The Social Web (Web 2.0) for learning and teaching

1. The Social Web (Web 2.0) for learning and teaching Tom Franklin Franklin Consulting tom@franklin-consulting.co.uk

2. Outline • What is the Social Web? • (Why) does the Social Web matter? • The Social Web and policy

3. What is the Social Web http://www.shambles.net/web2/images/web2logolarge.jpg

5. What is The Social Web • Personal • Customisation • Look and feel • Included utilities (widgets) • Sense of ownership • User created content • Sharing • Social

6. Personal

7. What is The Social Web • Personal • User created content • Authored • Annotated • Aggregated • Re-mixed • Sharing • Social

8. Podcasts Vidcasts Recorded lectures Supporting discussion Revision talks Complex topics that can be reviewed User created content - video / audio

9. Open access repository Put course notes up Enable students (and others) to comment on them User created content - documents and presentations

10. Diaries Reflections Adverts Commentary Anything Get students to comment on each others course related blogs Course announcements Course reading lists with commentary User created content - blogs

11. Encyclopedias Knowledge creation Collaborative working Group project recording Course handbooks User created content - wikis

12. Reading lists Memory aid Sharing Finding Get students to rate / review content Create a course tag Create a course account on del.icio.us Course reading lists User created content - Social bookmarking

13. Pull together all students blogs Pull together a set of relevant blogs User created content - Aggregating

14. What is The Social Web • Personal • User created content • Sharing • With everyone • With friends / colleagues • User in control • Social

15. User in control

16. What is The Social Web • Personal • User created content • Sharing • Social • Friends and Family • Colleagues • Peers

17. Friends and family Facebook Myspace Beebo

18. Colleagues

19. Peers (students)

20. The Social Web

21. (Why) does The Social Web matter? • People are using it - including your students • It opens up new possibilities • Supports particular pedagogies • Social constructivism • Constructionism • Group work • Supports distributed models of learning • Work based learning • Distance learning

22. The Social Web and policy • Intellectual property rights • Ownership • Re-use • Control • Accessibility • Learning, teaching and assessment • Security • Personal security • Network and IT Systems Security • Preservation • Hosting • Integration

23. Intellectual property rights http://peningoblog.com/images/software_rights_confidentiality.jpg

24. Accessibility http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/gri0085l.jpg

25. Security http://einside.kent.edu/files/Dec132004/ComputerSecurity.jpg

26. Preservation http://cdbaby.name/p/r/preservation.jpg

27. Hosting

28. Integration http://www.ihousephilly.org/images/hands2.jpg

29. Resources • Web 2.0 for Content for Learning and Teaching in Higher EducationReport I wrote with Van Harmelen on Web 2.0. inludes ideas on how to use it learning and teaching http://www.franklin-consulting.co.uk/Reports.html#Topic6 • 100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators mostly aimed at schools but lots of good ideashttp://www.teachinghacks.com/2006/10/26/100-web-20-ideas-for-educators-an-intro-to-rss-and-more/ • University of Edinburgh's Web 2.0 Initiative Home PageA strategic approach to Web 2.0http://www.vp.is.ed.ac.uk/projects/Web_2.0_Initiative • What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for educationJISC TechWatch report on Web 2.0http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/services_techwatch/techwatch/techwatch_ic_reports2005_published.aspx • Web 2.0 in EducationWebsite with many links to useful resourceshttp://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/

30. What is in your repository?