web 2.0 in online learning
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Web 2.0 in Online LearningWeb 2.0 in Online LearningRay, Shari, Emily OTELRay, Shari, Emily OTEL
Web 2.0 in Online LearningWeb 2.0 in Online Learning
Welcome Our goals in this session – to provide an
introduction to new class of tools to enhance online learning
Web 2.0 What is 2.0? What is the origin of the term?
Tim O’Reilly in 2004 How does this impact Online learning?
Micro-content, interaction, engagement, simulation
E-learning 2.0
AjaxAjax
Ajax – at the core of Web 2.0 Asynchronous Javascript and XML
Origin of term – Adaptive Path Jesse James Garrett
Some examples of Ajax ALN Pre-Conference Blog Collection of Ajax links Ajax longevity?
OLU – One ExampleOLU – One Example
The power of Ajax Emily will show us how to blog and how to
integrate blogging into online learning Example of the power – impact Online Learning Update aggregation / Goo
gle placement / links to / citations
Now to Emily and more examples of how Web 2.0 can enhance online learning
Allow interactive content building Your audience participates
Editing through your web browser No need to download or buy expensive
software Dynamic content
Keeps your course fresh
Web Tools
Wikis A type of web site Visitors can easily
add, remove, or edit the content
Uses versioning Some wikis require
registration or a password for editing
An effective tool for collaborative authoring
Wiki Many people may contribute to and edit a single document using only a web browser.
Engage your students Use Wetpaint for creating websites for
Group projects Support for service learning projects in the
community Use PBwiki (or other free services)
Collaborative essays and reports Space for free writing or reader-response
journaling Share resources – web sites, annotated
bibliographies, models for assignments Create a compendium of terms and
concepts for the course to use as a study guide
Wikis in Online Learning
Blogs
Short for weblog, blogs are online journals that display the most recent content first
Can combine text, images, and links to audio and video files (podcasting)
Readers may often leave comments and interact with the writer
Blogger.com offers free blog space
Blogs in Online Learning
Group blogs allow engagement For each work or topic that you cover in a
course, have small groups publish blogs on how a their assigned theory would analyze or interpret it.
Individual blogs Write a blog for students in your courses
or department; link to journal articles, news items, conferences, calls for papers
Have students create blogs for journaling
RSS Really Simple Syndication Push content
Blog Audio files (podcasting) Feedburner.com, UI Web Toolbox
Receive content Subscribe to a feed iTunes, Yahoo, Firefox, IE 7 all
aggregate RSS feeds Dynamic web sites
Include a feed on your course site
http://www.uis.edu Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
Collaborative ToolsWeb 2.0
Google Docs and Spreadsheetshttp://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
Other Google Stuff
Tabbed Browsing
Internet Explorer 7.0 Firefox
Save a group of TabsOrganize and Search
Tagging“folksonomy” Collective Custom User defined metatags
Social Bookmarking itList.com (old) Del icio us
http://del.icio.us
Lookup toolhttp://trainque.com/code/delicious_lookup.php
View key http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del.icio.us
Integrate with IE or firefox
Social Media
Flickr http://www.flickr.com Yahoo photos PLUS conversation 20 mg per month
YouTube http://www.youtube.com
Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
Blogging Search Engines
Technorati http://technorati.com/
Google Blog Search http://blogsearch.google.com/
Blog search engine http://
www.blogsearchengine.com/