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Web 2.0: Empower Social Learning

Discover how Web 2.0 tools can enhance social learning by facilitating collaboration, communication, and knowledge sharing. Explore examples of Web 2.0 apps and learn how to leverage them for writing, research, discussions, and connecting with professionals.

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Web 2.0: Empower Social Learning

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  1. Web 2.0 and New Media Peg Yacobucci Bowling Green State University

  2. Image by Rod Gode, Microsoft Web 2.0 and New Media Peg Yacobucci Bowling Green State University

  3. Disclaimer and Acknowledgments • I’m not an expert! • Thanks to Michelle Rodems and Carrie Rathsack, BGSU Center for Teaching and Learning • Great starter resources: • J.S. Brown & R. P. Adler. 2008. Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0. EDUCAUSE Review 43(1): 16-32. • New Media Consortium’s 2008 Horizon Report (http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf)

  4. Social Learning • We learn best by talking about content with others and by working with others to use content in solving problems • Mastering a field is not just learning about the subject but learning to be a practitioner – by entering into a community of practitioners to observe and learn

  5. Web 2.0? • Second generation of web development and design (~post-2001 dot-com collapse) • Consumers become producers of content • No longer just to access information, but to access other people  to meet, share ideas, and collaborate

  6.  Web 2.0 is perfect for social learning!

  7. Examples of Web 2.0 Apps • Blogs • Wikis • Mashups (e.g., iGoogle, digglicious) • Social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, Ning) • Media sharing sites (e.g., Flickr, YouTube) • Web link sharing sites (e.g., Delicious) • Virtual communities (e.g., Second Life)

  8. Web 2.0 is huge! constructed by Markus Angermeier, 2005 (http://nerdwideweb.com/web20/index.html)

  9. You need to find the right tool for the job! http://www.go2web20.net/

  10. Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Write • Student-created blogs for shorter assignments • Other students provide comments and feedback  shown to improve writing quality • Student-created wikis for larger group projects • Facilitates communication • Partner with file-sharing sites

  11. Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Examine Fossil Specimens • Photo and video sharing sites (e.g., Flickr, YouTube) • Use posted images or post new ones • Instructor can include questions that students must answer, discuss via comments feature

  12. Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Provide Listing of Web Resources • Link sharing sites (e.g., Delicious) • Post, tag, and group links for particular topics or class assignments

  13. Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Office Hours, Class Discussions, Virtual Field Trips • Virtual communities (e.g., Second Life) BGSU’s Virtual Campus in Second Life

  14. Web 2.0 Tools for Learning Enter into Practitioner Community • Social networking sites or virtual communities • Students can communicate with professional paleontologists • Students can observe the types of informal discourse in which professionals engage

  15. How can YOU use Web 2.0 to promote Social Learning? Base image by Stabilo Boss, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/

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