Using Web 2.0 to support students

Keith BeechenerAL: T175, M150, Y164

COLMSCT Associate Teaching Fellow

Student: H804 (H807, H808, T189)

EATING Talk

21 February 2008

Outline

• To illustrate some uses of Web 2.0 technology tools

• To highlight some interesting and unintended consequences of using the technology

• To consider whether technology is the driver or the tool

What is …

… ?

• Video / Audio conference

• Blog• Wiki• Podcast• VLE• Virtual Worlds• Social

Networking• ePortfolios

My Web 2.0

Impact of Tutor News

 

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Retention 84% 83% 73% 82% 71% 76% 64% 58% 39% 57%

Tutor News Used? y y y y y y y n n n

Read by average 90% of tutor group

http://discuss2.open.ac.uk/~keith_beechener/t175/

Social Networking / Bookmarking

http://www.flickr.com/

Picture ofDate Taken Camera

Largest Res Uploaded GMT Mode Tags

Gt Yarmouth, Suffolk 07-Apr-04 WWLPDC3035 800 x 600 08-Nov-06 09:25 Private None

New York at night ? ? 640 x 480 09-Nov-06 06:47 Public None

Lake District (Allen Crags) 20-Mar-05 Canon PowerShot A80 1024 x 768 11-Nov-06 17:13 Private My, small, Heaven

Lake District (Allen Crags) 20-Mar-05 Canon PowerShot A80 1024 x 768 11-Nov-06 17:13 Private My, small, Heaven

Lake District (Allen Crags) 20-Mar-05 Canon PowerShot A80 1024 x 768 11-Nov-06 17:13 Private My, small, Heaven

Fulbourn Woods, Cambs 11-Nov-06 Olympus C-5000Z 768 x 1024 12-Nov-06 19:37 Public None

Niagara Falls 07-Sep-04 Nikon E3100 1024 x 768 12-Nov-06 19:44 Public None

River Cam 11-Jun-06 Fujifilm FinePix E550 800 x 600 12-Nov-06 20:46 Public None

Tatra Mountains, Poland 28-Jul-06 Fujifilm FinePix F10 1024 x 768 13-Nov-06 13:49 PublicAnna's, best, place

Tatra Mountains, Poland 24-Jul-06 Fujifilm FinePix F10 1024 x 768 13-Nov-06 13:49 PublicAnna's, best, place

Oahu, Hawaii 01-Jun-04 Sony Cybershot 1024 x 768 13-Nov-06 20:50 Private None

Washington Memorial 11-Nov-06 Pentax Optio 330 1024 x 768 14-Nov-06 11:47 Private None

Cabo Girao, Madeira 01-Jun-05 Canon PowerShot A80 1024 x 768 16-Nov-06 20:16 Public None

The Prince Regent Pub 23-Nov-06 Nikon Coolpix S4 1024 x 768 24-Nov-06 11:32 Public None

Golden Gate Bridge, SF 06-Oct-06 Fujifilm FinePix F10 1024 x 768 03-Dec-06 19:28 Public None

Social Networking

Audio / Video

podcasts

Virtual Worlds - Second Life

What do students think?• Tutor News

• OLT; My Blog; Twenty Questions; …• Wikis

• And then what?• Social Bookmarking

• Under construction• Social Networking

• Who(se) Rules?• Podcasts

• Useful• Virtual Worlds

• Curious?• First Class …

• My VLE !!!

Compare• Forums = tutorial discussions

• Tutor News = handouts; tutorial prompts; feedback

• Blogs = reflection

• Internet = classroom wall / display area

• Social bookmarking = making notes

• Social networking = peer feedback & discussion / debate

• Chat rooms = group work

• Wikis = collaboration

Summary

• The pedagogy already exists

• The technology adapts to the pedagogy

• Look for the educational benefits

• Be aware of the consequences

Don’t need to re-invent

the wheel

Next …

• Mash-ups

• Web 3.0?

• The semantic web