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of blogs and pods, of wikis and things.

of blogs and pods, of wikis and things. "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships- -and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have wings.". Brian Gillespie Dublin Institute of Technology,

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  1. of blogs and pods,of wikis and things. "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings." Brian Gillespie Dublin Institute of Technology, with help from Pauline Rooney, Learning Technology Team DIT and Ronan Kennedy, Library NUI Galway

  2. What I wont be talking about • Virtual Learning Environments • video and teleconferencing • E Learning Platforms • e-Packs • e-Journals e-books • subject databases • IRel • Open-Access • Etc etcetc etcetcetc etc

  3. and avoiding predictions too

  4. So what are we talking about?? • RSS • Blogs • Podcasts • Wikis • Social networking • Social bookmarking • Discussion boards • SMS/texting http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2006-08-27-campus-tech_x.htm and http://www.ravewireless.com/ • Games and gaming • Download services • Digital photo sharing – Flickr • Chat

  5. Points to consider • technofantasy and technohype • emerging, merging and invisible technology • the real library without walls (Truly Madly Deeply Engaged)http://www.omd.com/l.c.bin/F/78784/Truly_Madly_Final_booklet.pdf(Teens and technology)http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Tech_July2005web.pdf • focus on content and material not the technology or platform

  6. Internet 2.0 • interactive, intuitive, responsive, personalised • user generated content • ‘typical’ 2.0 site http://www.digg.com/ • software as service • MoSoSohttp://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0119/p11s02-stct.html • mobile technology/portable devices:iPod, iPhone, Xboxes, BlackBerry Pearl, Sidekick 3, Sony Reader, etc………enter your own favourite • mix and mash http://www.bashr.com/

  7. Advantages of online collaboration • overcomes student isolation • convenience • encourages participation in the learning process • learn from others • Educause Learning Initiative http://www.educause.edu/EmergingPracticesandLearningTechnologies/5673 • e-Learning Centre http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/index.html • FutureLab http://www.futurelab.org.uk/about_us/index.htm

  8. Principles for good teaching and learning practice in higher educationChickering and Gamson (1987) • Encourages contact between students and staff • Develop co-operation among students and co-workers • Encourages active learning • Gives prompt feedback • Emphasizes time on task • Communicates high expectations • Respects diverse talents and ways of learningDr. Sarah Maguire UU @ ANLTC 28th June ‘06

  9. RSS (really simple syndication)What is it and what can it do? • helps manage information overload • uses technology to grab “feeds” as selected web pages are updated • monitors new content on relevant web-sites • websites come to you (bit like current awareness but on the web not email) • e.g. RTE http://www.rte.ie/

  10. The need for feed readers • allows you to group, manage and display your subscribed feeds. e.g. of feed readers: • web-based www.newsgator.comhttp://www.bloglines.com/ • download http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/http://www.opera.com/

  11. How it works…5 easy steps • choose a feed reader • find an RSS feed you’re interested in • subscribe to the feed • check your feed reader • visit the updated sites

  12. Possible library applications • use RSS feeds to display headlines from other sites on your webpages • to keep students informed about changes in services, resources etc. • help create a fresh lively look on your website • http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/RSS.cfm

  13. RSS examples • http://news.bbc.co.uk/ • http://chronicle.com/help/rss.htm • http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/search/RSS.cfm • http://www.ucd.ie/library/news/elec/ • http://www.archive.org/index.php

  14. Further reading • http://chronicle.com/weekly/v50/i23/23a03101.htm • Kelly B (2005) RSS – more than just news feeds. New Review of Information Networking, Vol.11, No.2, pp.219-227

  15. Blogs or weblogs (online diaries) • an ongoing live chronicle of information and platform for discussion • usually “populated” by brief postings, starting with the most recent first • often devoted to a particular subject • usually info is archived • http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/ as an example • http://elgg.net/csessums/weblogas a good example • http://sluggerotoole.com/index.php as a good (northern) Irish example

  16. Using blogs in education • use as a log of programme progress and activities • as a reflective journal - create and maintain a personal blog • as a research log • use to stimulate discussion, interact, brainstorm • for prospective students: http://www.clarkson.edu/clarkson_experience/blogs/ • http://weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/journ1/a paperless course in journalism • http://www.lawclinic.tv/ an academic video blog

  17. Blog warnings for librarians • easy to create • they have to be relevant – content is king • they have to be maintained – pages need to look fresh and relevant • the blog needs to have a purpose • where are you going to put it? • http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767for more on using blogs in libraries • http://www.higheredblogcon.com/…and more • http://lirgroup.heanet.ie/presentation by Josh Clark & Diarmuid Stokes 8/12/06

  18. Blog examples • http://heyjude.wordpress.com/ • http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/ • http://library2.0.alablog.org/ • http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php • http://freerangelibrarian.com/ • http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/ (see the blogging libraries wiki) • http://ucdscience.blogspot.com/ • http://dundalkinstitute.library-blogs.net/ • http://www.irishblogs.info/ • http://www.technorati.com/(who’s saying what right now)

  19. Further reading • Clyde L (2004) Library weblogs. Library Management, Vol.25 Issue 4/5, pp.183-189 • Glenn D (2006) Scholars Who Blog Chronicle of Higher Education • Kennedy K (2003) Writing With Web Logs techLearning - provides useful tips on how to evaluate student blogs for assessment purposes. • Research blogs - an annotated list of weblogs used by researchers and academics as a part of their research practice • Fiedler S (2003) Personal webpublishing as a refective conversational tool for self-organized learning • Burnet K (2006) Using blogger to get teachers started with e-learning. http://fm.schmoller.net/2006/05/using_blogger_t.html (check out the link to the podcast on blogs in education)

