social networking and web 2 guidelines
DESCRIPTION
Talk given on 21 May 2010 for UCL 'Digital Humanities' eventTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Social Networking + Web 2.0 guidelines
![Page 2: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Web 2.0 - ‘social web’?
Tools for communication and collaboration
User-generated content + feedback and
interaction
Group formation
![Page 3: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Common examples
social networking
blogs
wikis
social bookmarking
media sharing
‘micro-blogging’
![Page 4: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Why in education?
a route to better collaborative working and participation even in ‘traditional’ settings
already in our students’ social lives
part of students’ post-university professional practice in all subjects
![Page 5: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
‘Web 2.0’ services : wiki (Confluence)blogging (Wordpress)podcasting video applications
Moodle – some web 2.0 features - basic blogging, wiki, RSS, student-generated material – will get better
MyPortfolio – student owned, multimedia, Facebook-style ‘groups’
Web 2.0 UCL services
MyPortfolio
![Page 6: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Web 2.0 + Moodle + MyPortfolio
![Page 7: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Web 2.0 + Moodle
Contact LTSS if you want to know how to do this
![Page 8: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
But UCL applications may be thought to lack
FlexibilityFunctionalityAttractiveness Dynamic interfacesNoveltyCoolness - a big part of
appeal to both educators and staff.
![Page 9: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
And external services usually
![Page 10: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Going ‘off piste’
risk • service provision
• legal liability (data protection, ©)• UCL regulations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/op_timus/471658053/
![Page 11: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Service provision
A pink cross means that the company is dead now while green circles mark companies that got acquired.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/chart-of-internet-companies-that-vanished/8619/
![Page 12: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Copyright and content
• Confidentiality / ownership of data
• Copyright• UCL licensed content• UCL Computing Regs (2007)• Easy ‘take down’ for
unacceptable content
![Page 13: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Data Protection
‘Personal data held by UCL’ or an organisation providing services on behalf of UCL e.g. email address, name, address, personal interests etc
UCL Data Protection Policy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/346558163/
![Page 14: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Accessibility
UCL services should be ‘reasonably’ available to disabled individuals (dyslexic, visually/ hearing impaired etc)
How accessible are Web 2.0 services?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/henryfaber/28058869/
![Page 15: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
UCL Assessment regulations
• Retention of students’ assessed work
• Security– how to ensure that no
changes can be made – visibility of assessed
work to other students, – impact of possible loss
of externally stored materials.
![Page 16: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Quick tips
Reduce your riskConsider UCL alternativesRead the small printWarn students its not a UCL serviceMake it optional
![Page 17: Social networking and web 2 guidelines](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022052823/555491c3b4c905186d8b4820/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Moving on to Web 2.0?
email [email protected]
phone 34431twitter @CliveYoung
these slides onwww.ucl.ac.uk/ltss-blog and