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Web 2.0: What Works with Students

Web 2.0: What Works with Students. Melissa K. Prescott Robin L. Ewing CETL January 2009 Faculty Workshop Days. About us . Melissa K. Prescott Reference Coordinator & Assistant Professor Learning Resources & Technology Services mkprescott@stcloudstate.edu Robin L. Ewing

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Web 2.0: What Works with Students

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  1. Web 2.0: What Works with Students Melissa K. Prescott Robin L. Ewing CETL January 2009 Faculty Workshop Days

  2. About us • Melissa K. Prescott Reference Coordinator & Assistant Professor Learning Resources & Technology Services mkprescott@stcloudstate.edu • Robin L. Ewing Access Services Coordinator & Assistant Professor Learning Resources & Technology Services rlewing@stcloudstate.edu

  3. Overview • Background on student use of Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 Awareness Survey • Learning 2.0 Assignment • Adapting for other classes

  4. Our definition of Web 2.0 • Social networking sites: Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Twitter • Social sharing and collaboration sites: Blogger, PBwiki, Wikipedia, podcasting, YouTube • Social bookmarking and tagging: del.icio.us, Ma.gnolia, Flickr, Google Image Labeler • RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and readers:Bloglines, Google Reader • Other Google products: Google Scholar, Google Docs, Google Maps

  5. Background on student use of Web 2.0 • 64% of online teens have created Web 2.0 content --Teens and Social Media survey -- Pew Internet & American Life (2007) Content creation activities: posting messages or photos; creating and uploading videos, music, artwork, stories, etc.; creating own Web sites or blogs • Approximately 30% of online students have their own blogs -- Creating & Connecting survey -- National School Boards Association (2007) • 22% have uploaded videos they created -- Creating & Connecting survey -- National School Boards Association (2007)

  6. Informal Web 2.0 Awareness Survey • Students enrolled in three-credit information literacy courses (IM 204: Research Strategies) • Administered online via D2L • 59 students participated • All undergraduates • 17% first-year students • 59% sophomores • 20% juniors • 3% seniors • 81% female, 19% male

  7. Web 2.0 Awareness Survey details • Tools we included • Social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Friendster) • YouTube • Photo sharing sites (Flickr, Snapfish) • Blogs • Podcasts • Social tagging/bookmarking (de.licio.us, Digg) • Wikipedia • Other wikis • RSS • Google Scholar

  8. Web 2.0 Awareness Survey details • Levels of awareness • Have not heard of • Have heard of but not used • Have read, listened to, or used one • Have added content to or created own

  9. Web 2.0 Awareness Survey 2 3 3 5 8 10 3 7 8 15 36 22 19 29 90 59 43 92 31 71 88 25 64 86 42 39 39 31 14 8 5 2

  10. Background on student use of Web 2.0 • Survey findings • 64% of online teens have created Web 2.0 content (Pew) • Approximately 30% of online students have their own blogs (NSBA) 3% of SCSU students • 22% have uploaded videos they created (NSBA) 5% of SCSU students

  11. How do your students compare?

  12. Learning 2.0 Assignment • Modeled on professional development projects for library professionals • Format of the assignment • Tools covered in the assignment • Levels of Web 2.0 awareness • Student reactions to the assignment • What we’ll change for next fall

  13. Web 2.0 Examples • “Learning 2.0 -- 23Things” • “23 Things on a Stick” • “Learning 2.0 @ Mac”

  14. Learning 2.0 @ SCSU • Two sections of IM 204: Research Strategies in fall 2008 semester • All assignments were presented via the Learning 2.0 @ SCSU blog • Students had one week to complete each assignment • Assignments were completed outside of class • Assignment was mapped to course objectives

  15. Weekly Topics • Blogs • What is Web 2.0? • RSS • Social Bookmarking • Flickr • Digg, Newsvine, Reddit • Podcasting • Online collaboration tools • Wikis • YouTube

  16. Structure of Weekly Activities • Reading • Viewing • Doing • Blogging

  17. Sample Weekly Assignment • Social Bookmarking • Podcasting

  18. Levels of Web 2.0 awareness • Identify Web 2.0 applications and recognize content • Use/read/view content • Evaluate content • Create content

  19. Student Difficulties • Starting multiple blogs • URL for blogs • Naming of blogs & blog postings • Embedding photos & videos

  20. Example Blogs • Ross’ Blogger Site • Assignment 2 • ;) • Christy’s Blog • Exploits of SOL • Creating my first blog.

  21. Student Reactions • End of assignment evaluation (51 respondents) • 88% -- assignment helped them get comfortable with emerging technologies • 49% -- would change nothing about the assignmentOthers: • Spend more class time on the assignments • Change the day the assignments were due • Post all assignments at once • Too much work for allotted points, tedious • Hardest activities – multiple students indicated RSS and Digg/Newsvine/Reddit

  22. Student Reactions • “It was a great assignment and I know that at first I was stressed out about it because I knew nothing about it and I didn’t want to do bad on it but after I learned exactly what it was it became fun and a good educational experience.” • “I enjoyed the Web 2.0 assignment. I felt that it helped me learn a lot about the internet and the different tools that are available to me.” • “The Web 2.0 assignments furthered my knowledge and will help me out a lot in the future.” • “I like that new news and new updates can come to me on my blog from websites that I have shared onto my blog. I think it will be useful for my career later on in life, as well.”

  23. Student Reactions • “I think that web 2.0 is really pointless. It just takes up more time outside of ther [sic] classroom and it isn’t going to help me with other classes or outside of school.” • “One thing I would change about this assignment would be that it made us sign up for everything we were learning about. Now I have a bunch of accounts on different things that I will probably never use and that I will never even remember how to get to now.”

  24. Next Steps • Better prepare students for assignment • This assignment was a stretch for most students • Provide a better explanation for why students should know Web 2.0 tools • Clarify expectations for blog postings • Post all assignments at once

  25. Next Steps • Change list of tools • Eliminate Digg/Newsvine/Reddit activity • RSS later in semester • Revise rubric • Privacy and intellectual property issues

  26. Adapting for Other Courses • Have students review discipline-specific blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. • RSS feeds

  27. What have you done in your classes?

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