  20. Podcasting “A digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player” New Oxford American Dictionary, 2005

  21. How it works • 1 or more media files organized into a series of connected episodes • organized using XML code to describe the series and each episode • smart clients (e.g. iTunes) access the series using RSS • episodes downloaded to pc (not necessarily an iPod) for offline mobile viewing

  22. Uses in education (Podagogy) • “…putting people in control of their learning. ” Prof. Roy Pea Stanford University. • it’s rich, personal, mobile and widespread • to disseminate lectures and course material • for revision purposes • http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/ iTunes University • http://www.ucmerced.edu/ University of California • http://www.marquette.edu/Video podcast for prospective students

  23. Podcast examples • http://www.wku.edu/library/podcast/ • http://www.dowling.edu/library/newsblog/podcasts.asp • http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/Courses/BAI/JS_Subjects/3D1/general/podcast.php • http://www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie/index.php • http://www.thepersuaders.libsyn.com/ • http://www.apple.com/itunes/ iTunes

  24. further research • Podcasting gold rush is on http://wired.com/news/business/0,68950-0.html • Podcasting after iTuneshttp://wired.com/news/culture/media/0,71257-.html?tw=wn_index_2 • MagneticTimehttp://www.magnetictime.com/index.htm

  25. What’s a wiki? • a wiki is a website that allows anyone enter and edit, add, delete content • it also can refer to the software itself, the look and feel, and the operation of such a website • may include tools to allow monitoring of added content and areas to help resolve issues over content • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page probably the best known

  26. Using Wikis in education • as an online space for academics, students, librarians to share and contribute to • as a tool for students to take personal responsibility for their own learning • to encourage student ownership, creativity and collaboration • to allow students to share work and ideas and get feedback • http://students.wikia.com/wiki/Penn_State student campus wiki

  27. Wikis and libraries • “for gods sake you’re in college, don’t cite the wikipedia” James Wales (founder of Wikipedia) • http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Library success: a best practice wiki • http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres16n1/index.htm Kille, A. How wikis can help manage knowledge in library reference services • Frumkin, J. (2005) The wiki and the digital library. OCLC Systems and Services, 21 (1), pp.18-22. (available online – google it)

  28. Wiki examples • WikiNews (News Source) • Wikitravel • EduTech Wiki (focusing on educational technologies) • WikiEd (Educational focus) • http://www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory/ • http://www.placeopedia.com/good e.g. of mashup • http://umjournalism.pbwiki.com/ the next generation? • http://citizendium.org/ • http://www.scholarpedia.org/ • http://www.digitaluniverse.net/

  29. further research • Lamb B (2004) Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 36-48. • Moody G (2004) Of blogs and wikis. • Bird A (2006) On using wiki sites with student groups • Professor raises wikipedia awareness http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/06/20/44987c3928d54?in_archive=1 • http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

  30. Social networks • Bebo - launched feb 2005. As of April 2006, has over 22 million registered members. It is the 440th most popular English language website, and the second most popular in Ireland , according to the Irish Independent (24th in the UK). • MySpace - founded in July 2003. As of May 2006 it is the world's fourth most popular English-language website and the fifth most popular in the world , with over 86 million registered accounts. • Friendster • Classmates • facebook • livejournal • Orkut • Xuqa

  31. whiteboards, internal email system, add comments, quizzes, flash box, polls, photos, blogs http://www.myspace.com/brooklyncollegelibrary college library presence on myspace http://www.myspace.com/utlibraries University of Texas Libraries Features of social networks

  32. further reading • Duffy J (2006) The MySpace Age BBC News Magazine, 7 March 2006 • Facebook – the complete biography http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/ • MySpace Education • Social Networking Websites – Bebo, Myspace, Friendster etc. • Not just for the children http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single%207428

  33. http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube: a website allowing users to upload view and share videoclips • uses in education: as a student portfolio, as a reference tool, as a collaborative group area • http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/15065411.htm Use in online reading programme • http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr: a digital photo sharing website and web service suite. Uses as above • digital entertainment service for US colleges:http://www.ruckusnetwork.com/aboutus.phphttp://cdigix.com/ • and for art students: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/http://www.artfaceoff.com/

  34. Social bookmaking sites:a way to tag (classify), store, share and search links, books, whatever • http://www.furl.net/“where to look for what you need” • http://del.icio.us/ • http://www.citeulike.org/ • http://www.librarything.com/

  35. The Empire strikes back • Aquabrowser http://www.medialab.nl/ • Endeca guided navigation http://endeca.com/ • Encore (in development) http://www.iii.com/ • Watson Intellext http://www.intellext.com/ • Primo http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/primo.htm • University of Rochesterhttp://www.extensiblecatalog.info/

  36. Games and gaming • http://secondlife.com/Contact: lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com (IRL: Lori Bell)http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid20561.aspxhttp://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i06/06a03501.htm (need Chronicle HE login) • http://swi.indiana.edu/‘Arden The world of Shakespeare’ dev at Indiana University. • http://www.rcrusoe.org/ • http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm • http://www.peacemakergame.com/ • http://www.there.com/ • http://thesims.ea.com/us/index.html

  37. In conclusion …best to have unrelenting enthusiasm tempered with healthy cynicism.

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