talks Complex topics that

can be reviewed

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User created content - documents and presentations

Open access repository

Put course notes up Enable students (and others)

to comment on them

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User created content - blogs

Diaries Reflections Adverts Commentary Anything

Get students to comment on each others course related blogs

Course announcements Course reading lists with

commentary

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User created content - wikis

Encyclopedias Knowledge creation Collaborative working

Group project recording Course handbooks

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User created content - Social bookmarking

Reading lists Memory aid Sharing Finding

Get students to rate / review content

Create a course tag Create a course account on

del.icio.us Course reading lists

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User created content - Aggregating

Pull together all students blogs

Pull together a set of relevant blogs

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What is The Social Web

Personal User created content Sharing

With everyone With friends / colleagues User in control

Social

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User in control

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What is The Social Web

Personal User created content Sharing Social

Friends and Family Colleagues Peers

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Friends and family

FacebookMyspaceBeebo

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Colleagues

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Peers (students)

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The Social Web

The solution to all your problems

A waste of time

Will change everything Over hyped

Full of exciting tools that will change how we work

Full of tools that will disappear

Fun LoathesomeCompletely different Just the same

Puts the user in control Puts corportations in control

Works Only geeks can use it

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(Why) does The Social Web matter?

People are using it - including your students It opens up new possibilities Supports particular pedagogies

Social constructivism Constructionism Group work

Supports distributed models of learning Work based learning Distance learning

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The Social Web and policy

Intellectual property rights Ownership Re-use Control

Accessibility Learning, teaching and assessment Security

Personal security Network and IT Systems Security

Preservation Hosting Integration

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Intellectual property rights

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Accessibility

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Security

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Preservation

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Hosting

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Integration

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Resources

Web 2.0 for Content for Learning and Teaching in Higher EducationReport I wrote with Van Harmelen on Web 2.0. inludes ideas on how to use it learning and teaching http://www.franklin-consulting.co.uk/Reports.html#Topic6

100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators mostly aimed at schools but lots of good ideashttp://www.teachinghacks.com/2006/10/26/100-web-20-ideas-for-educators-an-intro-to-rss-and-more/

University of Edinburgh's Web 2.0 Initiative Home PageA strategic approach to Web 2.0http://www.vp.is.ed.ac.uk/projects/Web_2.0_Initiative

What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for educationJISC TechWatch report on Web 2.0http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/services_techwatch/techwatch/techwatch_ic_reports2005_published.aspx

Web 2.0 in EducationWebsite with many links to useful resourceshttp://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/

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What is in your repository?