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HEA: Overview EduWeb 2.0

HEA: Overview EduWeb 2.0. Dawn Carmichael University of Abertay Dundee. Why Social Networking?. Web 2.0 > 2 nd generation Social Networking – user constructed content and communication Digital Egalitarianism or Digital Maoism? Key ideas for education – mass participation and collaboration.

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HEA: Overview EduWeb 2.0

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  1. HEA: Overview EduWeb 2.0 Dawn Carmichael University of Abertay Dundee

  2. Why Social Networking? • Web 2.0 > 2nd generation • Social Networking – user constructed content and communication • Digital Egalitarianism or Digital Maoism? • Key ideas for education – mass participation and collaboration Blogs Social Networking Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  3. Educational Rationale • Social constructivism • Educational challenge; • No tracks in the sand • Possibilities of Social Networking; • Persistent body of student work • Educational challenge; • Intellectual cubby holes • Possibilities of Social Networking; • Transparent forms of communication Blogs Social Networking Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  4. Blogs • Educational applications include • Un-moderated content from the blogsphere • Content management System • Educational examples include • Tutor based research blog – Sussex University • Student generated content – social presence • Questions include • The importance of the journal metaphor • Effectiveness in comparison to wikis Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  5. Social Networks • Educational applications include • Developing social presence • Educational examples include • Institution based ‘personal web pages’ • Facebook, Univillage • Links to e-portfolios • Questions include • The need for this type of social presence based communication in an email rich environment Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  6. Wikis • Educational applications include • Partially moderated content • Collaborative content management system • Educational examples include • Assignments regarding contributions to wikipedia – University of East Anglia • Survey Universities favourable • Enterprise wikis - confluence • Questions include • In comparison to blogs • The role of anonymity vs social presence • Usability issues • Enhance collaboration as opposed to simply providing an audit trail. Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  7. Folksonomies • Folk tagging • Examples include • Flickr • Google Notebook? • Educational applications include • As a general approach it may facilitate deeper understand about content. • Questions include • The usefulness of a specialist tool. Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  8. Collaborative Editing • Examples include • Google Docs and Spreadsheets • MobEdit • Educational applications include • Groupwork – shared document • Questions include • The usefulness of a collaborative editing tool as opposed to a single document using versioning. • In comparison to wikis Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  9. Virtual Worlds • Examples include • Second Life(SL) • Metaplace • Educational applications include • Edinburgh Uni - AI lab • Open University - Schome • Dartmouth College – emergency training • Questions include • Nature of VWW as social networking tools Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  10. Digital Media • Examples include • Podcasts, vodcasts • YouTube • Educational applications include • Content provision • Student content construction • Acculturation to digital media • Questions include • Substitution of live material by recorded material Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  11. Social VLEs • Examples include • Elgg • Google Groups • Educational applications include • Extending and/or replacing VLEs • Questions include • Comparison to traditional VLEs Blogs Social Networks Wikis Folksonomies Collaborative Editing Virtual Worlds Digital Media Social VLEs

  12. Any comments? Dawn Carmichael d.carmichael@abertay.ac.uk

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