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Applications of Social and Collaborative Technologies in Education

Explore the impact of social and collaborative technologies in the education sector, focusing on online communities of educators and learners. Learn about key elements of building online communities and different levels of interaction in Web 2.0. Discover how personal learning environments and interactive content are shaping the future of education.

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Applications of Social and Collaborative Technologies in Education

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  1. Applications ofSocial and Collaborative Technologies in Education Stephen Downes ~ April 8, 2008

  2. Why I came to New Brunswick

  3. NRC-IIT Moncton

  4. The Fall Foliage

  5. NAWeb 1996 Wu Centre, Fredericton

  6. Rik Hall

  7. 1997

  8. TeleEducation NB

  9. People helping each other learn

  10. EduCamp Colombia

  11. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  12. Taipei, Taiwan

  13. Communities of Educators Online

  14. http://www.flickr.com

  15. http://www.google.com/reader

  16. http://www.facebook.com

  17. http://www.ning.com

  18. http://www.plaxo.com

  19. http://groups.google.com

  20. Communities of learners, where they need to learn

  21. IBM Worldwide http://www-05.ibm.com/cz/events/power6/pdf/Ton_Engbersen_Trends_in_microelectronics.pdf

  22. IBM Communities

  23. http://companycommand.army.mil/

  24. SWAT

  25. Second Life Communities

  26. Edublog Awards

  27. The new technology - even games - supports learning by supporting community

  28. Learning Communities Photo: Joyce Valenza and Dave Thomson. Photo by Ewan McIntosh http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/840478703/

  29. Elements of Learning Communities(Circa 1997)

  30. Sense ofshared purpose Pam Vesely, Lisa Bloom and John Sherlock Key Elements of Building Online Community: Comparing Faculty and Student Perceptions http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no3/vesely.htm Photo: Frederick Noronha http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/236214205/

  31. Establishment of boundaries defining who is a member and who is not Photo: Loungeriehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/loungerie/827362903/

  32. Establishment and enforcement of rules and policies Photo: ClintJCL http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/375585107/

  33. Interaction among members Photo: Jason Rhodeshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/2040911590

  34. Trust, respect and support Photo: Nina Jean http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicasaurusrex/777759933/

  35. Group identity Misanchuk and Anderson http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed01/19.html

  36. Since then, we’ve learned…

  37. Online communities are not as united as supposed… Photo: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/?p=1525

  38. We don’t want our classrooms to be like classrooms… Photo: Inxhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lnx/6257130/

  39. Far from it… The challenge for educators across the nation has become how to design and develop a teacher corps and a school structure that allows for a school that operates in a completely different manner than the classrooms we experienced in our own education. - Sammon 2000, 2. http://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/node/2383 Photo: Georgie Sharphttp://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiesharp/1180689591/

  40. Different levels of interaction: • Communication - individualism • Cooperation - mesh, or network • Collaboration - unity, or whole Misanchuk and Andersonhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed01/19.html

  41. Which level prevails in Web 2.0?

  42. Learning in a Mesh Collaborative Cooperative Image: Noakeshttp://kolea.kcc.hawaii.edu/tcc/tcon99/papers/noakes.html

  43. Learning in a Mesh Collaborative Cooperative Many contents One content

  44. Interacting in the Network Marc Canter http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/03/how-to-build-the-mesh-1-id-social-graphs-and-groups

  45. Interactive Content Marc Canterhttp://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/04/how-to-build-the-mesh-2-persistent-ubiquitous-content

  46. Personal Learning Environments Scott Wilson http://thand.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/futurevle.jpg

  47. Personal Learning Landscape Dave Tosh http://tesl-ej.org/ej34/m1.html

  48. PLE asFunctions in Social Media Mohamed Amine Chatti http://mohamedaminechatti.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-plepkm.html

  49. PLE as applications Marianne http://mlxperience.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-personal-learning-environment-model.html

  50. Essentials of Web 2.0

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