Talk given by Peter Murray at Informatica en salud (Havana, Cuba, February 2007) based in CHIRAD and hi-blogs.info members; work

1. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools for developing social networks and collaborative professional knowledge development in health and nursing informatics conferences Peter J. Murray, Scott Erdley, Margaret Hansen, Karl Øyri, Rod Ward

2. Peter J. Murray Founding Fellow, CHIRAD, UK W. Scott Erdley Clinical Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, NY, USA Margaret Hansen Assistant Professor, The University of San Francisco, USA Karl Ø yri Nurse manager, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway Rod Ward Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England, UK Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools

3. ... and not forgetting our other co-conspirator ... Bill Perry – Kettering Medical Center, Ohio, USA Informaticopia - Eclectic news and views on health informatics and elearning, by Rod Ward & colleagues. http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/blogger.html Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools

4. Toronto, Canada – May 2006

5. Exploring blogs as a collaborative tool Seoul, Korea – June 2006

6. Collaborating on various blogs, podcasts, vodcasts and other projects www.hi-blogs.info www.differance-engine.net/rutgers2007 www.differance-engine.net/SINI2007blog

7. Also blogging on Informaticopia: www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/blogger.html

8. Content 1. What is Web 2.0? 2. Blogs – some basics 3. Use of blogs for virtual conference participation - theory and practice 4. Wikis for collaborative documents and podcasts for education 5. Some lessons learned 6. Podcasts, wikis – a short introduction Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools

10. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Web 2.0 websites are different from those of early web development, retroactively labeled Web 1.0. They are designed to deliver interactive, versus static, applications to end-users. Their content is characterised by open communication, decentralised authority, and freedom to share and re-use materials across a more dynamic, interlinked and interactive World Wide Web. They are often referred to as 'read/write web' applications.

12. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Blogs (web logs), podcasts, and wikis constitute a sub-set of what are commonly described as Web 2.0 or social networking tools. They increasingly provide international online communication and collaboration among nurses and health informaticians. Many applications are available as libre/free and open source software and will run on all operating systems – eg GNU/Linux, Mac OS ... (and Windoze if you must).

13. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Blogs – some basics A blog (or weblog) is a website in which messages are posted and displayed with the newest at the top ... blogs often focus on a particular subject ... Some blogs function as online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

14. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Blogs – structure (1/4) A blog is usually edited, organised and published using a Content Management System (CMS) ... many of are built with Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) architecture. Blogger (www.blogger.com) - owned by Google WordPress (www.wordpress.com) - FLOSS Serendipity (s9y.org ) - FLOSS

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22. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Why do we want to provide blogs for virtual conference participation? - not everyone can get to conferences - what goes on at such events may not be shared with others - so much good learning may be 'lost' to most colleagues – or those most in need of it

23. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Conferences provide an opportunity for both formal and informal professional development, social networking, and collaborative knowledge development. Web 2.0 tools, many of which are also often described as social networking software, afford connection and collaboration among individuals who wish to affiliate with one another.

24. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Why do we want to provide blogs for virtual conference participation? - 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

29. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools 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

30. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Blogs, interaction and participation – is it worth the effort? - where next? We currently do new clean install for each blog - to try out new tools – but labour-intensive May look at one site for multiple events – but possible confusion here We believe it is worth it, and valuable to those who do use it - but need to boost both readership and interaction

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34. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Podcasting Margaret Hansen (prev. Maag) Assistant Professor School of Nursing University of San Francisco

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39. Blogs, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools Some future plans medinfo2007 – provide virtual interactions for those unable to attend EFMI Special Topic Conference on free/libre and open source software in health (London, September 2008) - building virtual interaction before, during and after with blogs, podcasts, wikis, etc. plus Moodle - deliberate attempts to share and generate knowledge Watch for news on: www.chirad.info www.hi-blogs.info

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