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Ray Schroeder Peter Murray Margaret Maag

Ray Schroeder Peter Murray Margaret Maag. Weaving a Dynamic Web: Web v. 2.0 Applications in Education, Social Networking and Virtual Conferencing American Medical Informatics Association: Annual Meeting 2006. Ray Schroeder Director, Technology-Enhanced Learning, U of Illinois at Springfield.

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  1. Ray Schroeder Peter Murray Margaret Maag Weaving a Dynamic Web: Web v. 2.0 Applications in Education, Social Networking and Virtual ConferencingAmerican Medical Informatics Association: Annual Meeting 2006

  2. Ray Schroeder Director, Technology-Enhanced Learning, U of Illinois at Springfield Blogs, RSS, and Ajax

  3. Web 2.0 • Term originated in 2004 with O’Reilly • Second generation of the Web • Collaboration, interaction, customization • Wikipedia takes on the challenge of trying to define and explain Web 2.0 • “Web 2.0 doesn't have a hard boundary, but rather, a gravitational core”

  4. Ajax • Ajax = Asynchronous JavaScript and XML • Not a single technology – rather a group of technologies working together • Truly interactive 2.0 applications • Uses • XHTML and CSS for markup applications • JavaScript or Jscript to interact with display • XHR (xmlhttprequest) as API

  5. Ajax • Term first emerged about 18 months ago • Many examples are emerging: • http://www.ajaxprojects.com/ajax/viewcategory.php?categoryid=8 • http://aln-preconference.blogspot.com • Still challenges ahead: • ADA accessibility • Browser compatibility issues (back button) • Many advantages in engaging the user and enabling interactivity

  6. Blogs • Web + Logs = Blogs • Web pages with updates in chronological (or reverse chronological) order • 1997 term first emerged • Now 55 million blogs and growing by one a every second! • Opportunity to enable responses from readers and RSS dissemination make blogs 2.0 technologies

  7. Blogs • RSS is the key to disseminating blogs and many other Web 2.0 applications • Many ways to capture blog feeds via RSS • http://newsisfree.com • IE 7 and Firefox browsers along with a plethora of other services such as email programs, Yahoo, etc. support RSS aggregation

  8. A Blog Example • Online Learning Update • http://onlinelearningupdate.com • Blogs enjoy high search engine ratings • Enter online learning into Google • Blogosphere connections and popularity result in dynamic (Web 2.0) sites that include aggregations of blogs • http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/oluinfo.htm

  9. Some Informatics Blogs • http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/blogger.html Informaticopia - Rod Ward • http://www.healthcareguy.com/ Healthcare IT Guy - Shahid N. Shah • http://blogs.bsti.com/healthcare/ Healthcare IT Blog • http://www.medicalinformaticsinsider.com/  Medical Informatics Insider (still some good info - "retired" August 10, 2006) • http://biologicalinformatics.blogspot.com/ Biological Informatics Blog - a subject tracer information blog

  10. Peter J. Murray Founding Fellow, CHIRAD, UK IMIA VP for WG/SIG

  11. Exploring blogs as a collaborative tool

  12. 1. Use of blogs for virtual conference participation - theory and practice 2. Some lessons learned

  13. Blogs for virtual conference participation At approx. 10 health/nursing informatics events since medinfo2004 Why? - to provide virtual interaction for those unable to attend - to promote the event - to play with explore the technology - to explore/research a collaborative model of blogging

  14. Blogs for virtual conference participation What we hoped for: • lots of people wanting to post items • lots of comments • lots of readers • demonstration of the collaborative model working.

  15. Blogs for virtual conference participation What we found: • many promised but few delivered • the principal providers were the main bloggers • levels of use were lower than hoped • reminders to people help in readership levels • interaction is lower than hoped for

  16. Blogs, interaction and participation – some evaluation data • Generally felt to be a useful adjunct to events • Most felt was easy to use • Should be available post-event (archive) '...personal anecdotes give a sense of voyeurism. ..being there without actually being physically there.' 'I like the first person 'conversation' style - as though speaking directly to me. Informal, easy to follow and relate to. If I disagreed or had comments, I knew I could add the blog to benefit other readers.'

  17. Blogs, interaction and participation – some lessons learned Must be as easy as possible to access and participate - eg wireless – or people won't post during the event Reminders boost readership RSS feeds to email/browser

  18. Further information and contact www.hi-blogs.info

  19. Wikis and related beasts

  20. Wikis • are dynamic, group-developed web pages that can be • easily created and accessed via a browser • the content may be updated or changed by anyone visiting • the website. Wikis allow for asynchronous group socialisation, communication and collaboration and a tool for archiving documents, brainstorming, and collaborative writing. Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), Wikinews (www.wikinews.org/wiki/Health).

  21. Writely (now part of Google docs and spreadsheets), • was 'one of the top 10 technology applications affecting • education in 2005 • allows anyone to compose online and collaborate • (write and edit) with others in real time.

  22. Margaret Maag Assistant Professor School of Nursing University of San Francisco Podcasting

  23. Podcasting • A portmanteau of “broadcasting” and “iPod” • Audio event, conversation, lecture, song, speech, group presentation • Delivered via RSS • Mobile device synchronized with a computer • “Push” “Pull” technology

  24. Image credit: University of Missouri School of Journalism

  25. Podcasting • Strengths • Instructor’s desire to assist students’ meta-cognitive skills • Keep up with the reality of the students’ lives and use of media • Academic podcasts easy to use: faculty and students • Easy to access via iTunes or desktop • Students report being more engaged in lecture

  26. Podcasting • Concerns • Slackers will skip class! • Visual images not captured as in F2F • Remedy may be podcasts with video • Future? • Empirical research needed • N340 Principles and Methods Fall 06 • An increase in number of faculty using MP3 technology in the classroom

  27. Podcasting • Examples OsiriX Imaging http://homepage.mac.com/rossetantoine/osirix/Index2.html Maagnursing: Podcasts.http://www.maagnursing.com/podcast/ Instant Anatomy • http://www.instantanatomy.net/podcasts.html

  28. Podcasting • Medical podcasts • http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/weblinks/Medical_podcasts.cfm • Access Medicine • http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/podcast/acm/

  29. www.profcast.com ProfCast

  30. Contact M. Maag maag@usfca.edu Further Information

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